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Major Events

Battle of Salamis
Greco-Persian Wars
Pompeii: mosaic of Alexander the Great
Battle of Gaugamela
David, Jacques-Louis: Leonidas at Thermopylae
Battle of Thermopylae
Alexander the Great at the Battle of the Granicus
Battle of the Granicus
Battle of Marathon
Battle of Marathon
Spartan hoplite infantry at the Battle of Plataea, 479 bce
Battle of Plataea
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Battle of Nahāvand
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Battle of Salamis
Battle of Issus
Battle of Issus
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Battle of Cunaxa
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Ionian revolt
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Battle of Artemisium
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Corinthian War

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Arachosia
ancient Persian province, Afghanistan
Caria
Caria
ancient district, Anatolia
Clazomenae, ancient city, Turkey
Clazomenae
ancient city, Turkey
Ephesus, Turkey: Temple of Artemis
Ephesus
ancient city, Turkey
Iran
Iran
Susa archaeological site, Iran
Susa
ancient city, Iran

Key People

Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great
king of Macedonia
Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan
Mongol ruler
Xenophon, statue in front of the parliament building in Vienna.
Xenophon
Greek historian
Herodotus, detail of a Roman herm probably copied from a Greek original of the first half of the 4th century bce; in the National Archaeological Museum, Naples.
Herodotus
Greek historian
Cyrus II
Cyrus the Great
king of Persia
Coin depicting Ptolemy I Soter
Ptolemy I Soter
Macedonian king of Egypt
Darius I
Darius I
king of Persia
Xerxes I
Xerxes I
king of Persia
ʿAbbās I
ʿAbbās I
Ṣafavid shah of Persia
Seleucus I Nicator
Seleucus I Nicator
Seleucid ruler
Jamal al-Din al-Afghani
Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī
Muslim journalist and politician
Khosrow I, crystal medallion, 6th century; in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris
Khosrow I
king of Persia
Khosrow II
Khosrow II
king of Persia
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al-Kāshī
Persian astronomer and mathematician
Shāpūr II, gold coin, 4th century; in the British Museum, London.
Shāpūr II
king of Persia
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Artaxerxes II
king of Persia
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Kavadh I
king of Persia
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Cambyses II
king of Persia
Ardashīr I, coin, 3rd century; in the British Museum
Ardashīr I
Sāsānian king
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Cyrus The Younger
Persian prince

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Temple ruins of columns and statures at Karnak, Egypt (Egyptian architecture; Egyptian archaelogy; Egyptian history)
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Vintage, old-timey world map for Former Names of Current Places Quiz.
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Marble bust of Alexander the Great, in the British Museum, London, England. Hellenistic Greek, 2nd-1st century BC. Said to be from Alexandria, Egypt. Height: 37 cm.
Ancient Greece