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Bactria was a satrapy of the Achaemenid Empire. When it was incorporated into the empire is unknown but it is possible that it was done under the reign of Cyrus the Great, although the first mention of Bactria comes in 520 BCE at the Behistun inscription. Bactria was a special satrapy in that it was ruled by a crown prince or an intended heir. The capital of Bactria was Bactra, and the region also sometimes included Sogdia. During the reign of Darius the Great, the Bactrians and the Aeglians were placed one tax district, which was supposed to pay 360 talents every year.^[1] Satrap (Greek σατράπης satrápēs, from Old Persian xšaθrapā(van), i. ... The Achaemenid Empire (Old Persian: HakhÄmanishiyan, Ù‡Ø®Ø§Ù…Ù†Ø´ÛŒØ§Ù† also frequently, the Achaemenid Persian Empire.) (559 BCâ€“330 BC) was the first of the Persian Empires to rule over significant portions of Greater Iran. ... Cyrus the Great (Old Persian: KÅ«ruÅ¡[1], modern Persian: Ú©ÙˆØ±ÙˆØ´ Ø¨Ø²Ø±Ú¯, Kurosh-e Bozorg) (ca. ... The Behistun Inscription, carved into a cliffside, gives the same text in three languages, telling the story of King Darius conquests, with the names of twenty-three provinces subject to him. ... Bactria (Bactriana) was the ancient Greek name of the country between the range of the Hindu Kush (Caucasus Indicus) and the Amu Darya (Oxus), with the capital Bactra (now Balkh). ... Sogdiana (Sug`ud,Sug`diyona - Uzbek, Sughd - Tajik, Sugdiane, Old Persian Sughuda, Persian:Ø³ØºØ¯, Chinese: Sute ç²Ÿç‰¹) was an ancient civilization of Iranian peoples, then was a province of the Achaemenian Empire, the eighteenth in the list in the Behistun Inscription of Darius the Great (i. ... Seal of Darius I, showing the king hunting on his chariot, and the symbol of Ahuramazda Darius the Great (Pers. ... Bactria (Bactriana) was the ancient Greek name of the country between the range of the Hindu Kush (Caucasus Indicus) and the Amu Darya (Oxus), with the capital Bactra (now Balkh). ...

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Bactria, about 320 BC Bactria (Bactriana, BÄkhtar in Persian, also Bhalika in Arabic and Indian languages, and Ta-Hia in Chinese) was the ancient Greek name of the country between the range of the Hindu Kush and the Amu Darya (Oxus); its capital, Bactra or Balhika or Bokhdi (now...

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Categories: Provinces of the Achaemenid Empire | Ancient Iranian provinces | History of Iran | Pre Islamic Heritage of Iran The Achaemenid Empire (Old Persian: HakhÄmanishiyan, Ù‡Ø®Ø§Ù…Ù†Ø´ÛŒØ§Ù† also frequently, the Achaemenid Persian Empire.) (559 BCâ€“330 BC) was the first of the Persian Empires to rule over significant portions of Greater Iran. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1314x635, 133 KB)Persian Empire - Used by permission of the University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin. ... FÄrs (Persian: ÙØ§Ø±Ø³) is one of the 30 provinces of Iran. ... Elam (Persian: ØªÙ…Ø¯Ù† Ø§ÛŒÙ„Ø§Ù…) is one of the oldest recorded civilizations. ... Babylon (in Arabic: Ø¨Ø§Ø¨Ù„; in Syriac: Ü’Ü’Ü™Ü in Hebrew:×‘×‘×œ) was an ancient city in Mesopotamia (modern Al Hillah, Iraq), the ruins of which can be found in present-day Babil Province, about 80km south of Baghdad. ... A cataphract-style parade armour from gold scales of Sakas King found in Issyk in Kazakhstan in 1970[1] The Sakas were Iranian people stock who lived in what is now Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and parts of Iran, Ukraine, and Altay Mountains and Siberia in Russia, in the... Pamphylia, in ancient geography, was the region in the south of Asia Minor, between Lycia and Cilicia, extending from the Mediterranean to Mount Taurus. ... Paphlagonia was an ancient area on the Black Sea coast of north central Anatolia, situated between Bithynia and Pontus, and separated from Phrygia (later, Galatia) by a prolongation to the east of the Bithynian Olympus. ... Location of Caria Caria (Greek ÎšÎ±ÏÎ¯Î±; see also List of traditional Greek place names) was a region of Asia Minor, situated south of Ionia, and west of Phrygia and Lycia. ... GandhÄra (Sanskrit: à¤—à¤¨à¥à¤§à¤¾à¤°, Persian; Gandara, Waihind) (Urdu: Ú¯Ù†Ø¯Ú¾Ø§Ø±Ø§) is the name of an ancient Indian Mahajanapada, currently in northern Pakistan (the North-West Frontier Province and parts of northern Punjab and Kashmir) and eastern Afghanistan. ... Kerman is a province rich in historical sites and monuments. ... Drangiana (Old Persian: Zranka waterland) was a historical region of the Achaemenid Empire, now part of Afghanistan and Eastern Iran. ... Arachosia is the ancient name of an area that corresponds to the southern part of today s Afghanistan, around the city of Kandahar. ... This is the ancient Latin name (Greek name, Areia) for the area around Herat, in NW Afghanistan. ... Sogdiana, ca. ... Arabia was a satrapy (province) of the Achaemenid Empire, corresponding to the lands between Egypt and Mesopotamia, known as Arabia Petraea. ... Gorgan (گرگان); Hyrcania ; Hyrcana (Old Persian Varkâna, land of wolves; modern Persian Gorgan): part of the ancient Persian empire, on the southern shores of the Caspian Sea (present day Golestan, Mazandaran, Gilan and parts of Turkmenistan). ... Margu (Greek Margiana) was a satrapy of the Achaemenid Empire, mentioned in the Behistun inscriptions of ca. ... Ideograms for Ta-Hsia. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

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