CUNAXA

Meaning of CUNAXA in English

/kyooh nak"seuh/ , n.

an ancient town in Babylonia, near the Euphrates: famous battle between Cyrus the Younger and Artaxerxes II in 401 B.C.

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CUNAXA — geographical name town in ancient Babylonia NW of Babylon
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CUNAXA — geographical name town in ancient Babylonia NW of Babylon
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CUNAXA — Pronunciation: kyü- ' nak-s ə Function: geographical name town in ancient Babylonia NW of Babylon
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CUNAXA, BATTLE OF — (401 BC), battle fought between Cyrus the Younger, satrap of Anatolia, and his brother Artaxerxes II over the Achaemenian throne. …
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KATABASIS — /keuh tab"euh sis/ , n. , pl. katabases /-seez'/ . 1. a march from the interior of a country to …
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TISSAPHERNES — died 395 BC, Colossae, Phrygia [now in Turkey] Old Persian Chithrafarna Persian satrap (governor) who played a leading part in …
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CYRUS THE YOUNGER — born after 423, BC died 401, Cunaxa, Babylonia [now in Iraq] younger son of the Achaemenian king Darius II and …
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CTESIAS — born c. 416 BC, , Cnidus, Caria Greek physician and historian of Persia and India whose works were the only …
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ARTAXERXES II — flourished , late 5th and early 4th centuries BC Achaemenid king of Persia (reigned 404359/358). He was the son and …
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ANABASIS — in full Anabasis Kyrou (Greek: Upcountry March), prose narrative, now in seven books, by Xenophon, of the story of the …
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