Parthia

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ancient Iranian region historical region

Parthia was an ancient region in northeastern Iran that became the core of the powerful Parthian Empire, a major rival of Rome in the Near East.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Parthia canonical	6
Parthian	2
Parthian of northeastern Iran	1
Parthians	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Iranian region ⓘ historical region ⓘ
associatedWithCity	Merv NERFINISHED ⓘ Rhagae NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithDynasty	Arsacid dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
borderedBy	Aria NERFINISHED ⓘ Hyrcania NERFINISHED ⓘ Margiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Media NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital	Hecatompylos NERFINISHED ⓘ Nisa NERFINISHED ⓘ
conqueredBy	Achaemenid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Arsacid dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Sasanian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Seleucid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
coreOf	Parthian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Iran ⓘ
culture	Hellenistic influences ⓘ Iranian NERFINISHED ⓘ
emergedFrom	Seleucid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Parthians NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalEra	Classical antiquity NERFINISHED ⓘ Hellenistic period NERFINISHED ⓘ Late Antiquity NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	Parthian shot ⓘ cavalry warfare ⓘ feudal nobility ⓘ horse archers ⓘ
language	Parthian language NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily	Northwestern Iranian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Greater Khorasan region NERFINISHED ⓘ northeastern Iran ⓘ
locatedOn	Iranian Plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorPowerIn	Near East NERFINISHED ⓘ
modernEquivalentTerritory	Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ Turkmenistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Achaemenid satrapies NERFINISHED ⓘ Ancient Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessor	Achaemenid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Hellenistic religion ⓘ Zoroastrianism ⓘ local Iranian cults ⓘ
rivalOf	Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
satrapUnder	Achaemenid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Seleucid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
strategicRole	buffer between Mediterranean world and Central Asia ⓘ control of trade routes between Mesopotamia and Central Asia ⓘ
successor	Sasanian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Bactria → borderedBy → Parthia ⓘ

Middle Iranian languages → hasPart → Parthia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parthian of northeastern Iran

Thomas → traditionalMissionField → Parthia ⓘ

subject surface form: Thomas the Apostle

Arsacid dynasty of Armenia → ethnicOrigin → Parthia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parthian

Hecatompylos → locatedIn → Parthia ⓘ

Hecatompylos → culturalContext → Parthia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parthian

Arsaces I of Parthia → countryRuled → Parthia ⓘ

Arsaces I of Parthia → deathPlace → Parthia ⓘ

Vologases I of Parthia → ethnicGroup → Parthia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parthians

Ancient Iran → hasPart → Parthia ⓘ