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:
Phraates III |
Phraates IV
Phraates IV: Arsacid king of the Parthian Empire (r.38-2 BCE). Phraates IV After the death of his co-ruler Pacorus, the Parthian king Orodes…
Phraates IV |
Qanat
Qanat: type of underground irrigation canal between an aquifer on the piedmont to a garden on an arid plain. The word is Arabic, but the system is best known from Iran. …Religious Persecution under Alexander the Great
Even today, the Zoroastrians (that is, the followers of the legendary prophet Zarathustra) tell stories about a serious religious persecution by Alexander the Great, who killed the priests and ordered the holy book of Zoroastrianism, the Avesta, to be destroyed.…Rhagae
Rhagae (Old Persian Ragâ): religious center in ancient Media, suburb of modern Tehran. Dancers on a very ancient piece of pottery…Roxane
Roxane (Bactrian Roshanak): Sogdian princess (c.343-310), official wife of Alexander the Great. Achaemenid woman (or a beardless prince) Roxane - her name…
Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sagartian |
Sagartians
Sagartians (Old Persian Asagarta): a nomadic tribe in ancient Persia, probably living in the neighborhood of modern Yazd. A Sagartian Probably the…
Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sakâ tigrakhaudâ |
Samarkand, Archaeological Museum of Afrosiab
Situated on the edge of the Afrosiab excavations in Samarkand (ancient Maracanda), this museum has archaeological finds documenting Prehistory, the Sogdian age, the Hellenistic period, the Kushans, Buddhism and Zoroastrianism, and (on the second floor) the Middle Ages. The room…Sanabares
Sanabares: Arsacid rebel king of the Parthian Empire (r.50-56). A Parthian Sanabares - perhaps there were two kings with this name - was…