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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. Historical map showing ancient Mesopotamia with labeled locations of major archaeological and historical sites. Symbols and color codes indicate sites from the prehistoric era, Sumerian-Akkadian culture, Babylonian and Neo-Babylonian eras, Assyrian civilization, Hurrian era, late Persian, Greek, and Parthian eras, as well as marshland areas. The map covers the region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, including present-day Iraq and surrounding areas.
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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, Afghanistan, and Baluchistan, c. 1902 Map of Persia (Iran), Afghanistan, and Baluchistan, from the 10th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica, published in 1902.

Persia

historical region, Asia
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Persia, historic region of southwestern Asia associated with the area that is now modern Iran. The term Persia was used for centuries and originated from a region of southern Iran formerly known as Persis, alternatively as Pārs or Parsa, modern Fārs. The use of the name was gradually extended by the ancient Greeks and other peoples to apply to the whole Iranian plateau. The people of that region have traditionally called their country Iran, “Land...

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