Anshan

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ancient city archaeological site historical region

Anshan was an ancient city and region in southwestern Iran that served as an early center of Elamite and later Achaemenid Persian power.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Anshan canonical	25

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient city ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ historical region ⓘ
associatedWithEthnicGroup	Elam ⓘ surface form: Elamites Persians ⓘ
capitalOf	Elamite kingdom of Anshan ⓘ surface form: Elam (in some periods)
country	Iran ⓘ
culturalRegionOf	southwestern Iranian plateau ⓘ
excavatedBy	archaeologists at Tal-e Malyan ⓘ
flourishedInPeriod	2nd millennium BCE ⓘ 3rd millennium BCE ⓘ early 1st millennium BCE ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSite	Tal-e Malyan ⓘ
hasChronologicalPhase	Middle Elamite period ⓘ Neo-Elamite period ⓘ Old Elamite period ⓘ Proto-Elamite period ⓘ
hasWritingSystem	Elamite ⓘ surface form: Elamite cuneiform Proto-Elamite script ⓘ
historicalStatus	abandoned city ⓘ
identifiedWith	Tal-e Malyan ⓘ
influenced	development of Achaemenid royal ideology ⓘ
languageUsed	Elamite ⓘ surface form: Elamite language Old Persian language ⓘ
locatedIn	Elam ⓘ southwestern Iran ⓘ
mentionedIn	Achaemenid royal inscriptions ⓘ Elamite inscriptions ⓘ
modernDisciplineStudying	Iranian studies ⓘ Near Eastern archaeology ⓘ
near	Zagros Mountains ⓘ
partOf	Achaemenid Empire ⓘ Elam ⓘ surface form: Elamite civilization
politicalRole	core territory of early Persian kingdom ⓘ royal seat of early Achaemenid dynasty ⓘ
predecessorOf	Persepolis region as Persian center ⓘ
presentDayLocation	Fars Province ⓘ Khuzestan ⓘ surface form: Khuzestan region
regionOf	early Iranian state formation ⓘ
regionType	highland region ⓘ
religionPracticed	Elamite religion ⓘ
ruledBy	Achaemenid kings ⓘ Elamite kings ⓘ
servedAs	early center of Achaemenid Persian power ⓘ early center of Elamite power ⓘ
titleUsedBy	Cambyses I ⓘ surface form: Cambyses I of Anshan Cyrus I ⓘ surface form: Cyrus I of Anshan Cyrus the Great ⓘ surface form: Cyrus II (Cyrus the Great)

Referenced by (25)

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

Cyrus the Great → birthPlace → Anshan ⓘ

King of Anshan → country → Anshan ⓘ

King of Anshan → appliesToJurisdiction → Anshan ⓘ

King of Anshan → hasCapital → Anshan ⓘ

Cambyses I → ruled → Anshan ⓘ

Cambyses I → country → Anshan ⓘ

Cambyses I → deathPlace → Anshan ⓘ

Cambyses I → capital → Anshan ⓘ

Cambyses II → birthPlace → Anshan ⓘ

Achaemenes → associatedRegion → Anshan ⓘ

Elam → majorCity → Anshan ⓘ

King of Anzan → appliesToTerritory → Anshan ⓘ

King of Anzan → hasCapital → Anshan ⓘ

Susiana → majorCity → Anshan ⓘ

Elamite kingdom of Anshan → capital → Anshan ⓘ

Queen of Anshan → country → Anshan ⓘ

House of Cyrus → royalHouseOrigin → Anshan ⓘ

Cyrus I → residence → Anshan ⓘ

Tal-e Malyan → identifiedWith → Anshan ⓘ

Tal-e Malyan → ancientName → Anshan ⓘ

Proto-Elamite period → hasMajorSite → Anshan ⓘ

Old Elamite period → capital → Anshan ⓘ

Old Elamite period → hasArchaeologicalSite → Anshan ⓘ

Teispes → reignedIn → Anshan ⓘ

Elamite period → hasCenter → Anshan ⓘ