WebSusa, Soesa of Sjoesj (Perzisch: شوش, Shush; Frans: Suse; Grieks: Σοῦσα, Soûsa; klassiek Hebreeuws: שׁוּשַׁן, Shushān; Latijn: Sūsa), was in de oudheid een stad in het Elamitische, het Perzische en Parthische rijk, op ongeveer 250 km ten oosten van de Tigris in Khuzestan.. De site ligt in de onmiddellijke nabijheid van de huidige plaats Shush (Sjoesj).

WebSusa liegt in einer Schwemmlandebene, die reich an Landwirtschaft ist, aber auch als Knotenpunkt im Fernhandel zwischen Iran und Mesopotamien günstig lag, da vor allem weiter nördlich hohe Gebirge beginnen, die nicht leicht zu überqueren sind. Im Süden liegt der Persische Golf nicht weit entfernt. Die eigentliche Stadt lag größtenteils östlich des …

WebSusa (En persa, شوش Shush; hebreo: שׁוּשָׁן Shushān; griego: Σοῦσα ; en siríaco, ܫܘܫ Shush; persa antiguo Çūšā) era una antigua ciudad de los imperios iraníes protoelamita, elamita, primer imperio persa, seleúcida y parto, y una de las ciudades más importantes del Antiguo Oriente Próximo.Se encuentra situada en la parte inferior de los montes Zagros a unos …

WebThe Proto-Elamite period, also known as Susa III, is a chronological era in the ancient history of the area of Elam, dating from c. 3200 BC to 2700 BC. In archaeological terms this corresponds to the late Banesh period. Proto-Elamite sites are recognized as the oldest civilization in the territory of present-day Iran.. The Proto-Elamite script is an Early …

WebBam (Persian: بم) is a city and capital of Bam County, Kerman Province, Iran.At the 2006 census, its population was 73,823, in 19,572 families. The modern Iranian city of Bam surrounds the Bam citadel.Before the 2003 earthquake the official population count of the city was roughly 43,000. There are various opinions about the date and reasons for the …

WebSusa‌, Iran. The Book of Daniel mentions that Daniel lived in Babylon and may have visited the palace of Susa‌, Iran, but the place where he died is not specified; the tradition preserved among the Jews and Arabs is that he was buried in Susa. Today the Tomb of Daniel in Susa is a popular attraction among local Muslims and Iran's Jewish community …

WebShusha (Azerbaijani: Şuşa, ) or Shushi (Armenian: Շուշի) is a city in Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh.Situated at an altitude of 1,400–1,800 metres (4,600–5,900 ft) in the Karabakh mountains, the city was a mountain resort in the Soviet era.. Most sources date Shusha's establishment to the 1750s by Panah Ali Khan, founder …

WebThe culture of Iran (Persian: فرهنگ ایران) or culture of Persia is among the most influential in the world. Iran, also known as Persia, is widely considered to be one of the cradles of civilization. Due to its dominant geopolitical position in the world, it has heavily influenced peoples and cultures situated as far away as Southern Europe and Eastern Europe to the …

WebGreater Iran (Persian: ایران بزرگ, romanized: Irān-e Bozorg) refers to a region covering parts of Western Asia, Central Asia, South Asia, Xinjiang, and the Caucasus, where both Iranian culture and Iranian languages have had a significant presence and impact. Historically, this was a region long-ruled by the dynasties of various Iranian empires, under whose rule the …

WebIran–Iraq relations (Persian: روابط ایران و عراق Ravâbete Irân va Arâq; Arabic: ... In 647 BC, the Assyrian king Ashurbanipal leveled the Elamite capital city of Susa during a war in which the inhabitants apparently participated on an opposing side. A tablet unearthed in 1854 by Austen Henry Layard in Nineveh reveals ...