Susiana

[ soo-zee-ah-nuh, -an-uh ]

noun

1. Elam.

Example Sentences

In Babylonia, also, in Susiana and Mesopotamia, Hellenism had been established in a system of cities for 200 years before the coming of the Parthian.

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Anshan is a district of Elam or Susiana, the exact position of which is still subject to much discussion.

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Among the Greeks the land of the Elamites was known as Kissia, and afterwards as Susiana, from the name of the capital.

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The rivers of Susiana are difficult to fix, as both Persian and native names are indifferently used.

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Artaban abuses him as an impudent Kurd, and sends the prince of Susiana to fetch him, but this prince, and then Artaban himself, are overcome.

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