Hyrcania

A portion of that region formed the district called Hyrcania; and it is not altogether easy to determine what were the limits between the two.

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At the same time he commissioned a fleet of open-decked Greek galleys in Hyrcania to explore the Caspian Sea with orders to discover whether it connected to the great ocean encircling the world.

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He himself took the light-armed soldiers and headed up the steepest road to reach Hyrcania first.

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In theory, a voyager could board a boat in Hyrcania and sail west to the Atlantic or east around Asia to India.

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According to Plutarch, Diodorus, and others—most of whom had serious doubts about the story—Thalestris ruled a country to the north of Hyrcania between the Black Sea and the Caspian.

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Hyrcania: Region on the southern shore of the Caspian Sea in modern Iran.

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Alexander divided his forces into three groups as he marched into Hyrcania.

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Alexander spent another two weeks in Hyrcania settling administrative matters, sacrificing to the gods, and holding athletic contests for his soldiers.

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The road to Bactria lay due east, but Alexander decided first to take a brief detour north over the mountains to the land of Hyrcania on the southern shore of the Caspian Sea.

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They had traveled from the Persian homeland north to Media, chased Darius east across Parthia and taken a detour into Hyrcania on the Caspian Sea.

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