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Following the Persian conquest, Sardis became the Western capital of the Persian Empire, the center of command for the Greek cities along the Lonian coast. The city's wealth and importance was maintained because of its strategic location on the royal road to Susa, a corridor of exchange between East and West. Xerxes mustered his armies there intent on marching into Greece...
...workers on such problems as suicide, depression, child beating and drug abuse. Most frequently they hear from children who become frightened when it gets dark and their parents have not come home. The program, launched in September, averages more than 500 calls a month. Says Executive Director Lorraine La Susa: "We live in a violent society, and many of the children are aware of what could happen. Many parents just say, 'Don't let anyone in' or 'Don't let anyone know you're home alone.' They can't go outside. What...
...Middle East discovery was made last Christmas Eve by a French-led team of archaeologists. While dig ging at the ancient imperial Persian city of Susa in western Iran, they suddenly struck a large stone object. As they excitedly removed more earth, fingers, then a hand and finally most of a human figure emerged. Even though the head and shoulders were missing, hieroglyphics on the carved belt of the more than seven-foot-high, four-ton statue indicated that it was a figure of Darius the Great, one of the most powerful rulers of the ancient world...
...lawgiver and statesman, most details of his life and that of the Achaemenian dynasty -which ruled ancient Persia for two centuries-are shrouded in the mists of the past. The great bas-reliefs that Darius ordered carved into a cliffside in Behistun, some 150 miles to the north of Susa, for instance, tell of his accession to the throne and his triumph over enemies. But they are too fragmentary to offer a full historical record...
...left arm against his chest, and wears on his belt a dagger in a sheath decorated with winged bulls. According to the inscriptions, Darius ("the King of Kings, the King of the People, the King of this Great Earth") had the statue carved in Egypt and shipped to Susa, where he personally consecrated it. On the statue's base are two rows of kneeling figures, representing the different tribes and nations that lived under his rule...