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Categories: Ancient history of the Caucasus, History of Turkmenistan, Ancient Near East, long volume value, Parthian Empire

Parthian Empire Arsacid Arsacid dynasty Arsacid dynasty of Parthia Arsacid Empire

The Parthian Empire, also known as the Arsacid Empire, was a major Iranian political and cultural power in ancient Iran from 247 BC to 224 AD. Its latter name comes from its founder, Arsaces I, who led the Parni tribe in conquering the region of Parthia in Iran's northeast, then a satrapy under Andragoras, who was rebelling against the Seleucid Empire. Wikipedia

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An empire ruled by Parthians Wikipedia Disambiguation

An ethnic Parthian state in ancient Iran lasting from 247 BCE to 224 CE, occasionally considered to be an iteration of Persia Wikipedia Disambiguation

A major Iranian political and cultural power in ancient Iran Wikipedia Disambiguation

Ancient Iranian political and cultural empire from 247 BC to 224 AD Wikidata

An ancient empire of Western Asia founded as a kingdom by Arsaces I with his 3rd-century-BCE conquest of Parthia (only recently a satrapy of the Seleucid Empire) and subsequently greatly expanded by Mithridates I. Wiktionary

Ancient empire of Western Asia. Wiktionary (translation)

The Parthian Empire became involved in an extended period of conflict with the Roman Republic and Empire that lasted for three centuries, until the latter eventually prevailed. Wiktionary

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