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Persian Empire, Persopolis - Crystalinks (3505 words) |
 | In the 5th century BC the vast Persian Empire attempted to conquer Greece. |
| In 480 BC the Persians returned, led by King Xerxes, the son of Darius. |
| This probably was the reason why Xerxes in 484 BC abolished the Kingdom of Babel and took away the golden statue of Bel (Marduk, Merodach), the hands of which the legitimate king of Babel had to seize on the first day of each year, and killed the priest who tried to hinder him. |
| Ethics of Assyrian, Babylonian, and Persian Empires by Sanderson Beck (14089 words) |
| From the thirteenth century BC to the middle of the sixth century is called the iron age with increasing use of that new technology. |
| In 465 BC Xerxes was assassinated in the royal bedchamber by a conspiracy led by Artabanus, Megabyzus, and the eunuch chamberlain Aspamitres. |
| In 338 BC while Philip of Macedonia was on his way to defeating the Athenians and Thebans at Charoneia, Ochus was poisoned by his physician by order of the eunuch Bagoas. |
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