Greater Iran
Greater Iran, of course, is not an existing country. This category is intended for everything related to the area where, in Antiquity, people spoke an Iranian language, except for Persia.
There are 558 items in Greater Iran:
Carmania
Carmania (Old Persian Karmanâ): name of a region in ancient Iran, between the heartland of Persia and Gedrosia. Map of the…Carrhae (53 BCE)
Harran (Akkadian Harrânu, "intersecting roads"; Latin Carrhae): ancient city in Mesopotamia, famous for a temple of the Moon god Sin and the defeat of the Roman general Crassus in 53 BCE ("battle of Carrhae"). …Caspian Sea
Caspian Sea (Greek: Κασπία θάλαττα): largest enclosed sea on earth. Whether it was really enclosed on all sides, was hotly contested in Antiquity. …
The Caspian Sea at Ramsar |
Charax |
Choara/Thara (Ahuan)
Choara or Thara: place along the Silk Road where Darius III Codomannus was killed. Dasht-e Kavir Choara, a place in western Parthia somewhere…Chorasmia
Chorasmia (Old Persian Uvârazmiya): satrapy of the ancient Achaemenid Empire, in modern Uzbekistan. Later, it was an independent kingdom. Map of…
Chorasmian coin |
Contents of the Avesta
Avesta: the holy book of Zoroastrianism, the Iranian religion that was founded by the legendary Bactrian prophet Zarathustra.The following titles of the main parts of the Avesta were taken from the translation by James Darmesteter and L.H. Mills in Max Müller (ed.): Sacred Books…
Corbu, Seal ring of king Scyles |
Ctesiphon, Iwan |
Ctesiphon, Iwan |