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  2. Thasian rebellion - Wikipedia

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    Thucydides reports that the dispute between Athens and Thasos was caused by a dispute over control of markets on the Thracian coast and a gold mine that the Thasians controlled. [1] Most scholars believe that Athens was the aggressor in this dispute, although G.E.M. de Ste. Croix has argued that the Athenians were intervening on behalf of a ...

  3. First Peloponnesian War - Wikipedia

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    Still, hints of conflict emerged. Thucydides reports that in the mid 460s BC, Sparta decided to invade Attica during the Thasian rebellion, but was stopped by an earthquake in 464 BC that triggered a revolt among the helots. [16] [17] It was that helot revolt which would eventually bring on the crisis that precipitated the war.

  4. Receptor antagonist - Wikipedia

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    The term antagonist was originally coined to describe different profiles of drug effects. [10] The biochemical definition of a receptor antagonist was introduced by Ariens [11] and Stephenson [12] in the 1950s. The current accepted definition of receptor antagonist is based on the receptor occupancy model. It narrows the definition of ...

  5. Achaemenid Empire - Wikipedia

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    The Achaemenid Empire borrows its name from the ancestor of Cyrus the Great, the founder of the empire, Achaemenes.The term Achaemenid means "of the family of the Achaemenis/Achaemenes" (Old Persian: πƒπŽ§πŽ πŽΆπŽ΄πŽ‘π, romanized: Haxāmaniš; [24] a bahuvrihi compound translating to "having a friend's mind"). [25]