Parthia
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Parthia is a historical region located in northeastern Greater Iran. It was conquered and subjugated by the empire of the Medes during the 7th century BC, was incorporated into the subsequent Achaemenid Empire under Cyrus the Great in the 6th century BC, and formed part of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire after the 4th-century BC conquests of Alexander the Great. The region later served as the political and cultural base of the Eastern Iranian Parni people and Arsacid dynasty, rulers of the Parthian Empire. The Sasanian Empire, the last state of pre-Islamic Iran, also held the region and maintained the seven Parthian clans as part of their feudal aristocracy.
Sar-e Pol Parthian relief
Second Bas-Relief at Tengi Saulek, Iran (1845); Clémens August Gregor Peter Ludwig de Bode
Third Bas-Relief at Tengi Saulek, Iran (1845); Clémens August Gregor Peter Ludwig de Bode
First Bas-Relief at Tengi Saulek, Iran (1845); Clémens August Gregor Peter Ludwig de Bode
Parthian silver bowl
Historic map of the Achaemenid empire at its greatest extent
Shahanshahi2500YearsAshkanian1
Kogan Cave
Ashpazkhaneh zahak
2500 year celebration (5)- 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Parthia - encyclopedia article, English
- РСКД / Parthia - dictionary entry, Russian
- БЭАН / Парфия, Парфяне - encyclopedic article, Russian
- ЭСБЕ / Парфия и Парфяне - encyclopedic article, Russian
| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| commons | image | Sar-e Pol Parthian relief | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Second Bas-Relief at Tengi Saulek, Iran (1845); Clémens August Gregor Peter Ludwig de Bode | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Third Bas-Relief at Tengi Saulek, Iran (1845); Clémens August Gregor Peter Ludwig de Bode | Commons | ||
| commons | image | First Bas-Relief at Tengi Saulek, Iran (1845); Clémens August Gregor Peter Ludwig de Bode | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Parthian silver bowl | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Historic map of the Achaemenid empire at its greatest extent | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Shahanshahi2500YearsAshkanian1 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Kogan Cave | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Ashpazkhaneh zahak | Commons | ||
| commons | image | 2500 year celebration (5) | Commons | ||
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