Hyrcania (Ancient Greek: Ὑρκανία; Arabic: خربة المرد "Khirbet el-Mird"; Hebrew: הורקניה Horcania) was an ancient fortress in the Judean Desert. It was...

coast of the Caspian Sea in Iran and Azerbaijan Hyrcania (fortress), a fortress in the West Bank Hyrcania (Lydia), a town of ancient Lydia Fictional geography...

Masada Hasmonean desert fortresses Alexandreion/Alexandrion/Alexandrium Dok (Dagon) on the Mount of Temptation Hyrcania (fortress) Cypros (German article)...

Dareeioukaome (Darius village), Ormoita and Tyanolla. Hyrcania Hyrcanis (Lydia) Hyrcania (fortress) Hyrcanian forests Henry Fanshawe Tozer, A History of...

during the Great Revolt. Hasmonean desert fortresses Dok (Dagon) on the Mount of Temptation Hyrcania (fortress) Cypros (German article) Machaerus Peter...

in fortresses and citadels within the Hasmonean state, including in the fortresses of the Judean desert such as Alexandrium, Kyprus and Hyrcania, which...

states that the iron gates Alexander erected were controlled by the king of Hyrcania (on the south edge of the Caspian), and allowing passage of the gates to...

destroyed by Antiochus. He also built a fortress north of the Temple called the Baris and possibly also the fortress Hyrcania. Moreover, out of desperation, Hyrcanus...

the west, Hyrcania on the north west, Margiana on the northeast, and Aria on the east. During Arsacid times, Parthia was united with Hyrcania as one administrative...

138 BC, and shortly afterwards sent to one of Mithridates I's palaces in Hyrcania. Mithridates I then punished Elymais for aiding Demetrius, and made Persis...

Ctesias refers to the land of Tapuri between the two lands of Cadusii and Hyrcania. The name and probable habitations of the Tapuri appear, at different periods...

several Caspian Gates at the eastern part of a region known in antiquity as Hyrcania, on the nomadic route from the northern steppes to the Iranian heartland...

Drangiana; Philip ruled Bactria and Sogdiana; Phrataphernes ruled Parthia and Hyrcania; Peucestas governed Persis; Tlepolemus had charge over Carmania; Atropates...

regions situated further west, Hyrcania, Parthia, Aria, Drangiana must have already belonged to the Medes. That Hyrcania and Parthia were possession of...

be a vassal of the Romans. In the meantime, Artabanus II returned from Hyrcania with a strong army of Scythian (Dahae) auxiliaries and was again acknowledged...

Cappadocia, Persis, Parthia, Bactria, Arabia, Tapouria, Sogdia, Arachosia, Hyrcania, and other adjacent peoples that had been subdued by Alexander, as far...

and Hyrcania. The territory known as Mazandaran has changed hands among various dynasties from early in its history. There are several fortresses remaining...

(or simply the Gorgan Wall) was located in north of the Gorgan River in Hyrcania, at a geographic narrowing between the Caspian Sea and the mountains of...

strongly resemble the Hasmonean and Herodian systems in Alexandrium and Hyrcania. Potsherds found on the summit date to the Middle Bronze Age (II), the...

Philip governed Bactria and Sogdia; Phrataphernes governed Parthia and Hyrcania; Peucestas governed Persis; Tlepolemus had charge over Carmania; Atropates...

Empire for two periods, separated by a number of years of captivity in Hyrcania in Parthia, first from September 145 BC to July/August 138 BC, and again...

understood to have been Sadducee. Hasmonean coinage Hyrcanus inscription Hyrcania Siege of Jerusalem (disambiguation), list of sieges for, and battles of...

invaded Parthia, occupied the capital Hecatompylos and pushed forward into Hyrcania, winning the Battle of Mount Labus. The Parthian king Arsaces II apparently...

the multiethnic, multilingual population". The neighbouring province of Hyrcania was shortly conquered by the Parni as well. A recovery expedition by the...

Krylgan Kala fortress (4th-3rd century BC) Ayaz Kala 1 fortress (4th-3rd century BC) Toprak-Kala palace city (1st-2nd century AD) Fortress of Kyzyl-Kala...

thought to be the oldest, was constructed around 167 BCE. The second fort, Hyrcania, was likely constructed by John Hyrcanus (ruled 134-104 BCE). Alexander...

Khirbet es-Sŭmrah, or Khirbet Qumrân. Another ruin at that time was the fortress Hyrcania, which had been destroyed some years earlier. The Hebrew word אריח...

High Priest (Kohen Gadol) and Ethnarch, taking a Greek "regnal name" (see Hyrcania) in an acceptance of the Hellenistic culture of his Seleucid suzerains...

Lijian, although still poorly understood, could be identified with either Hyrcania in Iran or even Alexandria in Egypt. The Weilüe by Yu Huan (c. 239–265...

bent on destruction given by Persian accounts. Kafir-kala is an ancient fortress 12 kilometers south of the city center of Samarkand in Uzbekistan, protecting...