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Xanthus
(Encyclopedia) XanthusXanthuszănˈthəs [key], ancient city of Lycia, W Asia Minor, in present Turkey. On the Xanthus River, it was besieged and taken by the Persians (c.546 b.c.) and centuries later (…Tahmasp
(Encyclopedia) TahmaspTahmasptäˈmäsp [key], 1514–76, shah of Persia (1524–76), son and successor of Ismail and the second of the Safavid dynasty. He successfully repulsed persistent invasions by the…Asia Minor
(Encyclopedia) Asia Minor, great peninsula, c.250,000 sq mi (647,500 sq km), extreme W Asia, generally coterminous with Asian Turkey, also called Anatolia. It is washed by the Black Sea in the north…Hippias
(Encyclopedia) HippiasHippiashĭpˈēəs [key], tyrant (527 b.c.–510 b.c.) of Athens, eldest son of Pisistratus. Hippias governed Athens after the death of his father. His younger brother Hipparchus was…Byblos
(Encyclopedia) ByblosByblosbĭbˈləs [key], ancient city, Phoenicia, a port 17 mi (27 km) NNE of modern Beirut, Lebanon. The principal city of Phoenicia during the 2d millennium b.c., it long retained…Nakhchivan
(Encyclopedia) Nakhchivan or NaxçivanNaxçivannäkˌchĭvänˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 59,754), capital of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Azerbaijan. Its industries include food processing, wine making,…Plundering the Past: Iraq Museum Opens Boxes After Persian Gulf War
After ten years, a museum in Baghdad reopens with prized antiquities by David Johnson Related Links Plundering the Past: IntroGlossary of Art MovementsAlmanac: ArtLaw Enforcement & Crime…Greater and Lesser Tunb
(Encyclopedia) Greater and Lesser Tunb, disputed islands, E Persian Gulf. Greater Tunb is approximately 6 sq mi (10 sq km) in area; Lesser Tunb, some 7 mi (11 km) to the west, about 1 sq mi (2 sq km…Dost Muhammad
(Encyclopedia) Dost MuhammadDost Muhammaddōst m&oomacr;hämˈmäd [key], 1793–1863, emir of Afghanistan. He and his family struggled to get the emirate for years before he finally succeeded in…Plataea
(Encyclopedia) PlataeaPlataeaplətēˈə [key], ancient city of Greece, in S Boeotia (now Voiotía), on the slope of Mt. Cithaeron (Kithairón). Plataea had voluntarily passed from Theban to Athenian…Trending
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