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Herodotus

Book III Content

Cambyses's (son of Cyrus and king of Persia) attack on Egypt, and the defeat of the Egyptian king Psammenitus

Cambyses's abortive attack on Ethiopia

The madness of Cambyses

The good fortune of Polycrates king of Samos

Periander, the king of Corinth and Corcyra, and his obstinate son

The revolt of the two Magi in Persia and the death of Cambyses

The conspiracy of the seven to remove the Magi

The rise of Darius king of Persia

The twenty satrapies

The culture of India and their method of collecting gold

The culture of Arabia and their method of collecting spices

The flooded valley with five gates

Orœtes's (governor of Sardis) scheme against Polycrates

The physician Democêdes

The rise of Syloson governor of Samos

The revolt of Babylon and its defeat by the scheme of Zopyrus

Ancient Greece

Science, Technology , Medicine , Warfare, , Biographies , Life , Cities/Places/Maps , Arts , Literature , Philosophy ,Olympics, Mythology , History , Images

Medieval Greece / Byzantine Empire

Science, Technology, Arts, , Warfare , Literature, Biographies, Icons, History

Modern Greece

Cities, Islands, Regions, Fauna/Flora ,Biographies , History , Warfare, Science/Technology, Literature, Music , Arts , Film/Actors , Sport , Fashion

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Cyprus

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Greeks

Greece

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