Persia
Americannoun
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Also called Persian Empire. an ancient empire located in W and SW Asia: at its height it extended from Egypt and the Aegean to India; conquered by Alexander the Great 334–331 b.c.
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former official name (until 1935) of Iran.
noun
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the former name (until 1935) of Iran
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another name for Persian Empire
Example Sentences
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Apparently chess was introduced to Persia during his reign—and it is exactly that kind of exchange of ideas and knowledge that took place at Jundi Shapur.
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He pages slowly through the Tavernier, the Streeter, Murrays Sketches of Persia.
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Ancient Persia and Mesopotamia are now Iran and Iraq. jaguar.
From Literature
As we have seen, the plants westward journey took it from New Guinea to India, then on to Persia, the Middle East, the Mediterranean, and the Azores, then, via Columbus, to the New World.
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We’d love a peek at the Ephemerides, the official war diary of the Macedonian army’s campaign through Persia, and basis for much of Eratosthenes’ eastern geography.
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