Achaemenids
- plural of Achaemenid.
Example Sentences
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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
Subsequent dynasties would look back to the Sasanians as the model to emulate, just as the Sasanians had emulated the Achaemenids.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
On the other hand the genealogy of Ardashir has of course been connected with the Achaemenids, on whose behalf he exacts vengeance from the Parthians, and with the legendary kings of old Iran.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various
