Parthian Empire

E77402

Iranian empire ancient empire historical state

The Parthian Empire was a major ancient Iranian imperial power (247 BCE–224 CE) that controlled a vast territory between the Roman Empire and Han China and served as a key political and cultural bridge across the Silk Road.

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All labels observed (12)

Label	Occurrences
Parthian Empire canonical	104
Parthians	11
Parthian period	9
Parthia	4
Arsacid Empire	2
Parthian	1
Parthian Empire (late period)	1
Parthian Empire (regional)	1
Parthian civilization	1
Parthian monarchy	1
Parthian rulers	1
ancient Parthian Empire	1

Statements (63)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Iranian empire ⓘ ancient empire ⓘ historical state ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Parthian Empire ⓘ surface form: Arsacid Empire
borderedBy	Han dynasty ⓘ Kushan Empire ⓘ Roman Empire ⓘ Seleucid Empire ⓘ
capital	Ctesiphon ⓘ Ecbatana ⓘ Hecatompylos ⓘ Nisa ⓘ Seleucia-on-the-Tigris ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
conventionalLongName	Parthian Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Arsacid Empire
country	Parthian Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Parthia
culture	Hellenistic period ⓘ surface form: Hellenistic culture Iranian culture ⓘ
currency	drachm ⓘ
dissolutionReason	overthrown by Ardashir I of the Sasanian dynasty ⓘ
dynasty	Arsacid dynasty of Armenia ⓘ surface form: Arsacid dynasty
endTime	224 CE ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Iranian peoples ⓘ surface form: Iranians Parthian Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Parthians
followedBy	Sasanian Empire ⓘ
foundedBy	Arsaces I of Parthia ⓘ
governmentForm	feudal monarchy ⓘ monarchy ⓘ
hasCapitalOnRiver	Tigris ⓘ surface form: Tigris River
knownFor	Parthian shot cavalry tactic ⓘ acting as intermediary in Silk Road trade ⓘ conflicts with the Roman Empire ⓘ
locatedIn	Central Asia ⓘ Greater Iran ⓘ Iranian plateau ⓘ surface form: Iranian Plateau Mesopotamia ⓘ Middle East ⓘ surface form: Western Asia
militaryBranch	Parthian cavalry ⓘ surface form: Parthian cataphracts Parthian cavalry ⓘ
namedAfter	Parthian Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Parthia
notableBattle	Battle of Carrhae ⓘ Battle of Edessa (260) ⓘ surface form: Battle of Edessa
notableRuler	Mithridates I of Parthia ⓘ Mithridates II of Parthia ⓘ Orodes II of Parthia ⓘ Phraates IV of Parthia ⓘ Vologases I of Parthia ⓘ
officialLanguage	Greek language ⓘ Middle Persian language ⓘ surface form: Middle Persian Parthian language ⓘ
partOf	Silk Road routes ⓘ surface form: Silk Road
politicalStructure	loose confederation of semi-autonomous kingdoms ⓘ
precededBy	Seleucid Empire ⓘ
religion	Hellenistic religion ⓘ Zoroastrianism ⓘ local Iranian cults ⓘ
startTime	247 BCE ⓘ
timePeriod	Classical antiquity ⓘ Hellenistic period ⓘ Late Antiquity ⓘ
titleOfHeadOfState	King of Kings ⓘ
writingSystem	Aramaic alphabet (historically) ⓘ surface form: Aramaic script Greek alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (137)

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

Persian Jews → historicalPresenceInEmpire → Parthian Empire ⓘ

Hellenistic kingdoms → followedBy → Parthian Empire ⓘ

Apostle Bartholomew → associatedWith → Parthian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parthia

Greater Iran → historicallyLinkedTo → Parthian Empire ⓘ

Persians → associatedEmpire → Parthian Empire ⓘ

Han dynasty → diplomaticRelation → Parthian Empire ⓘ

Hatra → locatedIn → Parthian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: ancient Parthian Empire

Iranian peoples → hasPart → Parthian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parthians

Department of Near Eastern Antiquities → focusesOn → Parthian Empire ⓘ

Roman–Parthian War of 161–166 → conflictBetween → Parthian Empire ⓘ

Roman–Parthian War of 161–166 → belligerent → Parthian Empire ⓘ

Roman–Persian Wars → conflictBetween → Parthian Empire ⓘ

Roman–Persian Wars → mainBelligerent → Parthian Empire ⓘ

Roman–Persian Wars → opponentOf → Parthian Empire ⓘ

Nehardea → locatedIn → Parthian Empire ⓘ

Persian → associatedWithEmpire → Parthian Empire ⓘ

Iranian plateau → historicallyInhabitedBy → Parthian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parthians

Iranian plateau → wasCoreRegionOf → Parthian Empire ⓘ

Indo-Iranian peoples → hasAncientGroup → Parthian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parthians

Shahanshah of Persia → usedInDynasty → Parthian Empire ⓘ

Parthian Empire → country → Parthian Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parthia

Parthian Empire → conventionalLongName → Parthian Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arsacid Empire

Parthian Empire → alsoKnownAs → Parthian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arsacid Empire

Parthian Empire → namedAfter → Parthian Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parthia

Parthian Empire → ethnicGroup → Parthian Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parthians

Sasanian Empire → precededBy → Parthian Empire ⓘ

Kingdom of Iberia → underInfluenceOf → Parthian Empire ⓘ

Antigonus II Mattathias → cameToPowerWithSupportFrom → Parthian Empire ⓘ

Seleucid Empire → followedBy → Parthian Empire ⓘ

Seleucid Empire → borderedBy → Parthian Empire ⓘ

Hyrcanus II → capturedBy → Parthian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parthians

Merv → countryAtTimeOfPeak → Parthian Empire ⓘ

Susa → capitalOf → Parthian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parthian Empire (regional)

Susa → periodOfFlourishing → Parthian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parthian period

Susa → controlledBy → Parthian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parthians

Darius III → deathPlace → Parthian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parthia

Rayy → timePeriod → Parthian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parthian period

Rayy → earlierPolity → Parthian Empire ⓘ

Roman Syria → borderedBy → Parthian Empire ⓘ

Kingdom of Armenia → borderedBy → Parthian Empire ⓘ

Persia → associatedEmpire → Parthian Empire ⓘ

Ecbatana → partOf → Parthian Empire ⓘ

Ecbatana → historicalPeriod → Parthian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parthian period

Ecbatana → governedBy → Parthian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parthian rulers

Parthian language → spokenIn → Parthian Empire ⓘ

Bactrians → neighboringPeople → Parthian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parthians

Middle Persian language → usedIn → Parthian Empire ⓘ

subject surface form: Middle Persian

this entity surface form: Parthian Empire (late period)

Persis → partOf → Parthian Empire ⓘ

Persis → historicalPeriod → Parthian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parthian period

Middle Iranian languages → historicalPeriod → Parthian Empire ⓘ