CTESIPHON

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CTESIPHON — geographical name ancient city central Iraq on the Tigris opposite Seleucia capital of Parthia & of later Sassanid empire
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CTESIPHON — Ancient city, central Mesopotamia. Located on the Tigris River , southeast of modern Baghdad , Iraq, it was first a …
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CTESIPHON — /tes"euh fon'/ , n. a ruined city in Iraq, on the Tigris, near Baghdad: an ancient capital of Parthia.
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CTESIPHON — geographical name ancient city central Iraq on the Tigris opposite Seleucia capital of Parthia & of later Sassanid empire
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CTESIPHON — also spelled Tusbun, or Taysafun ancient city located on the left (northeast) bank of the Tigris River about 20 miles …
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CTESIPHON — Ancient city, central Mesopotamia. Located on the Tigris River , southeast of modern Baghdad , Iraq, it was first a …
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CTESIPHON — Pronunciation: ' te-s ə - ˌ fän, ' t ē - Function: geographical name ancient city cen Iraq on the …
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TIGRIS RIVER — Arabic Dijlah Turkish Dicle biblical Hiddekel River, Turkey and Iraq. It originates in the Taurus Mountains at Lake Hazar and …
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SĀSĀNIAN DYNASTY — or Sāssānian dynasty Persian dynasty (AD 224–651). Founded by Ardashīr I (r. AD 224–241) and named for his ancestor Sāsān …
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PARTHIA — Ancient land, southwestern Asia. Corresponding roughly to modern northeastern Iran, it formed a province of the Persian Achaemenian dynasty and …
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JULIAN — I or Julian the Apostate Latin Julianus Apostata orig. Flavius Claudius Julianus born AD 331/332, Constantinople died June 26/27, 363, …
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YAZDEGERD III — died , 651, Merv, Sasanian Empire the last king of the Sasanian dynasty (reigned 632651), the son of Shahryar and …
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VONONES I — died AD 19, , Antioch, Syria king of Parthia (reigned AD 7/8-11). Vonones was the eldest son of Phraates IV …
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VOLOGESES V (OR IV) — flourished 2, nd and 3rd centuries king of Parthia who reigned 191208/209. He first appeared in 191 as a rebel …
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VOLOGESES IV (OR III) — died AD 192 king of Parthia (reigned 148192). In the early part of his reign he was able to restore …
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VOLOGESES I — died c. AD 80 king of Parthia (reigned c. AD 5180), the son of the previous king, Vonones II, by …
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TIGRIS RIVER — Old Persian Tigra, Greek Trigres, or Tigris, Latin Tigris, Akkadian Idiklat, biblical Hiddekel, Arabic Dijla, Turkish Dicle river in Turkey …
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SPRING OF KHOSROW CARPET — also called Winter of Khosrow Carpet ancient Persian carpet, possibly the most costly and magnificent of all time, made for …
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SELEUCIA ON THE TIGRIS — Greek Seleukeia, Hellenistic city founded by Seleucus I Nicator (reigned 312281 BC) as his eastern capital; it replaced Babylon as …
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SASANIAN DYNASTY — also spelled Sassanian, also called Sasanid (AD 224651), ancient Iranian dynasty evolved by Ardashir I in years of conquest, AD …
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ODAENATHUS, SEPTIMIUS — died 267/268 Odaenathus also spelled Odenathus, or Odainath prince of the Roman colony of Palmyra (q.v.), in what is now …
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NISIBIS, SCHOOL OF — intellectual centre of East Syrian Christianity (the Nestorian Church) from the 5th to the 7th century. The School of Nisibis …
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MANSUR, AL- — in full Abu Ja'far Abd Allah Al-mansur Ibn Muhammad born 709, 714, al-Humaymah, Syria died Oct. 7, 775, near Mecca, …
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KUT, AL- — also called Kut Al-imarah, city, eastern Iraq. It lies along the Tigris River at the point where a distributary channel, …
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JULIAN — born AD 331/332, , Constantinople died June 26/27, 363, Ctesiphon, Mesopotamia byname Julian the Apostate, Latin Julianus Apostata, original name …
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IRAQ, FLAG OF — horizontally striped red-white-black national flag with three green stars and an Arabic inscription on the white stripe. The flag has …
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IRAN, HISTORY OF — history of the Iranian Plateau from prehistoric times to the present. The article covers as well the succession of ancient …
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GOLTZ, COLMAR, BARON (FREIHERR) VON DER — born Aug. 12, 1843, near Labiau, East Prussia [now Polessk, Russia] died April 19, 1916, Baghdad, Iraq, Ottoman Empire [now …
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CHRISTIANS OF SAINT THOMAS — also called Malabar Christians, four major Christian groups-Syro-Malabar, Syro-Malankara, Syrian Jacobite, and Mar Thomite-living in the state of Kerala along …
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BAHRAM II — flourished 3rd century AD Sasanian king (reigned 276293), the son and successor of Bahram I. Soon after becoming king, he …
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AVIDIUS CASSIUS, GAIUS — born , Syria died July 175 usurping Roman emperor for three months in 175. The son of a high civil …
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AESCHINES — born 390 BC died c. 314 BC Athenian orator who advocated peace with Philip II of Macedonia and who was …
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