Persians
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Persians — Persian Per sian, a. [From Persia: cf. It. Persiano. Cf. {Parsee}, {Peach}, {Persic}.] Of or pertaining to Persia, to the Persians, or to their language. [1913 Webster] {Persian berry}, the fruit of {Rhamnus infectorius}, a kind of buckthorn,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Persians — Historians variously use the term Persian in both a general and a more specific sense. In the general sense, the term denotes a group of Indo European speaking people who settled in Iran in the late second millennium b.c. They eventually… … Ancient Mesopotamia dictioary
Persians (in Egypt) — 525 332 BC. Egypt was conquered by the Persian king *Cambyses in 525 BC; thus annexed to the Persian Empire, Egypt experienced domination in this so called First Persian Period (the Twenty seventh Dynasty) which lasted until 401 BC when the… … Ancient Egypt
PERSIANS, THE — belonged to the Aryan race, hence Iran, the original name of their country; they were related rather to the Western than the Eastern world, and it is from them that continuous history takes its start; they first recognised an ethereal essence … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
PERSIANS — Peoples speaking an Indo European languagewho settled in Iran in the second millennium B.C. By the beginning of the first millennium, they spread westward to the Zagros, where they formed their first state, the Median kingdom (c. 720–550),… … Historical Dictionary of Mesopotamia
PERSIANS — a name given to sculptured draped male figures used as columns … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Persians — n. language of Persia, Persian language (also known as Farsi) Per·sian || pÉœËʃn n. resident or citizen of Persia; native of Persia adj. of or pertaining to Persia; from Persia (former name of modern day Iran) … English contemporary dictionary
persians — plural of persian … Useful english dictionary
Persians, The — a tragedy (472 B.C.) by Aeschylus. * * * … Universalium
Persians, The — a tragedy (472 B.C.) by Aeschylus … Useful english dictionary
