Maps & Geography

Achaemenid Persian Maps of the Empire

The Achaemenid empire at its greatest, during the reign of Darius I, 500 B.C. The map below shows the borders of the satrapies which were to fluctuate with numerous revolts. Artaxerxes III reconsolidated the empire in 343 B.C....

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Ancient Persia Geography

Persia was a land that included parts of what are now Iran and Afghanistan. The map above shows the Achaemenid Empire at its peak in 500BC. It was the center of an empire that stretched west to the central Mediterranean Sea, east to India, and from the Gulf of Oman in the southern Russia in the north. Persia is one of the world's most mountainous c...

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Map of Persia

A "Map of Ancient Persia" is a cartographic representation of the historical territory that once constituted the Persian Empire, an ancient and influential civilization that existed from around 550 BCE to 330 BCE. Here's a brief description: Map of Ancient Persia: A Map of Ancient Persia is a geographical illustration that depicts the expansive emp...

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