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• n  an empire in southern Asia created by Cyrus the Great in the 6th century BC and destroyed by Alexander the Great in the 4th century BC
• n  a theocratic Islamic republic in the Middle East in western Asia; Iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as Persia until 1935; rich in oil

• Persia
• Persian Empire
• Iran
• Islamic Republic of Iran

News & Articles

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• Global Colocation Solutions Provider CyrusOne Plans Celebration of Company's Namesake at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
  DALLAS -- Global colocation solutions provider CyrusOne plans to celebrate the history of its namesake, King Cyrus, at a special June 12 event at the "Cyrus Cylinder and Ancient Persia" exhibition ...
  June 11, 2013 - GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance
• Persian Carpet Sells for Record $33 Million
  Washington — A Persian carpet decorated with swirling vines and vibrant flowers that was stored for decades by the Corcoran Gallery of Art sold Wednesday for more than $30 million. That sum, fetched at a Sotheby’s sale, shattered the previous record for rugs sold at auction.
  June 10, 2013 - Valley News
• Who's News
  Natalie Persia, a junior at Delsea Regional High School, auditioned and has been selected for the 2013 New Jersey All-State Mixed Chorus; and Tara Dalton, a junior at Delsea Regional High School, has been selected for the All-State Women's Chorus.
  June 8, 2013 - Daily Journal

Quotes

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• Megan Fox in Digital Spy
  I don't want people to protest this, but I would like to be Rainmaker,she said. "She's a Native American and I have a little bit of that blood in me. It would be a bit of a stretch - but if Jake Gyllenhaal can be the Prince of Persia, I...
• Saddam Hussein in International Herald Tribune
  The guitar and the sitar are obviously related - even linguistically. The oud moves west from Persia to become the lute; it moves east to become the pipa. And a European hears an erhu and says it's purely Chinese, a Chinese violin, but in Chinese... Yo-Yo Ma http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yo-Yo_Ma&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNErUW0-hneR-2ACdJoVDk8GFSKNwA International Herald Tribune http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/04/08/america/NA-GEN-US-Ma-Silk-Road.php&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFAAAHNSS2Eh1RRCywuaU0WYrkfvw Apr 8, 2007 73744 98731 persian I have saved you from destitution and misery and destroyed your enemies, the Persian and Americans," Saddam responded, al-Rubaie told the Times.