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...g the period when the [[Kingdom of Judah]] was a province of the [[Persian Empire]], having been appointed royal cup-bearer at the palace of Shushan. The kin Nehemiah was the last of the governors sent from the Persian court. Judea after this was annexed to the satrapy of Coele-Syria, and was

...ed) and the neighboring areas. The approximate Bronze Age extension of the Persian Gulf is shown. ]] ...ountry, which was ravaged with fire and sword. On the fall of the Assyrian Empire, Elam passed into the hands of the Persians” (A.H. Sayce).