See also:

• SUSA (anc. Segusio, q.v.)
• SUSA (Biblical, Shushan)
• SUSA (Fr. Sousse)

SUSA (Biblical, Shushan)  , the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of Susiana or See also:

• ELAM

Elam and from the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of See also:

• DARIUS (Pers. Darayavaush; Old Test. Daryavesh)

Darius I. the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence of the Achaemenian See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings . It had been the centre of the old See also:

• MONARCHY (Fr. monarchic, from Lat. monarchia, Gr. uovapXia, rule of one, µbvos, alone, apXi7, rule)

monarchy of Elam and had undergone many vicissitudes before it See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell into the hands of the Persians (see ELAM) . The site, fixed by the explorations of W . K . See also:

• LOFTUS, ADAM (c. 1533-1605)

Loftus, lies in the See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain, but within sight of the mountains, between the courses of the Kerkha (Choaspes) and the See also:

• DIZFUL

Dizful, one of the affluents of the Pasitigris . The Shaur, a small tributary of the Dizful, washes the eastern See also:

• BASE

base of the mounds of Shush, and seems to be the representative of the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient Ulai or Eulaeus . Thus the whole See also:

• DISTRICT

district was fruitful and well watered; the surrounding See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers with their canals gave See also:

• PROTECTION

protection and a waterway to the See also:

• PERSIAN
• PERSIAN, SYRIAN, EGYPTIAN AND TURKISH

Persian Gulf; while the position of the See also:

• TOWN

town between the Semitic and Iranian lands of the See also:

• EMPIRE

empire was convenient for administrative purposes . See also:

• SUSA (anc. Segusio, q.v.)
• SUSA (Biblical, Shushan)
• SUSA (Fr. Sousse)

Susa therefore became a vast and populous capital; See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek writers assign to it a See also:

• CIRCUIT (Lat. circuitus, from circum, round, and ire, to go)

circuit of 15 or 20 M . The remains include four mounds, of which one is the site of the citadel called Memnonion by the Greeks, while another (the Apadana to the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east of it) represents the See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace of Darius I. and See also:

• ARTAXERXES

Artaxerxes II . Mnemon . This latter has been excavated by M . Dieulafoy and the enamelled bricks with which its walls were adorned are now in the Louvre .

See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South of these two mounds is the site of the royal Elamite See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city . The See also:

• FOURTH

fourth See also:

• MOUND

mound, covering the remains of the poorer houses, is on the right See also:

• BANK

bank of the See also:

• RIVER

river between the Shaur and the Kerkha . J. de 1b4organ's excavations (since 1897) have been principally in the citadel mound, which See also:

• MEASURES

measures rougnly 1500 ft. by 825 ft. and is 125 ft. high . The two lowest strata belong to the See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age, and the first is characterized by a See also:

• FINE

fine thin pottery, with yellow See also:

• PASTE (O. Fr. paste, modern pate, Late Lat. pasta, whence also in Span., Port. and Ital., from Gr. 1r&vrrl or 1raara, barley porridge, or salted pottage, ir&ao'ety, to sprinkle with salt)

paste decorated with geometrical patterns and See also:

• ANIMAL
• ANIMAL (Lat. animalis, from anima, breath, soul)

animal or See also:

• VEGETABLE

vegetable figures in See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black and See also:

• BROWN
• BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
• BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
• BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
• BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
• BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
• BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
• BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
• BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
• BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
• BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
• BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
• BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
• BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
• BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
• BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
• BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
• BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
• BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
• BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
• BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
• BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
• BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)

brown-red . Some of it is similar to the prehistoric iI pottery of See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt . The pottery of the second See also:

• NEOLITHIC, or LATER STONE AGE (Gr. vEOr, new, and XLOos, stone)

neolithic stratum I Some 35 M. due south of Susa, and See also:

• HALF

half way on the road to See also:

• SFAX (Arabic Asfakis or Safakus, the cucumbers)

Sfax is much inferior . Above these strata come the remains of Elamite and See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early Babylonian See also:

• CIVILIZATION

civilization with inscribed See also:

• OBJECTS

objects, the See also:

• OLDEST

oldest of which exhibit the pictorial characters out of which the See also:

• CUNEIFORM (from Lat. cuneus, a wedge)

cuneiform were evolved . Under the See also:

• FOUNDATIONS

foundations of the See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

temple of In-Susinak (in the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west See also:

• PART

part of the mound) a vast quantity of See also:

• BRONZE

bronze objects has been discovered, for the most part earlier than the loth See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century B.C . Among the monuments brought to See also:

• LIGHT

light in other parts of the mound are the See also:

• OBELISK (Gr. b/3EXivrcos, diminutive of OEMs, a spit)

obelisk of Manistusu (see BABYLONIA), the stela of Naram-See also:

• SIN
• SIN (O. Eng. syn: a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch zonde, Ger. Siinde)

Sin and the See also:

• CODE (Lat. codex)

code of Khammurabi, along with. a See also:

• GREAT

great number of historically valuable boundary-stones . The upper portions of the mounds have yielded, besides Persian remains, Greek pottery and See also:

• INSCRIPTIONS (from Lat. inscribere, to write upon)

inscriptions of the 4th century B.C., numerous coins of the Kamnaskires See also:

• DYNASTY (Gr. &vvaareta, sovereignty, the position of a hevnori7r, lord, ruler, from SuvaaBay to be able, Suvaµas, power)

dynasty and other kings of Elymais in the Seleucid era, and See also:

• PARTHIAN

Parthian and See also:

• SASSANIAN

Sassanian See also:

• RELICS (Lat, reliquiae, the equivalent of the English " remains " in the sense of a dead body)

relics . In the Sassanian See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period the city was razed in consequence of a revolt, but rebuilt by Sapor (See also:

• SHAPUR (Pahlavi, Shahpuhre, " son of the king "; Greek Sapores, commonly Sapor)

Shapur) II.; the walls were again destroyed at the time of the See also:

• MAHOMMEDAN

Mahommedan See also:

• CONQUEST

conquest, but the site, which is now deserted, was a seat of See also:

• SUGAR

sugar manufacture in the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle ages .