1.   As with the Persian kings, military service was expected in return.

2.   Egypt was conquered by the Persian king Kambyses.

3.   Depicted in finest floss, Queen Esther intercedes with the Persian king Ahasuerus, on behalf of her own people, the Jews.

4.   He threatened to recite the history of English kings, Persian kings and Roman emperors.

5.   Its sovereigns traced their bloodlines to ancient Persian kings.

6.   Koresh is a Hebrew transliteration of Cyrus, the name of the Persian king who allowed the Jews held captive in Babylon to return to Israel.

7.   Possibly people came here to flee from invaders, or perhaps they were sent by Persian kings to build a stronghold against the Russians.

8.   It describes his experienced serving the last two Saite kings before becoming the physician and companion of Cambyses II, the first Persian king of Egypt.

9.   The city prospered under Chosroes, the Persian king who rebuilt the arch.

10.   Purim marks the deliverance of Jews from a masssacre plotted by a Persian king.