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El (god) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (4051 words) |
 | A Phoenician inscribed amulet of the 7th century BCE from Arslan Tash may refer to Ēl. |
 | This is the form under which Ēl/Cronus appears on coins from Byblos from the reign of Antiochus IV (175–164 BCE) four spread wings and two folded wings, leaning on a staff. |
 | Poseidon of Beirut was also worshipped at Delos where there was an association of merchants, shipmasters and warehousmen called the Poseidoniastae of Berytus founded in 110 or 109 BCE. |
| History of Iran: Parthian Empire (1968 words) |
 | After the fall of the Achaemenid Empire, Parthia, northeastern Iran, was governed by the Seleucid kings: a Macedonian dynasty that ruled in the Asian territories of the former Persian Empire. |
 | In July 141 BCE Mithradates captured the Seleucid capital Seleucia, and in October he reached Uruk in the south of Babylonia. |
 | In 69 BCE, the two enemies concluded a treaty: the Euphrates would be the border. |