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Greek Thívai
Ancient city, Boeotia , east-central Greece, one of the chief Greek city-states.
Traditionally said to have been founded by Cadmus , it was the seat of the legendary Oedipus and the setting for many classic Greek tragedies. The building of its celebrated seven-gated wall is usually attributed to Mycenaean power in the Bronze Age (с 1500–1200 BC). Hostility to Athens led it to side with the Persians in the Persian Wars and with Sparta in the Peloponnesian War . Thebes and Sparta subsequently clashed, and the victorious Spartans occupied it. It revolted с 380 BC and defeated Sparta at the battles of Tegyra (375 BC) and Leuctra (371 BC). For the next 10 years it was the chief military power in Greece. It joined Athens against Philip II of Macedon and shared the defeat at the Battle of Chaeronea in 338 BC. It was sacked by Alexander the Great in 336 and eventually fell to Rome in the 1st century BC. Among the few ancient remains are remnants of the city walls, the Mycenaean palace (с 1450–1350 BC), and a temple of Apollo .
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biblical No
Ancient city, Egypt.
Its remains are located on the Banks of the Nile River. In early times it also included Karnak and Luxor ; the Valley of the Kings is situated nearby. The earliest monuments in the city itself date from the 11th dynasty (с 21st century BC), when the rulers of Thebes united Egypt and made Thebes the capital of Upper Egypt. It remained the capital until the end of the Middle Kingdom (с 18th century BC). It was obscured for two centuries under the rule of various foreign invaders, after which the kings of Thebes restored Egyptian rule in the 16th century BC and again made it the capital. It flourished as Egypt's political and religious centre throughout the New Kingdom period and was well known for achievements in sculpture and architecture. It began to decline in the 12th century BC under Ramses III . It was sacked by Assyrians in the mid-7th century BC, by Persians in the 6th–4th centuries BC, and by Romans с 30 BC. Its ruins include great temples and tombs, including the Temple of Amon at Karnak (с 20th century BC), the tomb of Tutankhamen in the Valley of the Kings, and the great mortuary temples of Ramses II and Hatshepsut .
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[c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions)
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no till farming
No theatre
cha no yu