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Title: Persia past and present; a book of travel and research, with more than two hundred illustrations and a map
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Jackson, A. V. Williams (Abraham Valentine Williams), 1862-1937
Subjects: Zoroastrianism
Publisher: New York, The Macmillan Company London, Macmillan & Co., ltd.
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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the unsuccessfulattempt of Darius to invade Greece, but these marks of de-cadence became more and more manifest in the reigns of Xerxesand Artaxerxes, until the tottering throne of the Achsemenidjefell when Darius III (Codomannus) was conquered by Alexan-der the Great and afterward perished (b.c. 323). The Grecianarms thus proved triumphant over the Persians within theborders of Iran, as they already had at Marathon, Salamis, andPlatsea. The invasion and partial subjugation of Persia by Alexanderresulted in the establishment of the Grseco-Bactrian govern-ment of the Seleucidse, which lasted for seventy years and wasfollowed by the Parthian dynasty, which ruled the fortunes ofPersia for five centuries (b.c. 250-a.d. 226). They in turnyielded to the triumphant ascendancy of the Iranian house ofSasan, who restored the Zoroastrian faith as state religion anddreamed of forming a great national power. Their rule lastedover four centuries (a.d. 226-651), but their hope of establish- i**-:!.
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Darius HI defeated by Alexander in the Battle of 1>.ms(Poiiipeian Mosaic in the Naples Museum)

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