Achaemenid
noun
a member of the dynasty of kings in ancient Persia that ruled from c550 b.c. to 331 b.c.
Achaemenidae
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pluralof Achaemenid.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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They destroyed Nineveh in alliance with the Babylonians, and half a century later Cyrus took Babylon and founded the great dynasty of the Achaemenidae.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various
To this royal family of the Achaemenidae Cyrus belonged.
From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 04 Imperial Antiquity by John Lord
History.—This country was anciently part of the Persian empire of the Achaemenidae, and probably afterwards of the Graeco-Bactrian kingdom, and then subject to the invading Asiatic tribes who broke up that kingdom, e.g. the Yue-chi.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various
Before the battle of Ipsus, Mithridates, a Persian prince of the blood-royal of the Achaemenidae, had escaped to Pontus, and founded there the kingdom of that name.
From The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: from Marathon to Waterloo by Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy
Darius belonged to a younger branch of the royal family of the Achaemenidae.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various
