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For the history of ancient Persia from prehistory to circa 330 BCE (to conquests of region by Alexander the Great) see Category: Ancient Persia; For the Greek and Roman Persian era through the 19th century, circa 330 BCE to 1925 CE see Category:Persian history; Ancient Persian cities outside modern Iran include: Derbent; Ctesiphon; Bukhara ...
Persepolis is derived from the Greek Περσέπολις, Persepolis, a compound of Pérsēs (Πέρσης) and pólis (πόλις, together meaning "the Persian city" or "the city of the Persians"). To the ancient Persians, the city was known as Pārsa (Old Persian: 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿), which is also the word for the region of Persia. [6] [7 ...
Map showing the area of the Elamite kingdom (in orange) and the neighboring areas. The approximate Bronze Age extension of the Persian Gulf is shown. Susa was one of the most important cities of the Ancient Near East.
The earliest cities in history were in the ancient Near East, an area covering roughly that of the modern Middle East: its history began in the 4th millennium BC and ended, depending on the interpretation of the term, either with the conquest by the Achaemenid Empire in the 6th century BC or with that by Alexander the Great in the 4th century BC.
The Fars territory or Ancient Persia or in terms of political history in the Sasanian Empire era and early Islamic period was a state and included the current provinces of Fars, Bushehr province, Hormozgan, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad and even Yazd province and Behbahan County of Khuzestan province.
Location of Anshan within the Elamite empire. The approximate Bronze Age extension of the Persian Gulf is shown.. Anshan (Elamite cuneiform: 𒀭𒍝𒀭 Anzan; Sumerian: 𒀭𒊓𒀭𒆠 Ansanᴷᴵ, 𒀭𒊭𒀭𒆠 Anšanᴷᴵ) modern Tall-e Malyan (Persian: تل ملیان), also Tall-i Malyan, was an Elamite and ancient Persian city. [1]
This is a list of ancient cities, towns, villages, and fortresses in and around Thrace and Dacia. A number of these settlements were Thracian and Dacian , but some were Celtic , Greek , Roman , Paeonian , or Persian .
Iran (Persia) has had numerous capital cities and royal centers throughout its history. Ahar; Pishkinid dynasty; Anshan; pre-Achaemenid era; Ardabil; early Safavid era, Sajid ...