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HAMADĀN viii. JEWISH COMMUNITY
The relative religious freedom that existed in Persia at Yudḡān’s time had widespread effects on the Jewish communities, in Hamadān in particular. Religious authorities of the two Talmudic schools in Iraq were able to better influence the Jewish communities of Persia, opening yeshivas in Hamadān.
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MAZAEUS
member of the highest Achaemenid aristocracy, who had a long career under Artaxerxes III, Darius III, and Alexander of Macedon. At Gaugamela, Mazaeus commanded the right wing of the Persian line with “the best of the cavalry.”