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Also Known As Shush • Shushan • Susiane

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Map showing the location of the ancient city of Susa in southwestern Iran, with surrounding countries including Iraq, Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. Major bodies of water such as the Caspian Sea, Persian Gulf, and Mediterranean Sea are also labeled, with a small inset globe highlighting the region within the larger context of Europe, Asia, and Africa.
Winged lion from Susa
Ruins of Susa, Elam, capital of the Achaemenian Empire during the reign of Darius I, 522–486 bc
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Choghā Zanbīl: ziggurat
Elam
ancient kingdom, Iran
Iran
Iran
country, Asia
Antique map from 1902 showing Persia (Iran), Afghanistan, and Baluchistan, with detailed topography, cities, and political boundaries as understood in the early twentieth century. The map features fine lines and small text labeling geographic features, rivers, and settlements across the region.
Persia
historical region, Asia
Map showing the extent of the Achaemenid Empire during the 6th and 5th centuries BC, shaded in light green and spanning from the eastern Mediterranean and Egypt through the Middle East to parts of Central Asia and the Indus Valley. Major regions, cities, and trade routes such as the Royal Road are labeled within the empire's boundaries.
ancient Iran
historical region, Asia

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Seleucid king of the Hellenistic Syrian Empire
Antiochus III the Great
Seleucid king
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Isaac of Nineveh
Syrian bishop
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Artaxerxes I
king of Persia
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Marcel-Auguste Dieulafoy
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