Sean Ra

List of Iranian Dynasties

Ancient Countries, Ancient Dynasties / By

Scythian kingdoms Scythian Kingdom in West Asia (c. 7th century BC–c. 600s BC) Scythian Kingdom in Pontic Steppe (c. 600s BC–c. 3rd century BC) Median dynasty (ca. 678 BCE–549 BCE) of Median origin Orontid dynasty (570–200 BC) of Iranian origin Pharnacid dynasty (c. 550–320 BC) of Persian origin Achaemenid dynasty (550–330 BC) of Persian origin Ariarathid dynasty (331 BC–96 BC) of Iranian origin Atropatene (320s BC–3rd century AD) of Iranian origin Parthian Empire (“Arsacid dynasty of Parthia”; 247 BC–224 AD) …

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Sultan Selim III

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Selim III (Ottoman Turkish: سليم ثالث, Selim; 24 December 1761 – 28 July 1808) was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1789 to 1807. Regarded as an enlightened ruler, the Janissaries eventually deposed and imprisoned him, and placed his cousin Mustafa on the throne as Mustafa IV. Selim was subsequently killed by a group of …

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Sultan Osman Gazi

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Osman I or Osman Ghazi (Ottoman Turkish: عثمان غازى, romanized: ʿOsmān Ġāzī; Turkish: I. Osman or Osman Gazi; died 1323/4), sometimes transliterated archaically as Othman, was the founder of the Ottoman Empire. Perhaps it is the scarcity of information about the life of the founder of the Ottoman dynasty that makes it all the more intriguing. Historians …

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Lost ancient Peruvian fresco

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BY AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE – AFP Archaeologists have unearthed a pre-Hispanic fresco depicting mythological scenes in northern Peru, which had been lost for a century. “It’s an exceptional discovery, first of all, because it is rare to unearth wall paintings of such quality in pre-Colombian archaeology,” said Sam Ghavami, the Swiss archaeologist who led excavations that …

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Ancient South Americans tasted chocolate 5,400 years ago

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New research strengthens the case that people used the chocolate ingredient cacao in South America 5,400 years ago, underscoring the seed’s radical transformation into today’s Twix bars and M&M candies. Tests indicate traces of cacao on artifacts from an archeological site in Ecuador, according to a study published Monday. That’s about 1,500 years older than …

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Hittite meals

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The Hittites were an Anatolian peoplewho played an important role in establishing first a kingdom in Kussara (before 1750 BC), then the Kanesh or Nesha kingdom (c. 1750–1650 BC), and next an empire centered on Hattusa in north-central Anatolia (around 1650 BC). The 4,000-year-old Hittite cuisine was cooked in Alacahöyük, an important Neolithic settlement and …

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