Parthia (Old Persian: ???????????????? Parθava; Parthian: ???????????????? Parθaw; Middle Persian: ???????????????????????? Pahlaw) is a historical region located in northeastern Greater Iran.It was conquered and subjugated by the empire of the Medes during the 7th century BC, was incorporated into the subsequent Achaemenid Empire under Cyrus the Great in the 6th century BC, and formed part ...

An odometer or odograph is an instrument used for measuring the distance traveled by a vehicle, such as a bicycle or car. The device may be electronic, mechanical, or a combination of the two (electromechanical).The noun derives from ancient Greek ὁδόμετρον, hodómetron, from ὁδός, hodós ("path" or "gateway") and μέτρον, métron ("measure").

Ctesiphon is located approximately at Al-Mada'in, 35 km (22 mi) southeast of the modern city of Baghdad, Iraq, along the river Tigris.Ctesiphon measured 30 square kilometers, more than twice the surface of 13.7-square-kilometer fourth-century imperial Rome. [citation needed]The archway of Chosroes (Taq Kasra) was once a part of the royal palace in Ctesiphon and is estimated to …

MÖ 94'te Part İmparatorluğu, en geniş haliyle, II. Mithridates (MÖ 124–91 ) döneminde. Başkent: Tizpon, Ekbatana, Hecatompylos, Susa, Nisa, Asaak, Rhages ...

A Pártus Birodalom, vagy Arszakida Birodalom az iráni népek közé tartozó pártusok birodalma volt a Kr. e. 3. századtól a Kr. u. 3. századig, részben a mai Irán és Irak területein. A pártusok törzsterülete eredetileg a Kaszpi-tengertől keletre volt; birodalmuk fővárosa a babilóniai Ktésziphón lett. Fontos városaik voltak még Ekbatana (ma Hamadán), Szeleukeia és ...

Mithridates I (also spelled Mithradates I or Mihrdad I; Parthian: ???????????????????? Mihrdāt), also known as Mithridates I the Great, was king of the Parthian Empire from 165 BC to 132 BC. During his reign, Parthia was transformed from a small kingdom into a major political power in the Ancient East as a result of his conquests. He first conquered Aria, Margiana and western Bactria from …

L'Impero partico (247 a.C. – 224 d.C.) o arsacide fu una delle potenze politiche e culturali iraniche nell'antica Persia. Era retto dalla dinastia arsacide, fondata da Arsace I, capo della tribù nomade scitico-iranica dei Parni, che fondò l'Impero a metà del III secolo a.C. conquistando la Partia, nel nord-est dell'Iran, una satrapia allora in rivolta contro l'Impero seleucide.

The Parthian language, also known as Arsacid Pahlavi and Pahlawānīg, is an extinct ancient Northwestern Iranian language once spoken in Parthia, a region situated in present-day northeastern Iran and Turkmenistan.Parthian was the language of state of the Arsacid Parthian Empire (248 BC – 224 AD), as well as of its eponymous branches of the Arsacid dynasty of …

Historical earthquakes is a list of significant earthquakes known to have occurred prior to the beginning of the 20th century. As the events listed here occurred before routine instrumental recordings, they rely mainly on the analysis of written sources. There is often significant uncertainty in location and magnitude and sometimes date for each earthquake.

Antiochus III the Great (/ æ n ˈ t aɪ ə k ə s /; Greek: Ἀντίoχoς Μέγας Antiochos Megas; c. 241 – 3 July 187 BC) was a Greek Hellenistic king and the 6th ruler of the Seleucid Empire, reigning from 222 to 187 BC. He ruled over the region of Syria and large parts of the rest of western Asia towards the end of the 3rd century BC. Rising to the throne at the age of eighteen in ...