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Polybius on the Ethnicity of Ancient Macedonians

Polybius on the Ethnicity of Ancient Macedonians

  Polybius (ca. 203–120 BC) was a Greek historian of the Hellenistic Period noted for his book called ‘The Histories’ covering in detail the period of 220–146 BC.   [1](Philip V of Macedon speaking)  For on many occasions when I and the other Greeks sent embassies to you begging you to remove from your statutes the law empowering you to get booty […]

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Ottoman census of Hilmi Pasha (1904)

Ottoman census of Hilmi Pasha (1904)

Monastir History   Heraclea Lyncestis (Greek: Ηράκλεια Λυγκηστίς[6] – City of Hercules upon the Land of the Lynx) was an important settlement from the Hellenistic period till the early Middle Ages. It was founded by Philip II of Macedon by the middle of the 4th century BC, and named after the Greek demigod Heracles, whom Philip considered his ancestor. As […]

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Medes

Medes

Medes The Medes (Greek Μῆδοι, from an Old Persian Mādai; Assyrian Mādāyu) were an ancient Iranian people[2] who lived in the northwestern portions of present-day Iran. This area is known as Media (also Medea; Greek Μηδία, Old Persian Māda; the English adjective is Median, antiquated also Medean). They entered this region with the first wave of Iranian tribes, in the […]

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Hellenistic and Parthian Gandhara

Hellenistic and Parthian Gandhara

Oλα αυτά είναι μια απάντηση στους πλαστογράφους τις Ιστορίας   Hellenistic and Parthian Gandhara  The Hellenistic period of Gandhara starts with the arrival of Alexander the Great of Macedonia in 329 B.C.-First century A.D.marks the end of Hellenistic period  Pervaiz Munir Alvi Pakistan is home to the ancient Gandhara Civilization. Its Buddhist character, which this civilization is best known for, […]

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