Persia

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civilization cultural region historical region

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.

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All labels observed (14)

Label Occurrences
Persia canonical 273
Persian Empire 24
ancient Persia 10

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf civilization ⓘ
cultural region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
architecturalStyle Persian architecture ⓘ
artTradition Persian carpet weaving ⓘ
Persian miniature ⓘ
associatedEmpire Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
Pahlavi dynasty ⓘ
Parthian Empire ⓘ
Qajar Iran ⓘ
surface form: Qajar dynasty

Safavid Empire ⓘ
Sasanian Empire ⓘ
centeredIn modern-day Iran ⓘ
conqueredBy Alexander the Great ⓘ
culturalInfluenceOn Central Asian culture ⓘ
Islamic architecture ⓘ
Islamic art ⓘ
Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) ⓘ
surface form: Mughal Empire

Ottoman Empire ⓘ
South Asian culture ⓘ
earliestMajorEmpire Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
foundedBy Cyrus the Great ⓘ
governmentTypeHistorically monarchy ⓘ
hasCapitalHistorically Ctesiphon ⓘ
Isfahan ⓘ
Pasargadae ⓘ
Persepolis ⓘ
Susa ⓘ
Tehran ⓘ
historicalNameFor Iran ⓘ
historicalTradeRoute Silk Road routes ⓘ
surface form: Silk Road
knownFor influential empires ⓘ
rich cultural heritage ⓘ
strategic geographic position ⓘ
language Persian language ⓘ
surface form: Persian
linkedRegions Central Asia ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ
locatedIn Middle East ⓘ
surface form: Western Asia
majorReligionHistorically Islam ⓘ
Zoroastrianism ⓘ
notableCity Isfahan ⓘ
Persepolis ⓘ
Shiraz, Iran ⓘ
surface form: Shiraz

Tehran ⓘ
notableEpic Shahnameh ⓘ
notableLiteratureLanguage Persian language ⓘ
surface form: Classical Persian
notablePhilosopher Avicenna ⓘ
notablePoet Ferdowsi ⓘ
Hafez ⓘ
Rumi ⓘ
notableScientist Omar Khayyam ⓘ
officialNameChangedTo Iran ⓘ
regionType cultural crossroads ⓘ
successorState Iran ⓘ
surface form: Islamic Republic of Iran
writingSystem Perso-Arabic script ⓘ
surface form: Persian alphabet
yearOfficialNameChanged 1935 ⓘ

Referenced by (325)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Persian Corridor → passesThrough → Persia ⓘ
Gulistan → countryOfOrigin → Persia ⓘ
Apostle Matthew → traditionallyDiedIn → Persia ⓘ
Bustan → countryOfOrigin → Persia ⓘ
Greater Iran → cultureInfluencedBy → Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Persian civilization
Nestorianism → spreadTo → Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Persian Empire
Saadi → birthPlace → Persia ⓘ
Saadi → citizenship → Persia ⓘ
Saadi → placeOfActivity → Persia ⓘ
Omar Khayyam → birthPlace → Persia ⓘ
Omar Khayyam → deathPlace → Persia ⓘ
Apostle Simon the Zealot → possiblePlaceOfMission → Persia ⓘ
subject surface form: Simon the Zealot
this entity surface form: Persia (according to some traditions)
Pascal's triangle → historicalUseBeforePascal → Persia ⓘ
Magi → traditionalOrigin → Persia ⓘ
Abd al‑Qadir al‑Jilani → birthPlace → Persia ⓘ
subject surface form: Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani
al‑Ghazali → birthPlace → Persia ⓘ
subject surface form: Al-Ghazali
Islamic philosophy → developedIn → Persia ⓘ
Great Game → location → Persia ⓘ
La Princesse de Babylone → setting → Persia ⓘ
Rashidun Caliphate → territoryIncludes → Persia ⓘ
Assyrian Church of the East → historicalCenter → Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Persian Empire
Umar ibn al-Khattab → expandedTo → Persia ⓘ
Caucasus Oblast → borderedBy → Persia ⓘ
Baha'i Faith → placeOfOrigin → Persia ⓘ
subject surface form: Bahá'í Faith
Sibawayh → birthPlace → Persia ⓘ
Taliq script → developedInRegion → Persia ⓘ
Harun al-Rashid → countryOfBirth → Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iran (historical region)
Azerbaijan Democratic Republic → recognizedBy → Persia ⓘ
Simon the Zealot → traditionallyMartyredIn → Persia ⓘ
Middle Eastern theatre of World War I → includedRegion → Persia ⓘ
Persian Letters → setting → Persia ⓘ
Shiraz, Iran → historicalRegion → Persia ⓘ
Caucasus Military District → borderedBy → Persia ⓘ
Islamic medicine → geographicScope → Persia ⓘ
Armenian Oblast → borderedBy → Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Persian Empire
Erivan uezd → borderedBy → Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Persian Empire
Gog of the land of Magog → associatedWith → Persia ⓘ
Artaxerxes I of Persia → regionRuled → Persia ⓘ
Marco Polo → traveledTo → Persia ⓘ
The Travels of Marco Polo → describes → Persia ⓘ
Mordechai → associatedWithLocation → Persia ⓘ
Persian → historicalCenter → Persia ⓘ
Median Empire → region → Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Iran
charbagh garden → hasOrigin → Persia ⓘ
subject surface form: Charbagh garden
Roxana → hasOrigin → Persia ⓘ
Kilwa Kisiwani → tradedWith → Persia ⓘ
Mirza → hasOrigin → Persia ⓘ
Mirza → usedInRegion → Persia ⓘ
King of Persia → regionRuled → Persia ⓘ
subject surface form: Cyrus the Great
Isfahan → formerCapitalOf → Persia ⓘ