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The female name Amytis is the Latinised form of the Greek name Amutis (Αμυτις), which perhaps may reflect (with vowel metathesis) an original Old Persian name *ᴴumati, meaning "having good thought," and which is an equivalent of the Avestan term humaⁱti (𐬵𐬎𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌). [1] [2]
Amytis was married to Spitamas, who was a Median grandee and the prospective successor of Astyages. [ 1 ] After Astyages was overthrown by the Persian king Cyrus , who was his own grandson through his daughter Mandane , and therefore was the nephew of Amytis, Cyrus killed Spitamas and married Amytis to legitimise his rule.
Amytis had a niece, also named Amytis, from her brother Astyages. [1] Amytis married Nebuchadnezzar to formalize the alliance between the Babylonian and Median dynasties. Tradition relates that Amytis' yearning for the forested mountains of Media led to the construction of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, as Nebuchadnezzar attempted to please ...
Amitis or Amytis may refer to: Amytis of Media (c. 630–565 BCE), daughter of Cyaxares and wife of Nebuchadnezzar; Amytis (daughter of Astyages) (6th century BCE), daughter of Astyages and wife of Cyrus II; Amytis (daughter of Xerxes I) (5th century BCE), daughter of Xerxes I; Amytis Towfighi, American neurologist and professor; 5560 Amytis, a ...
An experimental Wikipedia edition in the obsolete chữ Nôm script began in October 2006 at the Wikimedia Incubator. [6] It was deleted in April 2010. [7] [non-primary source needed] The Vietnam Wikimedians User Group supports the development of the Vietnamese Wikipedia and other Vietnamese-language Wikimedia projects.
Từ điển bách khoa toàn thư Việt Nam (Encyclopedia of Vietnam), a state-sponsored encyclopedia which was published in 2005. Vietnamese Wikipedia, a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. Vietnam War encyclopedias. Encyclopedic works and encyclopedias focused on Vietnam War-related topics.
Most frequently made from a single piece of bamboo, the sáo measures between 40 and 55 centimeters in length and 1.5 to 2 centimeters in diameter, with six or ten finger holes and a tuning slide. [1] [2] Located inside the bamboo tube, near the oval blowing hole, is a soft wooden piece that adjust pitches when necessary. The first hole after ...
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