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Persia - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) Persia's weakness was exposed to the Greeks in 401 BC, when the Satrap of Sardis hired ten thousand Greek mercenaries to help secure his claim to the imperial throne (see Xenophon). Safavid Persia was a violent and chaotic state for the next seventy years, but in 1588 Shah Abbas the Great ascended to the throne and instituted a cultural and political renaissance. Persia found relative stability in the Qajar dynasty, ruling from 1779 to 1925, but lost hope to compete with the new industrial powers of Europe; Persia found itself sandwiched between the growing Russian Empire in Central Asia and the expanding British Empire in India. encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /persia.htm   (3958 words)

Cyrus II of Persia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) The first king to be referred to as "The Great", he is considered to be the first significant king of Persia and the founder of the vast Persian Empire. He was, however, not the first king of Persia, nor the first king of the Achaemenid Dynasty. Cyrus had two sons: Cambyses and Smerdis, as well as several daughters, of whom Atossa is significant in the eyes of posterity, since she married Darius I of Persia and was mother of Xerxes I of Persia. www.bucyrus.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Cyrus_the_Great   (1374 words)

Cyrus the Great - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Cyrus had two sons: Cambyses and Smerdis, as well as several daughters, of whom Atossa is significant since she married Darius I of Persia and was mother of Xerxes I of Persia. While he seems to have accepted the crown of Media, by 546 BC he had officially assumed the title of 'king of Persia'. Cyrus assumed the titles of 'king of Babylon, king of Sumer and Akkad, king of the four sides of the world'. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cyrus_the_Great   (1414 words)

ESTHER AND THE KING OF PERSIA Kings and commoners have been involved – as well as prophets, who tend to be remote and separated from the common people, except at times of prophecy and Godly pronouncement. The characters of the Biblical narrative include a gentile king of generally poor character – partying to excess, guilty of issuing a call to his queen to ‘display her beauty’ before a crowd, being subject to bribery, carelessness in signing a decree written in his name without even reading it. When the king’s former wife had been put away because she had refused his command to be made a public spectacle before his guests, Hadassah consented to take part in the beauty contest to select the next queen. www.windowview.org /jandg.files/harmony.files/event7.html   (2569 words)

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Esther King Assuerus being angered at the refusal of his wife Vasthi to respond to his invitation to attend a banquet that he gave in the third year of his reign, divorced her and ordered the most attractive maidens of the kingdom brought before him that he might select her successor from among them. Not long thereafter, Aman, a royal favourite before whom the king had ordered all to bow, having frequently observed Mardochai at the gate of the palace and noticed that he refused to prostrate himself before him, cunningly obtained the king's consent for a general massacre in one day of all the Jews in the kingdom. At the second banquet, when the king repeated to Esther his offer to grant her whatever she might ask, she informed him of the plot of Aman which involved the destruction of the whole Jewish people to which she belonged, and pleaded that they should be spared. www.newadvent.org /cathen/05549a.htm   (2109 words)

Fairy Tales from the Arabian Nights The king gave orders for the merchant to be instantly admitted; and when the assembly was over, and all the rest of the company had retired, the king inquired what was the business which had brought him to the palace. She knew him to be the king; but without showing the least surprise, or so much as rising from her seat to salute or receive him, she turned back to the window again as if he had been the most insignificant person in the world. The King of Persia perceived it with a surprise that made him break forth into an exclamation of joy; and no longer doubting but that she was going to speak, he waited for that happy moment with an eagerness and attention that cannot easily be expressed. www.wollamshram.ca /1001/Dixon/dixon01_01.htm   (4934 words)

Esther and the King   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) The Jewish Esther is said to have saved her people from the king of Persia in 4th-century B. d Egan wants the Jewish maiden to replace his murdered queen. 485 -- Xerxes I, king of Persia (to 465); Athens is burned by Xerxes I, the Acropolis destroyed; Athenians destroy Persian fleet at Battle of Salamis. Esther, the beautiful Jewish wife of king Xerxes I, and her cousin Mordecai persuade the king to retract the order for the general annihilation of Jews throughout the empire. members.aol.com /snuffy1186/esther.html   (410 words)

Great King of Persia Artakshassa I Artaxerxes The three kings that followed Xerxes on the throne--Artaxerxes I (465-425 BC), Xerxes II (425-424 BC), and Darius II Ochus (423-404 BC)--were all comparatively weak individuals and kings, and such successes as the empire enjoyed during their reigns were mainly the result of the efforts of subordinates or of the troubles faced by their adversaries. The main events of his long rule were the war with Sparta that ended with a peace favourable to the Persians; the revolt and loss to the empire of Egypt; the rebellion of Cyrus the Younger, brother of the king; and the uprising known as the revolt of the satraps. Persia then misplayed its hand in Greece by refusing aid to Athens against the rising power of Philip II of Macedon. worldroots.com /cgi-bin/gasteldb?@I23103@   (1592 words)

Behistun (Bisitun) - Monument of Darius, King of Persia Behistun (Bisitun) - Monument of Darius, King of Persia The king stands with his arm raised and his foot on Gaumata; behind him are his generals or satraps. The King's beard, frizzled and curled, is a separate block of stone set into the rock; it is held in place by two iron pegs, leaded in. mcadams.posc.mu.edu /txt/ah/Persia/Behistun.html   (8136 words)

The Persian Empire of Ancient Iran 23 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me to build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Persia was an ancient empire, extending from the Indus to Thrace, and from the Caspian Sea to the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. The Persians were originally a Medic tribe which settled in Persia, on the eastern side of the Persian Gulf. ancientneareast.tripod.com /Persia.html   (544 words)

King Cyrus of Persia in ancient history   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) Learning that she was now with child and her time for giving birth was near, he sent Mandane away to Persia. According to the Bible, King Cyrus of Persia along with his ally, Darius the Mede, invaded the Empire of Babylon bringing its downfall. He mentions how he conquered Babylon, returned exiles to their former lands, returned the articles of worship to the sacred cities and commanded that the temples where they worshiped be rebuilt. www.biblehistory.net /volume2/Cyrus.htm   (1759 words)

K-netti   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) Alexander fought King Darius of the Persian Empire, who was Alexander’s chief enemy, and one of the most powerful military leaders of his age. He was the king of Macedonia before Alexander the Great and had fought in the Peloponnesian War, which in conclusion caused the city-estates of Greece to unite and afterwards to become part of King Philip II’s empire, which made it grow quite noticeably. King Darius didn’t want to be defeated this time, but he was, and Alexander the Great once again unbelievably won him, with a major soldier disadvantage. daturne.k-netti.nu /main/custom.asp?wid=13151&customID=25544   (1222 words)

Ezra 1:2 Thus says Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath Jehovah, the God of heaven, given me; and he hath charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah. bible.cc /ezra/1-2.htm   (331 words)

What the Bible Says About Persia Status of women in, queen sat on the throne with the king, Neh. At its peak, the Persian empire reached from the India to Greece, and from the Caspian Sea to the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea. Persepolis (see map) was an ancient city of Persia that served as a ceremonial capital for Darius and his successors. www.anlwm.com /E-what_the_bible_says_about_persia.htm   (377 words)

Cyrus the Great (King) - Cyrus was the founder of the Achaemenid empire, one of the greatest of the ancient kingdoms, centered on Persia. According to legend Cyrus was the son of prince Cambyses and the daughter of King Astyages. Cyrus was the king of Babylon who freed the Jews to return to their homeland, and he is remembered as a tolerant and wise king. famous.adoption.com /famous/cyrus-the-great.html   (226 words)

Iran The term Persia is the name used for this country by European countries since the Persian Empire of the Achaemenids in the 6th century BC. Iran traces its national origin to Persia, an empire that emerged in the 6th century BC under the Achaemenid dynasty. During the 19th century Persia came under pressure from both Russia and the United Kingdom leading to a process of modernisation that continued into the 20th century. www.crystalinks.com /iran.html   (504 words)

Station Information - Sassanid dynasty The Sassanid dynasty (also Sassanian) was the name given to the kings of Persia during the era of the second Persian Empire, from 224 until 651, when the last Sassanid shah, Yazdegerd III, lost a 14-year struggle to drive out the Islamic Saracens. Shah Khosrau II (Kasrâ in Persian) fleetingly achieved this goal in a series of wars against the Byzantine Empire between 602 and 616, conquering Egypt, Syria and Palestine. In 628, Khosrau was deposed with Heraclius' army at the gates of the capital of Ctesiphon. www.stationinformation.com /encyclopedia/s/sa/sassanid_dynasty.html   (223 words)

1:1 Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus [king of Persia], (this is Ahasuerus that reigned, from India even to ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) And when the king's decree that he shall make will be published throughout all his empire, (for it is great,) all the wives will give to their husbands honor, both to great and small. Because he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to its writing, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and that it should be published according to the language of every people. And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the beautiful young virgins to Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, to the custody of Hege the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them bibleprophet.com /UTV/Esther.html   (5005 words)

Artaxerxes II of Persia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 436 - 358 BC) was king of Persia from 404 BC until his death. He also became involved in a war with Persia's erstwhile allies, the Spartans, who, under Agesilaus, invaded Asia Minor. 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. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Artaxerxes_II   (305 words)

Iran in the Bible - Cyrus King of Persia - Orders return of Jews to Israel - 2 Chronicles 36:22-23 King Cyrus is called by God to serve Him In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken by Jeremiah, the LORD moved the heart of Cyrus king of Persia to make a proclamation throughout his realm and to put it in writing: "This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: "`The LORD, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and he has appointed me to build a temple for him at Jerusalem in Judah. www.farsinet.com /cyrus/2chr36_22_23.html   (233 words)

Iran in the Bible - Darius King of Persia - Daniel in the Den of Lions - Daniel 6:1-8 Iran in the Bible - Darius King of Persia - Daniel in the Den of Lions - Daniel 6:1-8 The royal administrators, prefects, satraps, advisers and governors have all agreed that the king should issue an edict and enforce the decree that anyone who prays to any god or man during the next thirty days, except to you, O king, shall be thrown into the lions' den. Now, O king, issue the decree and put it in writing so that it cannot be altered--in accordance with the laws of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be repealed." Daniel 6:1-8 www.farsinet.com /iranbibl/daniel6_1_8.html   (371 words)

Brink-Day-Johnston-Fletcher - Person Page 152 Bycreating a military aristocracy, Khosrow II had weakened the authority ofthe king, while his administrative reforms and bureaucraticcentralization removed the power of regional dynasties and their feudalarmies, which might have resisted the invasion of the Arabs 12 yearsafter Khosrow's death. 13, 531), king of the Sasanianempire of Persia (reigned 488-496 and 498/499-531). Narses was the youngest son of an earlier king, Shapur I. On the death ofBahram II (293), Narses, at that time viceroy of Armenia, successfullycontested the succession of Bahram's son, Bahram III. www.brinkfamily.net /tree/p152.htm   (7016 words)

Ezra 1:8 Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth And Cyrus king of Persia brought them forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, who counted them out to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah. Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them unto Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah. Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them to Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah. bible.cc /ezra/1-8.htm   (230 words)

Cambyses (part one) The Greek researcher Herodotus of Halicarnassus calls her Cassandane, but Ctesias of Cnidus states she was Amytis, the daughter of the last king of independent Media, Astyages. Babylonia was an ancient kingdom, and its king played an important role in the religious and cultural life of the ancient Near East. However, the great king was not in the position to be present when the Babylonians celebrated the Akitu festival. www.livius.org /caa-can/cambyses_ii/cambyses_ii.html   (1806 words)

Ezr 1:1 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be ... Ezr 1:1 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also 2 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah. 8 Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, and prospereth in their hands. www.fbaptistc.org /ezra.htm%20copy   (7196 words)

King Darius of Persia Shortly after his rout of Egypt, madness came upon the Persian king Cambyses, and he died, having committed many crimes, among which was the slaying of his brother Smerdis. THEN the Scythians, fearing that they could not match the great king's army, summoned the other barbaric peoples to their aid; among whom were the Sauromatians, who are fabled to be the offspring of the Amazons. But because those envoys insulted the ladies of the court, Alexander, the son of Amyntas, slew them all, and of them or all their train naught was heard more. www.publicbookshelf.com /public_html/Outline_of_Great_Books_Volume_I/kingdariu_d.html   (1163 words)

Holidays and Festivals - Judaism to Julian In Shushan, the capital of Persia, King Ahasuerus married the beautiful Esther, and made him his queen. When Esther's cousin, Mordecai, annoyed the king's prime minister, Haman, the prime minister became enraged and finally convinced the king that the Jews should all be put to death. A Jewish festival for the patron saint of pastry cooks and confectioners commemorating the deliverance of the Jews in Persia from destruction by Haman. www.shagtown.com /days/j2.html   (1356 words)

Darius III on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) 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. 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). For the first time Persia was confronted by a united Greece, and Darius' greatest error was in underestimating Alexander's strength. www.encyclopedia.com /html/D/Darius3.asp   (390 words)

Ezra 4:5 And hired counselors against them, to frustrate And they gave payment to men who made designs against them and kept them from effecting their purpose, all through the time of Cyrus, king of Persia, till Darius became king. And hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia. And hired counselors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia. bible.cc /ezra/4-5.htm   (245 words)

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