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Prince Rupert BC, Prince Rupert Canada (1361 words) |
 | Situated on Kaien Island at the mouth of the Skeena River, Prince Rupert is 170 ft. above sea level and has an average annual precipitation of 95 inches.. |
| Information on passenger/vehicle rates, schedules and staterooms can be obtained from the Alaska Marine Highway, Box 25535, Juneau, AK 99802-5535, or toll free in USA and Canada 1-800-642-0066 or 907-465-3941 or fax 907-277-4829. |
| For a scenic cruise through the Inside Passage of British Columbia's unique coastline, take the BC Ferry from Port Hardy (northern tip of Vancouver Island) or Prince Rupert on the BC Northcoast mainland. |
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Persian Empire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (4234 words) |
| Cyrus rallied the Persians together, and in 550 BC defeated the forces of Astyages, who was then captured by his own nobles and turned over to the triumphant Cyrus, now Shah of a unified Persian kingdom. |
| Persia's weakness was exposed to the Greeks in 401 BC, when the Satrap of Sardis hired ten thousand Greek mercenaries to help secure his claim to the imperial throne (see Xenophon). |
| Parthian Persia (170 BC-AD Metallic statue of a Parthian prince (thought to be Surena), AD 100, kept at The National Museum of Iran, Tehran. |
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