Persis

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ancient region historical region

Persis is the ancient region in southwestern Iran that served as the core homeland and power base of the Persian people and early Persian empires.

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Label Occurrences
Persis canonical 16

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
associatedDynasty Achaemenid dynasty ⓘ
Frataraka rulers ⓘ
Sasanian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Sasanian dynasty
capital Persepolis ⓘ
coreRegionOf Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
Iranian peoples ⓘ
surface form: Persian people

Sasanian Empire ⓘ
country Iran ⓘ
ethnicGroup Persians ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSite Pasargadae ⓘ
Persepolis ⓘ
hasNotableMonument Apadana Palace ⓘ
surface form: Apadana of Persepolis

Naqsh-e Rostam ⓘ
surface form: Tombs of Achaemenid kings at Naqsh-e Rostam
hasRockReliefSite Naqsh-e Rajab ⓘ
Naqsh-e Rostam ⓘ
historicalPeriod Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
surface form: Achaemenid period

Hellenistic period ⓘ
Parthian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Parthian period

Sasanian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Sasanian period
influenced Achaemenid royal architecture ⓘ
Imperial Persian art ⓘ
Persian culture ⓘ
knownAs Pars ⓘ
Persia ⓘ
surface form: Persia (core region)

Persia ⓘ
surface form: Pārsa
language Middle Persian language ⓘ
surface form: Middle Persian

Old Persian ⓘ
locatedIn Greater Iran ⓘ
Iranian plateau ⓘ
surface form: Iranian Plateau

southwestern Iran ⓘ
surface form: Southwestern Iran
majorCity Istakhr ⓘ
Pasargadae ⓘ
Persepolis ⓘ
modernEquivalent Fars Province ⓘ
nameGaveRiseTo Persia ⓘ
Persian ⓘ
partOf Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
Parthian Empire ⓘ
Sasanian Empire ⓘ
Seleucid Empire ⓘ
predecessorTo Fars Province ⓘ
surface form: Province of Fars
regionType homeland region ⓘ
religion Zoroastrianism ⓘ
servedAs homeland of the Persians ⓘ
power base of early Persian empires ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite Pasargadae ⓘ
Persepolis ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

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

Persians → historicalHomeland → Persis ⓘ
Darius I of Persia → birthPlace → Persis ⓘ
Pasargadae → locatedIn → Persis ⓘ
Antiochus III the Great → deathPlace → Persis ⓘ
Achaemenes → associatedRegion → Persis ⓘ
Pars → knownAs → Persis ⓘ
Fars → historicalRegionOf → Persis ⓘ
Parsa → derivedEthnonym → Persis ⓘ
Parsa → exonymForm → Persis ⓘ
Media → borderedBy → Persis ⓘ
Phraortes → expandedInto → Persis ⓘ
Cyrus I → region → Persis ⓘ
Siege of Persepolis → location → Persis ⓘ
Ardashir I → bornInRegion → Persis ⓘ
Battle of the Persian Gate → region → Persis ⓘ
Ancient Iran → hasPart → Persis ⓘ