Introductions of various Sages of the Talmud, to the Purim Story: Megillah 10b-11a
The Jewish Nation at the time of Purim
Re-accepting the Torah after the miracle: Shabbat 88a
What the essence of the miracle was: Megillah 19a
How it was known that the Jews hadn't taken from the spoils of their war: Megillah 7b
They fell to the Persians due a weakness in the keeping of Mitzvot, or in the study of Torah: Megillah 11a
Whether their sin was one of idolatry, or one of eating at the King's meal: Megillah 12a
The Angels defending the Jews to Gd: Megillah 12b
Under the Rule of Persia before the Purim Story
The path of prophecies which were conveyed from Chanani to Nechemyah to King Artachshasta/Cyrus/Darius: Rosh HaShanah 3b
Whether King Cyrus was benevolent or not: Rosh HaShanah 3b-4a
True identity of King Cyrus, King Darius, and King Artachshasta: Rosh HaShanah 3b
How far Darius's reign extended: Megillah 11b-12a
The power of Darius's blessing to Daniel: Megillah 15a
The 23 years of Evil Merodach's reign: Megillah 11b
Evil Merodach's release of Yehoyachin: Megillah 11b
When Cyrus declared that the Temple could be rebuilt: Megillah 12a
Gd wanted Cyrus to build the Temple himself, and Gd complained to the Mashiach when Cyrus left it up to the Jews, instead: Megillah 12a
Cyrus' motivations in his donations to the Temple funds: Rosh HaShanah 4a
Cyrus' motivations in building the Temple Walls with certain vulnerabilities: Rosh HaShanah 4a
Cyrus' wives: Rosh HaShanah 4a
The Persians' similarity to bears in physique and habit: Megillah 11a
How far Cyrus's reign extended: Megillah 11b
Under the Rule of Persia after Purim, until the Second Temple
The Jews were still under Achashverosh's rule, after the whole Purim miracle: Megillah 14a
The Rule of the Persians and the Medeans
Their arrangement for mutual government: Megillah 12a
The male and female roles under these nations: Megillah 12b
The Hasmonean Kings
The Hasmoneans and the city of Caesaria: Megillah 6a
The siege of Jerusalem, Hurkenus against Aristoblus: Menachos 64b
Hurkenus would sell the Daily Offering to the insiders, until he was told that this was why Jerusalem wasn't falling, at which point he sent them a pig and Jerusalem fell to his forces: Menachot 64b
An errant decree of the Hasmonean Kings, and its defeat by the Sages: Rosh HaShanah 18b
The Temple Menorah created by the Hasmonean Kings, when they re-did the Temple: Rosh HaShanah 24b
