Achaemenid
noun
a member of the dynasty of kings in ancient Persia that ruled from c550 b.c. to 331 b.c.
Achaemenids
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pluralof Achaemenid.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The Achaemenids borrowed artistic traditions from the Mesopotamians to depict Ahura Mazda in the same way they styled their important gods.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
The Achaemenids had waged war with Greece, inadvertently exciting the future ambitions of Alexander the Great.
From New York Times ● May 11, 2020
The rise of the Achaemenids in Persia around the time of the Buddha had produced the first truly global empire.
From New York Times ● May 11, 2020
It was an ancient and sophisticated civilization of its own, by the Sasanian period already nearly eight centuries old under the Achaemenids, Seleucids, and Parthians in turn.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
But this historical aspect of the myth is of late origin: it is nothing but a reflex of the great Iranian empire founded by the Achaemenids and restored by the Sassanids.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various
