1) Ancient capital of Egypt 2) Capital of ancient Egypt 3) City 4) City called No in the Bible 5) City founded by cadmus 6) City of 2000 BC 7) City of ancient Egypt 8) Metropolis 9) Old rival of athens 10) Realm of Oedipus 11) Rival of ancient athens 12) Site of Temple of Karnak 13) Site of the Temple of Karnak
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major city of Boeotia nomós (department), northwest of Athens, Greece, and one of the chief cities and powers of ancient Greece. On the acropolis of ... [14 related articles]
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one of the famed cities of antiquity, the capital of the ancient Egyptian empire at its heyday. Thebes lay on either side of the Nile River at ... [13 related articles]
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Capital of Boeotia in ancient Greece. In the Peloponnesian War it was allied with Sparta against Athens. For a short time after 371 BC when Thebes defeated Sparta at Leuctra, it was the most...
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Greek name of an ancient city (Niut-Amen) in Upper Egypt, on the Nile. Probably founded under the first dynasty, it was the centre of the worship of Amen, and the Egyptian capital under the New...
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n] - an ancient Greek city in Boeotia destroyed by Alexander the Great in 336 BC
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[Greek mythology] chief city of ancient Boeotia, in eastern central Greece.
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a Greek city that was the largest in the region of Boeotia; Thebes sided with the Persians against the Greeks in the Persian War and thus were greatly demoted in power after the war ended; Sparta allied itself with Thebes later when they sought help in their struggles against Athens; after the Peloponnesian War, however, they turned against Sparta;...
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noun an ancient Greek city in Boeotia destroyed by Alexander the Great in 336 BC
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(Egypt) Click images to enlargeGreek name of an ancient city (Niut-Amen) in Upper Egypt, on the Nile. Probably founded under the first dynasty, it was the centre of the worship of Amen, and the Egyptian capital under the New Kingdom from ab...
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(Greece) Capital of Boeotia in ancient Greece. In the Peloponnesian War it was allied with Sparta against Athens. For a short time after 371 BC when Thebes defeated Sparta at Leuctra, it was the most powerful state in Greece. Alexander the Great destroyed it in 336 BC and although it was resto...
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Ancient name for the modern city of Luxor.
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the capital city of Egypt for most of the New Kingdom. It was on the site of the modern city of Luxor. The Valley of the Kings is opposite on the West Bank.
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Located on both banks of the River Nile, about 450 miles south of modern Cairo. Thebes is partly occupied today by the towns of Karnak and Luxor. Known to the Egyptians as No-Amon (`the city of Amon”), it was named Thebes by the Greeks, who also called it Diospolis (`heavenly city”). Thebes first appears in Egyptian records during the Old Kin...
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