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sequent journeys emerged three books : Russia in Central Asia ( 1889 ) ; Persia and the Persian Question ( 1892 ) , by far the most successful of his works ; and Problems of the Far East ( 1894 ) . Rise to political eminence . On ...
sequent journeys emerged three books : Russia in Central Asia ( 1889 ) ; Persia and the Persian Question ( 1892 ) , by far the most successful of his works ; and Problems of the Far East ( 1894 ) . Rise to political eminence . On ...
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... Persia ( P.G.P. ) One of the greatest of the Achaemenid kings of Persia ( Iran ) , Darius I unified the administration of the Achae- menid Empire and began the Persian attempt to pene- trate Europe . Darius , who reigned from 522 to 486 ...
... Persia ( P.G.P. ) One of the greatest of the Achaemenid kings of Persia ( Iran ) , Darius I unified the administration of the Achae- menid Empire and began the Persian attempt to pene- trate Europe . Darius , who reigned from 522 to 486 ...
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... Persia is probably to be attributed to him . Darius was the greatest royal architect of his dynasty , and during his reign Persian architecture assumed a style that remained unchanged until the end of the empire . In 521 BC he made Susa ...
... Persia is probably to be attributed to him . Darius was the greatest royal architect of his dynasty , and during his reign Persian architecture assumed a style that remained unchanged until the end of the empire . In 521 BC he made Susa ...
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