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1 day ago · Indeed, shortly afterward, Ardashir I, the local Iranian ruler of Persis (modern Fars Province, Iran) from Istakhr began subjugating the surrounding territories in defiance of Arsacid rule. He confronted Artabanus IV at the Battle of Hormozdgān on 28 April 224 AD, perhaps at a site near Isfahan , defeating him and establishing the Sasanian ...
- Sasanian Empire
Following the invasion of Iran by Muslim Arabs, Peroz III,...
- Arsaces I
Arsaces I (/ ˈ ɑːr s ə s iː z /; from Greek: Ἀρσάκης; in...
- Seleucid–Parthian Wars
The Seleucid–Parthian Wars were a series of conflicts...
- Roman–Parthian Wars
The Roman–Parthian Wars (54 BC – 217 AD) were a series of...
- Parthian Language
The Parthian language, also known as Arsacid Pahlavi and...
- Ctesiphon
Ctesiphon (/ ˈ t ɛ s ɪ f ɒ n / TESS-if-on; Middle Persian:...
- Marcus Licinius Crassus
Marcus Licinius Crassus (/ ˈ k r æ s ə s /; 115 – 53 BC) was...
- Sasanian Empire
6 hours ago · John Koerner, 85, American songwriter and guitarist (Koerner, Ray & Glover), bile duct cancer. Andrey Kudriashov, 32, Russian motorcycle speedway racer, skin cancer. Agustín Ramón Martínez, 62, Israeli-Paraguayan serial killer and fraudster. Jerrold Northrop Moore, 90, American-born British musicologist.
1 day ago · Iran: 1.69 138 Maldives: 1.69 139 Sweden: 1.67 140 (9) Turks and Caicos Islands : 1.67 141 United States: 1.66 142 Brazil: 1.64 143 Slovakia: 1.64 144 New Zealand: 1.64 145 Slovenia: 1.64 146 Barbados: 1.63 147 Trinidad and Tobago: 1.63 148 Netherlands: 1.62 149 Croatia: 1.62 150 Estonia: 1.61 151 North Macedonia: 1.60 152 Belgium: 1.60 153 ...
1 day ago · Find out the three-letter abbreviations for all the countries and regions that participate in the Olympic Games, based on the International Olympic Committee's official codes.
6 hours ago · Dean Arnold Corll (December 24, 1939 – August 8, 1973) was an American serial killer and sex offender who abducted, raped, tortured, and murdered a minimum of twenty-eight teenage boys and young men between 1970 and 1973 in Houston and Pasadena, Texas.
- The Candy Man, The Pied Piper
- Exsanguination from gunshot wounds to left chest, back and lungs
- Dean Arnold Corll, December 24, 1939, Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.
- August 8, 1973 (aged 33), Pasadena, Texas, U.S.
1 day ago · Sir John Graham, 4th Baronet, 93, British diplomat, ambassador to Iraq (1974–1977), Iran (1979–1980) and NATO (1982–1986). Larry Heinemann, 75, American writer. Jiří Jirmal, 94, Czech classical guitarist. Charles Knox, 90, American composer and music educator.
6 hours ago · The possession of "Indecent and obscene material such as pornographic books, magazines, films, videos, DVDs, Blu-Ray, VHS, and software" is prohibited in Botswana. Possession or import of such material is illegal and punishable by a fine or up to four years imprisonment. Egypt. In Egypt, it is illegal to distribute pornography.
