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09/30/2011
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Persia

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A former country in southwestern Asia, called Iran since 1935. It became the center of a powerful empire under the Achaemenid dynasty in the 6th century bc, but this was overthrown by Alexander the Great in 330 bc
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sparta

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A city in the southern Peloponnese in Greece, capital of Laconia; pop. 13,000. It was a powerful city-state in the 5th century bc
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Athens
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The capital of Greece, in the southern part of the country; pop. 3,096,775. It was an important cultural center in the 5th century bc. It came under Roman rule in 146 bc, fell to the Goths in ad 267, and the Turks in 1456. 
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