Persis - Wikipedia Persis (Ancient Greek: Περσίς, romanized: Persís; Old Persian: 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿, romanized: Parsa), [1] also called Persia proper, is a historic region in southwestern Iran, roughly corresponding with Fars province
Persis | Persian Empire, Achaemenid Dynasty, Darius I | Britannica Persis, ancient country in the southwestern part of Iran, roughly coextensive with the modern region of Fārs Its name was derived from the Iranian tribe of the Parsua (Parsuash; Parsumash; Persians), who settled there in the 7th century bc
Why Was Ancient Iran Called Persia? - GreekReporter. com Persis regains its strength The answer partially goes back to the third century CE At that time, Ardashir I, a king of Persis, founded the Sasanian Empire This reconquered large portions of the former Persian Empire of King Cyrus Eventually, in the seventh century, the Muslims conquered all of the territory of the king of Persis
Who were the Kings of Persis? - World History Edu The Kings of Persis, also known as the Darayanids, ruled the region of Persis (modern-day Fars) in southwestern Iran from the late 2nd century BCE to the early 3rd century CE Initially serving as vassals of the Seleucid and Parthian empires, they maintained a degree of autonomy that preserved Persian dynastic traditions
PERSIS, KINGS OF - Encyclopaedia Iranica PERSIS, KINGS OF, the Persian dynasts who between the 2nd century BCE and 3rd century CE ruled as Parthian representatives in Persis, southwestern Iran The sources for Persis between about 140 BCE and 224 CE are scant, and it is very difficult to write its history
Persis - World History Encyclopedia Persis was the Persian homeland, a land of river basins and plateaus which stretched forth from the Zagros Mountains Its heart roughly corresponded to modern Fars, consisting of river-drained plains between two ridges of the Zagros Mountains, running horizontal from east to west
Persians - Wikipedia The Persians were originally an ancient Iranian people who had migrated to Persis (also called "Persia proper" and corresponding with Iran's Fars Province) by the 9th century BCE
Ancient Iran | History, Map, Cities, Religion, Art, Language, Facts . . . The term Persia was used for centuries, chiefly in the West, to designate those regions where Persian language and culture predominated, but it more correctly refers to a region of southern Iran formerly known as Persis, alternatively as Pārs or Parsa, modern Fārs
The Persian Empire | Boundless World History - Lumen Learning The dynasty drew its name from Achaemenes, who, from 705-675 BCE, ruled Persis, which was land bounded on the west by the Tigris River and on the south by the Persian Gulf It was the first centralized nation-state, and during expansion in approximately 550-500 BCE, it became the first global empire and eventually ruled over significant
Persis - Ancient Origins The Achaemenid Empire was an ancient empire whose heartland was the region of Persis , in the southwestern part of modern-day Iran At its greatest extent, the Achaemenids ruled over an empire that