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229 matches to Persian Wars
Marathon, Battle. 490BC. Athenians defeat Persian invaders.
Mausolus. Persian Satrap c377-353BC. Tomb at Halicarnassus was one of Seven Wonders.
Mithraism. 5C BC-4C. Persian worship of Mithra, sun god of wisdom. Influenced Christianity. Adopted by Romans in Britain. Bull sacrifice.
Mohammed. Persian equivalent of Muhammad.
Mycale, Battle. 479BC. Greek navy defeats Persians.
Omar Khayyam. c1027-1123. Persian mathematician/ poet: Rubaiyat. Specific gravity of gold 1061.
Pausanius. Spartan. Drove Persians from Greece at Plataea, 479BC. Starved to death for plotting helot uprising.
Plataea, Battle. 479BC. Persians driven from Greece by Pausanias.
Polycrates. -522BC. Samos tyrant c535-. Aided Persians vs Egypt.
Sa’di. c1213-1292. Classical Persian lyric poet. The Orchard 1257.
Salamis, Battle. 480BC. Greek naval victory over superior Persian fleet.
Samanids. 819-999. Persian native dynasty. Flourishing of arts.
Sassanids. 224-. Last Persian dynasty before Moslem conquest 637-51.
Satrap. Provincial governor of Persian Empire. Achaemenids.
Shapur II. 309-379. Persian king. Halted Roman invasion. Acquired Armenia.
Sufism. 8/9C Persian Moslem movement. Soul’s personal union with God. =Islamic mysticism.
Tajikistan. 3C BC Persian Empire. 711 Moslem. 1860 Russia. 1924 USSR. 1991 Independent.
Ten Thousand, Expedition of. 401BC. Xenophon leads Persian-paid Greek mercenaries out of Iraq.
Themistocles. c523-460BC. Athenian archon, naval leader 493-480BC. Defeated Persians at Salamis, 480. Rebuilt Acropolis. Started Piraeus harbour.
Tissaphernes. -395BC. Persian satrap. Allied with Sparta. Reconquered Greek cities in Asia Minor.
Turkmanchay, Treaty. 1828. Persia cedes Armenia, ending Russo-Persian War 1826-8.
Xanthos, Sieges. Lycians defend against: 546BC Persians. 43BC Romans. Residents commit mass suicide both times. Asia Minor.
Zoroaster. Zarathustra. c628-551BC. Persian religious reformer, founder of Zoroastrianism. World is an eternal struggle between forces of good and evil.
Achilles. Greek hero of Trojan Wars, invulnerable except for his heel, subject of Homer’s Iliad.
Adrianople, Treaty. 1829. Ends Russo-Turkish War. Ottomans cede control of Greece.