Persia

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Persia is the historical name for the region centered in modern-day Iran, long known for its influential empires, rich cultural heritage, and strategic position linking the Middle East with Central and South Asia.

Aliases (9)

Persian Empire ×5
Ancient Iran ×1
Ancient Persia ×1
Iran (historical region) ×1
Persia (Iran) ×1
Persia (according to some traditions) ×1
Persian civilization ×1
ancient Iran ×1
ancient Persia ×1

Referenced by (77)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Armenian Oblast ("Persian Empire") → Caucasus Military District → Caucasus Oblast → Emirate of Afghanistan → Erivan uezd ("Persian Empire") → Sanjak of Batum → Surmalu uezd →	borderedBy
Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani → Al-Ghazali → Atossa → Omar Khayyam → Saadi → Sibawayh →	birthPlace
Bustan → Gulistan → King Shahryar →	countryOfOrigin
Charbagh garden → Mirza → Roxana →	hasOrigin
Bardiya → Cassandane → Hülegü Khan →	realm
Mongol conquests → Rashidun Caliphate → Seleucid Empire →	territoryIncludes
Gog of the land of Magog → Ismaili Shia →	associatedWith
Atossa → Omar Khayyam →	deathPlace
Early Islamic period → Islamic medicine →	geographicScope
Assyrian Church of the East ("Persian Empire") → Persian →	historicalCenter
Cambyses I ("Ancient Persia") → Shiraz, Iran →	historicalRegion
Asian campaign → Great Game →	location
Artaxerxes I of Persia → Cyrus the Great →	regionRuled
La Princesse de Babylone → Persian Letters →	setting
Shahanshah of Persia ("Persian Empire") →	appliesToJurisdiction
Mordechai →	associatedWithLocation
Saadi →	citizenship
Shahanshah of Persia →	country
Harun al-Rashid ("Iran (historical region)") →	countryOfBirth
Persepolis →	culturalRegion
Greater Iran ("Persian civilization") →	cultureInfluencedBy
The Travels of Marco Polo →	describes
Islamic philosophy →	developedIn
Taliq script →	developedInRegion
Muhammad Akbar →	exileDestination
Umar ibn al-Khattab →	expandedTo
Isfahan →	formerCapitalOf
Hülegü Khan →	foundingLocation
Asiatic lion ("Persia (Iran)") →	historicalRange
Pascal's triangle →	historicalUseBeforePascal
Middle Eastern theatre of World War I →	includedRegion
Anglo-Persian Oil Company →	majorOperationsRegion
Zoroastrianism ("ancient Persia") →	originatedIn
Persian Corridor →	passesThrough
Saadi →	placeOfActivity
Bahá'í Faith →	placeOfOrigin
Simon the Zealot ("Persia (according to some traditions)") →	possiblePlaceOfMission
Azerbaijan Democratic Republic →	recognizedBy
Median Empire ("Ancient Iran") →	region
Mirak Mirza Ghiyas →	regionOfActivity
Avesta ("ancient Iran") →	regionOfOrigin
Cambyses II →	ruledTerritory
Nestorianism ("Persian Empire") →	spreadTo
Muhammad Akbar →	tookRefugeIn
Kilwa Kisiwani →	tradedWith
Apostle Matthew →	traditionallyDiedIn
Simon the Zealot →	traditionallyMartyredIn
Magi →	traditionalOrigin
Marco Polo →	traveledTo
Mirza →	usedInRegion