| Cyrus's Achaemenian dynasty also allowed local kings and nobles to govern their original realms, albeit under Persian suzerainty. |
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| In ancient times, present-day Tajikistan was a part of the empire of the Achaemenian Persians. |
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| Then he clears his throat ostentatiously and launches into his lecture on the Achaemenian dynasty, rulers of the Persian empire five centuries before Christ. |
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| The satrapy, much reduced in size from Achaemenian times, was the basis for Seleucid control of the countryside. |
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| Of particular interest was a room containing 30 columns, regarded by some scholars to be the forerunner of the Achaemenian columned hall. |
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| A pilgrim, Cyrus, said that it was an honour to be named after a humanitarian Achaemenian king like Cyrus who allowed his subjects to practise their own religion. |
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| It may have been a tomb for Achaemenian royalty or some sort of altar, perhaps to the goddess Anahiti. |
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| The effective administration of the Achaemenian realms was carried on from the imperial cities of Susa, Babylon, and Ecbatana. |
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| The unfinished one might be that of Arses, who reigned at the longest two years, but is more likely that of Darius III, last of the Achaemenian line, who was overthrown by Alexander the Great. |
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| In 539 bce Cyrus II of the Persian Achaemenian dynasty followed up his triumph over Media by conquering Lydia and Babylonia, thus making himself ruler of the greatest empire thitherto known. |
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| This palace was constructed by the order of Darius the Achaemenian on the top of Elamite hillocks and is known as Dariush palace. |
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| From the 6th to 3rd century BC, Bahrain was part of the Persian Empire ruled by the Achaemenian dynasty. |
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| Above the southern stone, a symbol of the Ahuramazda embossment, a replica from Achaemenian buildings is in sight. |
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| About the time when Timisoara ruled in Magadha, a powerful kingdom rose in Persia under Cyrus, the founder of Achaemenian dynasty in Persia. |
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| The Achaemenian kings welcomed the new year, and the advent of spring, with lavish court receptions and exchanges of gifts. |
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| He explained that the hill was a Zoroastrian fire temple which was burnt down during the Achaemenian reign and remained desolate for a long time. |
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| According to Darius, six leading Achaemenian nobles assisted in slaying the imposter and together proclaimed Darius the rightful heir of Cambyses. |
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| Achaemenian art, like Achaemenian religion, was a blend of many elements. |
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| Thus, in a sense, the Achaemenian kings were Zoroastrians, but Zoroastrianism itself was probably no longer exactly the religion Zoroaster had attempted to establish. |
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