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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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Mauryans & Graeco-Bactrians

Mauryans & Graeco-Bactrians (c. 305 B.C. - 48 B.C.) Three years after Alexander left India he died in Babylon (343) a.c.) and, while his Companions fought over the division of his conquests, independent local dynasties in the east rose and pros-pered. Seleucus, inheritor of Alexander’s eastern conquests, came to establish his authority in Bactria (305 B.C.), but south of the […]

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