Persia

Examples

• It reached out far beyond the utmost limits of the empire, into Armenia, Persia, Abyssinia, Ireland, Germany, India, and Turkestan. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Convinced of his security from Persia, Pericles spent the war hoard of the allies upon the beautification of his city. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Over most of the area of Western Central Asia and Persia and Mesopotamia, the ancient distinction of nomad and settled population remains to this day. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• In Smyrna we picked up camel's hair shawls and other dressy things from Persia; but in Palestine--ah, in Palestine--our splendid career ended. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Nevertheless, Manich?ism held its own in Persia with Nestorian Christianity and orthodox Zoroastrianism (Mazdaism) for some centuries. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• They had no knowledge of geography beyond the range of the Mediterranean basin and the frontiers of Persia. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• We have already mentioned the very recent Kharismian empire of Turkestan, Persia, and North India. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Xerxes was murdered in his palace about 465 B.C., and thereafter Persia made no further attempts at conquest in Europe. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• In that year Cyrus was ruling over an empire that reached from the boundaries of Lydia to Persia and perhaps to India. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The war between Persia and the Byzantine Empire was only formally concluded about the time of the beginning of Abu Bekr's rule. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• To the court of Tai-tsung came an embassy from Byzantium, and, what is more significant, from Persia came a company of Nestorian missionaries (631). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Tibet was invaded and devastated by Mangu, and Persia and Syria invaded in good earnest. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Persia, with its cloth of gold, marble halls, and infinite wealth, is now a tomb. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Their personal bearing, he says further, is quieter and more dignified than that of the townsmen of Turkestan and Persia. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He represented himself as the loyal friend of Persia, and Darius was not disposed to be too critical. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.

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