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The history of Iran (or Persia, as it was known in the Western world) is intertwined with Greater Iran, a sociocultural region spanning from Anatolia to the Indus River and from the Caucasus to the Persian Gulf. Central to this area is modern-day Iran, which covers the bulk of the Iranian Plateau. Iran is home to one of the world's oldest ...
Iran, [a][b] officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI), [c] also known as Persia, [d] is a country in West Asia. It borders Turkey to the northwest and Iraq to the west, Azerbaijan, Armenia, the Caspian Sea, and Turkmenistan to the north, Afghanistan to the east, Pakistan to the southeast, the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south.
Geographically, the country of Iran is located in West Asia and borders the Caspian Sea, Persian Gulf, and Gulf of Oman. Topographically, it is predominantly located on the Persian Plateau. Its mountains have impacted both the political and the economic history of the country for several centuries. The mountains enclose several broad basins, on ...
Historical regions. In 1937 the territory of Iran was divided into ten administrative regions: Region 1 [fa], Region 2 [fa], Region 10 [fa], etc. (fa) For example, Region 7 [fa] or "Seventh Province" corresponded to present-day Fars Province per the "Territorial Subdivision Act of 1316 Š. /1937 (Qānūn-e taqsīmāt-e kešvar)." [3]
The page details the timeline of History of Iran. Millennia: 1st BC · 1st–2nd · 3rd. Centuries: 7th BC · 6th BC · 5th BC · 4th BC · 3rd BC · 2nd BC · 1st BC · See also · References · Bibliography · External links.
The first three sites in Iran, Meidan Naghshe Jahan, Isfahan, Persepolis and Tchogha Zanbil, were inscribed on the list at the 3rd Session of the World Heritage Committee, held in Cairo and Luxor, Egypt in 1979. [3] They remained the Islamic Republic's only listed properties until 2003, when Takht-e Soleyman was added to the list. [4]
Map of Administrative Subdivisions of Iran in 1911, Tehran, Eyalats, and Velayats. Iran has held its modern territory since the Treaty of Paris in 1857. Prior to 1937, Iran had maintained its feudal administrative divisional structure, dating back to the time the modern state was centralized by the Safavid dynasty in the 16th century. Although ...
An 1814 map of Persia at time of Qajar dynasty. According to Iranologist Richard N. Frye: [72] [73] Throughout Iran's history the western part of the land has been frequently more closely connected with the lowlands of Mesopotamia (Iraq) than with the rest of the plateau to the east of the central deserts [the Dasht-e Kavir and Dasht-e Lut].