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... century BC ) , eponymous ancestor of the Persian Achaemenid dynasty ; he was the father of Teispes ( Chishpish ) and an ances- tor of Cyrus II the Great and Darius I the Great . Although Achaemenes probably ruled only Parsumash , a ...
... century BC ) , eponymous ancestor of the Persian Achaemenid dynasty ; he was the father of Teispes ( Chishpish ) and an ances- tor of Cyrus II the Great and Darius I the Great . Although Achaemenes probably ruled only Parsumash , a ...
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... century BC the Cimmerians coming from Armenia over- ran the Phrygian kingdom , and on its decline rose the kingdom of Lydia , with its centre at Sardis . A second Cimmerian invasion , fol- lowed later by Cyaxares , almost destroyed the ...
... century BC the Cimmerians coming from Armenia over- ran the Phrygian kingdom , and on its decline rose the kingdom of Lydia , with its centre at Sardis . A second Cimmerian invasion , fol- lowed later by Cyaxares , almost destroyed the ...
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... century BC . The Aramaeans are also mentioned often in As- syrian records as freebooters . The first men- tion of the Aramaeans occurs in inscriptions of the Assyrian king Tiglath - pileser I ( 1115- 1077 ) . By the end of the 11th century ...
... century BC . The Aramaeans are also mentioned often in As- syrian records as freebooters . The first men- tion of the Aramaeans occurs in inscriptions of the Assyrian king Tiglath - pileser I ( 1115- 1077 ) . By the end of the 11th century ...
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