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Rhagae

American  
[rey-jee] / ˈreɪ dʒi /

noun

  1. an ancient city of Media, on the site of present-day Tehran, Iran.


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Rather, they moved periodically between the cities and regions of Babylon, Susa, Rhagae, Parthia, Ecbatana, Persepolis, and possibly others.

From Textbooks Apr. 19, 2023

In the same way Rhagae or Rai, one of the ancient capitals of Persia, the site of which lies a few miles east of Teheran, was destroyed about 1220 by Jenghiz Khan.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various

Gaumata is so like your brother Bartja, that in the school for priests at Rhagae, where he still is, he was always called "the prince."

From An Egyptian Princess — Volume 07 by Eleanor Grove

Rhagae was once an important centre of the ceramic industry, but this was transferred to the neighbouring town of Veramin, in the 13th century.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various

Alexander, with his main body, then pursued Darius through Media by forced marches and reached Rhagae, a distance of three hundred miles from Ecbatana, in eleven days.

From A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest by Sir William Smith

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