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:
Nineveh (Mosul)
Nineveh (Assyrian: Ninua): last capital of the Assyrian Empire, destroyed in 612 BCE, modern Mosul.Early History Early Ninevite Pottery Nineveh, the last capital of Assyria,…
Nineveh, Funerary mask, Parthian age |
Nisaia
Nisaia (Old Persian Nisâya, "settlement"): district in western Media. The Nesaean Plain, surrounding Ecbatana (modern Hamadan) The Nisaean or Nesaean plain, which…
Novocherkassk, Vessel with an elk handle |
Old Termez, archaeological museum
Situated in Old Termez is a nice archaeological exhibition, a satellite of the main archaeological museum in Termez itself. The objects are from the whole of southern Uzbekistan, and from Prehistory to the Middle Ages. …
Old Termez, Capital with a figure showing features of Buddha and Heracles |
Orodes I |
Orodes II |
Orodes III
Orodes III: Arsacid king of the Parthian Empire (r.c.6-c.8). Orodes III Shortly after the violent death of king Phraataces, the Parthian nobility elected…
Orodes III |
Osroes I
Osroes I: Arsacid king of the Parthian Empire (r.105?-129; co-ruler). Osroes I In c.105 CE, the Parthian king Pacorus II died. He was…
Osroes I |