Maka (satrapy) — Maka was a satrapy (province) of the Achaemenid Empire and later a satrapy of the Parthian and Sassanian empires (known as Mazun), corresponding to modern day Bahrain, Qatar, and United Arab Emirates, plus the northern half of Oman and also… … Wikipedia
Aria (satrapy) — Aria ( el. Polytonic|Ἀρ(ε)ὶα, Latin Aria , representing Old Persian. Haraiva , Avestan Haraeuua ), name of a region in the eastern part of the Persian empire, several times confused with Ariane in the classical sources. Geography Aria was an Old… … Wikipedia
Albania (satrapy) — Albania, or Ardhan in Parthian or Arran in Middle Persian as it was known in Persian, was a Caucasian satrapy [ [http://www.iranica.com/newsite/articles/v2f1/v2f1a035.html Gignoux. Aneran . Encyclopaedia Iranica . Text: The high priest Kirder,… … Wikipedia
Kermān Province — Infobox Iran Province province name = Kermān ostan name = كرمان loc capital = Kerman latd = 30.2907 longd = 57.0679 area = 180,836 pop = 2,432,927 pop year = 2005 pop density = 13.5 sub provinces = 14 languages= Persian, Baluchi, Turkic dialects… … Wikipedia
ancient Greek civilization — ▪ historical region, Eurasia Introduction the period following Mycenaean civilization, which ended in about 1200 BC, to the death of Alexander the Great, in 323 BC. It was a period of political, philosophical, artistic, and scientific… … Universalium
Iran, ancient — Introduction also known as Persia historic region of southwestern Asia that is only roughly coterminous with modern Iran. The term Persia was used for centuries, chiefly in the West, to designate those regions where Persian language and… … Universalium
Achaemenid Empire — Persian Empire redirects here. For other uses, see Persian Empire (disambiguation). Persian Empire ← … Wikipedia
Alexander the Great — 356 323 B.C., king of Macedonia 336 323: conqueror of Greek city states and of the Persian empire from Asia Minor and Egypt to India. * * * or Alexander III born 356 BC, Pella, Macedonia died June 13, 323 BC, Babylon King of Macedonia (336–323)… … Universalium
Provinces of Iran — Iran This article is part of the series: Politics and government of Iran … Wikipedia
Margu — Margiana, ca. 300 BCE. Margu (Latin: Margiana from Greek: Μαργιανή) was a satrapy of the Achaemenid Empire. The ruler who lost a Bactrian revolt is mentioned as a Margian in the Behistun inscriptions of ca. 515 BCE by Darius Hystaspis. It is not… … Wikipedia
