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	Artaxerxes - LoveToKnow 1911
		It was borne by three kings of the Achaemenian dynasty of ancient Persia; though, so long as its meaning was understood, it can have been adopted by the kings only after their accession to the throne.
		Artaxerxes used his victory with great cruelty; he plundered the Egyptian temples and is said to have killed the Apis.
		In 338 Artaxerxes III., with his older sons, was killed by Bagoas, who raised his youngest son Arses to the throne.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Artaxerxes (2153 words)

	Artaxerxes II of Persia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		To keep the Spartans busy, Artaxerxes subsidized their enemies in Greece - the Athenians, Thebans, and Corinthians, especially - to keep them busy back at home, in what would become known as the Corinthian War.
		In 386 BC Artaxerxes II stabbed his allies in the back and came to an arrangement with Sparta, and in the Treaty of Antalcidas forced his erstwhile allies to come to terms.
		An attempt to reconquer Egypt in 373 BC was completely unsuccessful, but in his waning years the Persians did manage to defeat a joint Egyptian-Spartan effort tto conquer Phoenicia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Artaxerxes_II (306 words)

	Persia
		Persia proper is bounded on the north by Transcaucasia, the Caspian Sea, and Russian Turkestan; on the south by the Indian Ocean and the Persian Gulf; it is over one-fifth as large as the United States (excluding Alaska) and twice as large as Germany, having an area of about 642,000 square miles.
		Darius III fled to Media, where he was seized and murdered by Bessus, Satrap of Bactria (330), while Alexander entered Babylon and Susa, and subdued the provinces of Elam, Persia, and Media.
		On his arrival in Persia, Mgr Cluzel was immediately acknowledged by the shah, decorated with the insignia of the Lion and Sun, and officially confirmed, by a special imperial firman, as the representative of the Father of the Faithful.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/p/persia.html (14929 words)

	Arses of Persia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Artaxerxes IV Arses, King of Persia between 338 BC and 336 BC.
		He was the youngest son of King Artaxerxes III and was not expected to succeed to the throne of Persia.
		A major concern for Persia during this King's short reign were hostilities on the western borders with Macedonia under Kings Philip II of Macedon and Alexander the Great.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Arses_of_Persia (284 words)

	Persia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		The religion of Persia itself was Zoroastrianism, and the unity of Persia may be attributed in part to the unifying effect of that broadly established faith.
		Artaxerxes III, who gained the throne by massacring his brother’s family, was more successful in Egypt, but his triumph was brief.
		After Alexander the Great’s death, Persia fell for the most part to Seleucus I and his successors (the Seleucids), but their grasp on the vast territories was weak administratively, although they did introduce a vital Hellenistic culture, mingling Greek with Persian elements.
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	Persia - MSN Encarta
		For convention's sake the name of Persia is here kept for that part of the country's history concerned with the ancient Persian Empire until the Arab conquest in the 7th century ad.
		During the reign of Artaxerxes I, the second son of Xerxes, the Egyptians revolted, aided by the Greeks; although the revolt was finally suppressed in 446 bc, it signaled the first major assault against, and the beginning of the decline of, the Persian Empire.
		The last of the Sassanid kings was Yazdegerd III, during whose reign (632-651) Arab Muslims invaded and eventually conquered Persia.
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	Encyclopedia: Darius III of Persia
		After the ambitious chiliarch Bagoas murdered King Artaxerxes III of Persia in 338 BC, and his son King Arses in 336 BC, he sought to install a new monarch who would be easier to control.
		Codomannus was the son of Arsames son of Ostanes, one of Artaxerxes's brothers and Sisygambis, daughter of Artaxerxes II Mnenon.
		Artaxerxes IV Bumcheeks, King of Persia between 338 BC and 336 BC.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Darius-III-of-Persia (1190 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Persia
		Persia under Generals Outram and Havelock, it was terminated on 4 March 1857, by a treaty signed at Paris, favourable to the demands of the British.
		Persia, resigned in 1845, and was succeeded, in 1848, by Joseph Audo, who died in 1878, and was succeeded by Elia Abbolionan, who died in 1894 and was succeeded by Ebedjesus Khayyat, after whose death at Bagdad, in 1899, the patriarchal dignity was conferred in 1900 upon the present incumbent, Joseph Emanuel.
		Persia was raised to the dignity of an
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/11712a.htm (13488 words)

	336 BC [Definition]
		King Arses of Persia Artaxerxes IV Arses, King of Persia between 338 BC and 336 BC.
		Bagoas, Vizier of Persia Persia is the historical and alternative name for the state of Iran in the European languages.
		Persia is used to describe the nation of Iran, its people, or its ancient empire.
	www.wikimirror.com /336_BC (1162 words)

	The Persians
		During the reign of Artaxerxes I, the second son of Xerxes, the Egyptians revolted, aided by the Greeks; although the revolt was finally suppressed in 446BC, it signaled the first major assault against, and the beginning of the decline of, the Persian Empire.
		Centered on the Persian homeland on the northeastern shore of the Persian Gulf, it stretched from present-day Pakistan in the east to the Balkan Peninsula in the west and from the Persian Gulf in the south to Central Asia in the north.
		The last of the Sassanid kings was Yazdegerd III, during whose reign (632-651) the Arabs invaded Persia, destroyed all resistance, gradually replaced Zoroastrianism with Islam, and incorporated Persia into the caliphate.
	history-world.org /persians.htm (3316 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Artaxerxes
		Artaxerxes is the Greek form of Ardashir the Persian.
		A cousin of Artaxerxes III, he was raised to the throne by the eunuch Bagoas, who had murdered both Artaxerxes and his son, Arses; Darius in turn murdered Bagoas.
		It was the scene of a battle (401 BC) between Cyrus the Younger and Artaxerxes II, described by Xenophon in the Anabasis.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Artaxerxes&StartAt=1 (757 words)

	Kingdoms of Persia - Persia
		Persia conquered by Greek Empire and ruled from Antioch, in Syria.
		Areas of eastern Persia are conquered by the Afghan Ghaznavids.
		The Safavids established Shi'ite Islam as a state religion of Persia, which became a major factor in the emergence of a unified national consciousness among the various ethnic and linguistic elements of the country.
	www.kessler-web.co.uk /History/KingListsMiddEast/EasternPersia.htm (828 words)

	Darius III: 336-330 BC
		Darius III was left with the tasks of strengthening the army to defend against Alexander the Great, who lead a united Greece and of reorganizing the government.
		Darius III was ill prepared to battle the advancing Alexander and was defeated in the Battle of Issus in 333.
		The illustration is of Darius III from a mosaic of the Battle of Issus, dated from the late 2nd c.
	www.thenagain.info /WebChron/middleeast/DariusIII.html (397 words)

	Artaxerxes III of Persia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		He was the son of Artaxerxes II and was succeeded by Arses of Persia (also known as Artaxerxes IV).
		Soon after becoming the king, Artaxerxes killed all of his relatives to protect Persia from civil wars.
		In 343 BC Artaxerxes III reestablished persian rule over Egypt.
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	Dynasties 29 - 31 - Alexander The Great
		Persia was free to move against Egypt and there was a three-year war between the two.
		Artaxerxes razed fortifications, desecrated temples and plundered the treasury.
		When Alexander the Great invaded Persia, Darius was defeated in the battle of Issus (333 BC) and again in the battle of Gaugamela near Arbela (331 BC).
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	Station Information - Darius III of Persia
		380 - 330 BC), king of Persia from 336 BC to 330 BC.
		After the ambitious vizier Bagoas murdered King Artaxerxes III of Persia in 338 BC, and his son King Arses in 336 BC, Bagoas sought to install a new monarch who would be easier to control.
		In 333 BC Darius himself took the field against the Macedonian king, but was beaten at Issus and Alexander took control of Persia.
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	Iranica.com - EGYPT
		Although direct evidence of artistic links between Persia and Egypt before the Mongol invasion of the Near East in the 13th century is limited, surviving works of art suggest that transfer of artistic ideas resulted from the movement of artisans and their works, rather than from the specific demand of patrons.
		Although the earliest examples of bulbous domes in Persia and Transoxania, such as the Gu@r-e M^r in Samarqand, date from the early 15th century, there must have been earlier examples that have not survived, for double-shelled domes constructed in brick are attested from Persia in the 11th century.
		Persia again sent doctors and medicine to Egypt during the October 1973 war, and a number of wounded were sent to Persian hospitals for treatment (Weza@rat, 1353 ˆ./1974, p.
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	Persian Empire, Persopolis - Crystalinks
		Persia's earliest known kingdom was the proto-Elamite Empire, followed by the Medes; but it is the Achaemenid Empire that emerged under Cyrus the Great that is usually the earliest to be called "Persian." Successive states in Iran before 1935 are collectively called the Persian Empire by Western historians.
		Meanwhile in Persia a usurper, the Magian Gaumata, arose in the spring of 522, who pretended to be the murdered Bardiya (Smerdis) and was acknowledged throughout Asia.
		This probably was the reason why Xerxes in 484 BC abolished the Kingdom of Babel and took away the golden statue of Bel (Marduk, Merodach), the hands of which the legitimate king of Babel had to seize on the first day of each year, and killed the priest who tried to hinder him.
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	Persian Period II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		When Artaxerxes III took over Egypt, he had the city walls destroyed, started a reign of terror, and set about looting all the temples.
		In 338 BC, Artaxerxes III was killed by one of his previous advisers, the eunuch
		Whoever was in charge, Bagoas also removed Arses from power in 335, and Darius III became the ruler of Persia and Egypt.
	www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/prehistory/egypt/history/periods/persianii.html (212 words)

	Arses of Persia
		He was the youngest son of King Artaxerxes III of Persia[?] and was not expected to succeed to the throne of Persia.
		This would lead to war between the two states during the reign of Arses' successor.He is known as Arses in greek sources and that seems to be his real name but texts in cuneiform writing[?] report that he had taken the royal name of Artaxerxes IV, following his father and grandfather.
		A genealogy of Arses as Artaxerxes IV: http://www.american-pictures.com/genealogy/persons/per04959.htm#0
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	Artaxerxes IV Arses
		Arses was a son of the Persian king Artaxerxes III Ochus (358-338), and succeeded his father.
		The death of Artaxerxes III caused great upheavals in the Achaemenid empire and it is certain that Bagoas and Artaxerxes IV were unable to get a firm grasp on the situation.
		The reign of Artaxerxes IV Arses was short but important, because the seeds were sown for the ultimate downfall of Persia.
	www.livius.org /arl-arz/artaxerxes/artaxerxes_iv.html (472 words)

	Restoration and Persian Rule
		Artaxerxes was also known by the name Longimanus ("the long handed") because his right hand was said to have been a good deal larger than his left.
		The reign of Artaxerxes II was plagued with further rebellions against the Persian Empire, and further loss of territory.
		When this son of Artaxerxes II took the throne, he determined to restore the power and prestige of the Empire, which was fast declining.
	www.zianet.com /maxey/Inter1.htm (2786 words)

	Timeline Persia
		519BC Darius of Persia authorized the Jews to rebuild the Temple at Jerusalem, in accordance with an earlier decree of Cyrus.
		The Sassanid kings of Persia (who had superseded the Parthians in the Empire of Iran) secured the lion's share of the spoils, while the Romans only received a strip of country on the western border which gave them Erzeroum and Diyarbekir for their frontier fortresses.
		1828 Russia conquered the Armenian provinces of Persia, and this brought within her frontier the Monastery of Etchmiadzin, in the Khanate of Erivan, which was the seat of the Katholikos of All the Armenians.
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	History of Persia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Ariaramnes of Persia, son of Teispes and co-ruler of Cyrus I. Cambyses I of Anshan, son of Cyrus I. Arsames of Persia, son of Ariaramnes and co-ruler of Cambyses I
		Artaxerxes I, his son, ruled 464 - 424 BC.
		Artaxerxes II, his son, ruled 404 - 358 BC (see also Xenophon).
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	Chapter 27: The Early Hellenistic Period
		Artaxerxes III Ochus (358-338) became king of Persia upon the death of his father Artaxerxes II, and secured his regime through a blood purge.
		Artaxerxes was murdered by his son Arses (338-336), and Arses died by poison soon afterward.
		Artaxerxes II had three sons by his queen Stateira and 115 by the 360 concubines officially assigned to him (one for each day of the civil year).
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	Darius III of Persia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In his flight to the east he was deposed and killed by Bessus in July 330 BC.
		Darius III Codomannus A tribute to the Persian king defeated by Alexander the Great at Gaugamela in 331 BC.
		Prince of Persia Webseite zu den Spielen Prince of Persia 1, Prince of Persia 2 und Prince of Persia 3D.
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	PERSIA
		The Magi were a caste of priests in Persia who were known for there abilities in dream interpretation, astrology, and the use of the liver of a sacrificial sheep as an oracle.
		It also created for Persia three areas of potential conflict: with the Egyptians to the south, with the Lydians in Asia Minor, and with the Babylonians to the west.
		He is even said to have taken a shot at the old Lydian king, Croesus, who, due to the compassion shown to him by Cyrus, was still a faithful member of the Persian court, but Croesus had the wherewithal to get out of range of the arrow.
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	Darius III of Persia: 521-485 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Darius III was left with the tasks of strengthening the army to defend against Alexander the Great, who lead a united Greece and of reorganizing the government.
		Darius III was ill prepared to battle the advancing Alexander and was defeated in the Battle of Issus in 333.
		The illustration is of Darius III from a mosaic of the Battle of Issus, dated from the late 2nd c.
	campus.northpark.edu /history/webchron/middleeast/DariusIII.CP.html (395 words)

	A General History of the Near East, Chapter 5
		Artaxerxes II Artaxerxes II got off to a bad start as king; he narrowly escaped a dagger-thrust from his brother Cyrus during the coronation ceremony in Pasargadae.
		Persia engineered at least two coups to put a pro-Persian native on the Egyptian throne, but after a while each ruler fell under the influence of nationalism and declared himself pharaoh of an independent Egypt.
		Persia was now stronger than it had been for over a century, but it misplayed its diplomatic hand when it refused to give Athens aid against the rising power of Philip of Macedon.
	www.xenohistorian.faithweb.com /neareast/ne05.html (4857 words)

	Persia History Timeline
		338 BC Death of Artaxerxes III, poisoned by the eunuch Bagoas.
		333 BC Darius III of Persia is beaten decisively by Alexander at the Battle of Issus.
		Alexander defeats Darius III army at the Battle of Gaugamela.
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