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Susiana

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[soo-zee-ah-nuh, -an-uh] / ˌsu ziˈɑ nə, -ˈæn ə /

noun

  1. Elam.


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In Babylonia, also, in Susiana and Mesopotamia, Hellenism had been established in a system of cities for 200 years before the coming of the Parthian.

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Anshan is a district of Elam or Susiana, the exact position of which is still subject to much discussion.

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Among the Greeks the land of the Elamites was known as Kissia, and afterwards as Susiana, from the name of the capital.

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He said to the people: 'I am king in Susiana.'

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"Antipater is regent, with Macedonia and all Greece; Seleucus gets the satrapy of Babylon; and Antigonus, Susiana, besides what he had."

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