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| 5037132425 | Achaemenid | a member of the dynasty of kings in ancient Persia that ruled from | 0 | |
| 5037162842 | seleucid | a member of a Macedonian dynasty, 312-64 b.c., that ruled an empire that included much of Asia Minor, Syria, Persia, Bactria, and Babylonia | 1 | |
| 5037177114 | Parthian | a native or inhabitant of Parthia. | 2 | |
| 5037182448 | Satrapy | the province or jurisdiction of a satrap | 3 | |
| 5037220266 | Zoroastrianism | an Iranian religion, founded c600 b.c. by Zoroaster, the principal beliefs of which are in the existence of a supreme deity | 4 | |
| 5037229545 | Ahura Mazda | the supreme creative deity, the creator of Gayomart whose omnipotence is challenged by Angra Mainyu | 5 | |
| 5037238737 | Angra Mainyu | the evil spirit who contends against Spenta Mainyu | 6 | |
| 5037251542 | Avesta | a collection of sacred Zoroastrian writings, including the Gathas | 7 | |
| 5037255724 | Gathas | one of several groups of hymns (the Gathas) forming the oldest part of the Avesta | 8 | |
| 5037262564 | Cyrus | male given name: from an Old Persian word meaning | 9 | |
| 5037329307 | Cambyses | died 522 b.c, king of Persia 529-522 (son of Cyrus the Great | 10 | |
| 5037360894 | Darius | Darius Hystaspes "the Great") 558?-486? b.c, king of Persia 521 | 11 | |
| 5037369203 | Xerxes | 519?-465 b.c, king of Persia 486?-465 (son of Darius I | 12 | |
| 5037375823 | Mithradates | confection believed to contain an antidote to every poison | 13 | |
| 5037431918 | Persia | an ancient empire located in W and SW Asia: at its height it | 14 | |
| 5037479365 | Media | a plural of medium | 15 | |
| 5037491147 | Lydia | an ancient kingdom in W Asia Minor: under Croesus, a wealthy empire including most of Asia Minor | 16 | |
| 5037500399 | Macedonia | Also, Macedon [mas-i-don] (Show IPA). an ancient kingdom in the Balkan Peninsula, in S Europe | 17 | |
| 5042760925 | Anatolia | a vast plateau between the Black and the Mediterranean seas | 18 | |
| 5042762452 | Ionia | . an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks | 19 | |
| 5042768572 | Ctesiphon | a ruined city in Iraq, on the Tigris, near Baghdad: an ancient capital of Parthia | 20 | |
| 5042776053 | Persepolis | an ancient capital of Persia: its imposing ruins are in S Iran, about 30 miles | 21 | |
| 5042778807 | Pasargadae | an ancient ruined city in S Iran, NE of Persepolis: an early capital of ancient Persia; tomb of Cyrus the Great | 22 | |
| 5042782334 | Seleucus | a crater in the second quadrant of the face of the moon: about 32 miles | 23 | |
| 5042784899 | Marathon | a foot race over a course measuring | 24 | |
| 5042788188 | Gaugamela | an ancient village in Assyria, E of Nineveh: Alexander the Great defeated Darius III here in 331 b.c. | 25 | |
| 5042802901 | Parthia | ancient country in W Asia, SE of the Caspian Sea: conquered by the Persians a.d. 226; now a part of NE | 26 | |
| 5042807276 | Bactria | an ancient country in W Asia, between the Oxus River and the Hindu Kush | 27 | |
| 5043401537 | Gandhara | an ancient region in what is now NW Pakistan | 28 | |
| 5043412923 | Xiongnu | the supposed generation of offspring completely and permanently | 29 | |
| 5043432183 | Sericulture | the raising of silk worms for the production of raw silk. | 30 | |
| 5043442703 | Mencius | Chinese philosopher. | 31 | |
| 5043452298 | Xunzi | a member of a group of North American Indians inhabiting the largest of the Indian pueblos, in western New Mexico. | 32 | |
| 5043459282 | Laozi | Chinese philosopher: reputed founder of Taoism. | 33 | |
| 5043465823 | Zhuangzi | Chinese philosopher, who greatly influenced Chinese religion through the book of Taoist philosophy that bears his name | 34 | |
| 5043475522 | Han Feizi | died 233 b.c, Chinese philosopher and legal theorist. | 35 | |
| 5043489925 | Liu Bang | Chinese emperor: founder of the Han dynasty | 36 | |
| 5053104604 | Maodun | Chinese writer | 37 | |
| 5053122538 | Luoyang | a city in N Henan province, in E China | 38 | |
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