Iranian/Persian Empire
History of Iran and Greater Iran (also referred to as the "Iranian Cultural Continent" by the Encyclopedia Iranica)—- consisting of the modern nations Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, and surrounding regions which is one of the world's oldest continuous major civilizations. — covers thousands of years, from the ancient civilization on the Iranian plateau, Mannaeans civilization in Azarbaijan, Shahr-i Sokhta (Burned City) near Zabol in Sistan va Baluchestan, and the ancient Kingdom of Jiroft in Kerman followed by the kingdom of Elam and the Median, Achaemenid, the Parthian, the Sassanian dynasties and following Empires to the modern Islamic Republic of Iran and neighbouring countries.
2007-03-27 22:49:14
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answer #1
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answered by asphyxia 5
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Well pre islamic medians acheamemenids parthians and sassanids and post islamic safavids afsharids zand and qajar in truth was the iranian empires because they were powerful and have an imperial details alboye and turko persian seljuqids refers to be iranian empires too others are iranian dynesties only and not iranian empires
2015-04-04 11:13:24
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answered by ali reza arash 1
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