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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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