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... DYNASTY , also called ACHAE- MENID , Persian HAKHAMANISHIYA ( 559-330 BC ) , ancient Iranian dynasty whose kings founded and ruled the Achaemenian Em- pire . Achaemenes ( Persian Hakhamanish ) , the Achaemenians ' eponymous ancestor ...
... DYNASTY , also called ACHAE- MENID , Persian HAKHAMANISHIYA ( 559-330 BC ) , ancient Iranian dynasty whose kings founded and ruled the Achaemenian Em- pire . Achaemenes ( Persian Hakhamanish ) , the Achaemenians ' eponymous ancestor ...
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... DYNASTY , also called KON- BAUNG , the last ruling dynasty ( 1752-1885 ) of Myanmar ( Burma ) . The dynasty's collapse in the face of British imperial might marked the end of Myanmar sovereignty for more than 60 years . ( Some ...
... DYNASTY , also called KON- BAUNG , the last ruling dynasty ( 1752-1885 ) of Myanmar ( Burma ) . The dynasty's collapse in the face of British imperial might marked the end of Myanmar sovereignty for more than 60 years . ( Some ...
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... dynasty of Ur , under which Babylon had been a provin- cial centre , it became the nucleus of a small kingdom established in 1894 BC by the Am- orite king Sumuabum , whose successors con- solidated its status . The sixth and best known ...
... dynasty of Ur , under which Babylon had been a provin- cial centre , it became the nucleus of a small kingdom established in 1894 BC by the Am- orite king Sumuabum , whose successors con- solidated its status . The sixth and best known ...
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