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Whether Iran or Persia is likely to appear on a map depends on two things, the date the map is portraying, and the date the map is made.
The name Iran is rather recent. Maps of ancient Persia use the name Persia. Maps from the 19th century are likely to say Persia. Modern maps of the modern land are unlikely to say Persia, and are likely to say Iran instead.
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Who discovered Iran and when?
Iran was not discovered. It has a history of 7500 years. Most people don't know that "Iran" and "Persia" are the same
What is the modern name for ancient Persia?
Iran. Do NOT confuse with IRAQ , which is an adjacent nation, with a common border with IRAN.
Who were the muslim shiites in Persia?
Persia is the ancient name of Iran and Islam entered Iran near 1400 years ago. and when tragedy of karbala happened most of Iranians became shia.
What country do most of the Persians live in?
Persia is the former name of the country now named Iran.
Was irag part of Iran?
yes some parts of todays Iraq was under control of great empire of Persia (Iran) Persia was one of the most power full countries like empire of china or roma in ancient world
What modern was formerly known as Persia?
Modern Iran is where Persia originated, but during its peek expansion Persian Empire included most of the Middle East and Asia Minor.
What are the natural resources in Persia?
The kinds of resources that were available to ancient Persia were wood and stone because most of the gold and iron in Persia was buried away. Persia had access to water in most parts of Persia but since Persia is part dessert they had to use engineering to transport water from wells and faraway rivers to build cities in deserts. An example of this would be Yazd (Yazd is a province in Iran).
What are the natural resources in ancient Persia?
The kinds of resources that were available to ancient Persia were wood and stone because most of the gold and iron in Persia was buried away. Persia had access to water in most parts of Persia but since Persia is part dessert they had to use engineering to transport water from wells and faraway rivers to build cities in deserts. An example of this would be Yazd (Yazd is a province in Iran).
Is Iran the Persian Empire?
Yes they where.At the very beginning they were really power full half of the world was for Persia even Russia and a lot more countries. The kingdoms of Persia was the most power full kingdoms of all.but some fools came and steeled parts and parts from Persia and than some idiot came and brought peace but what he brought was not peace it was awful.now Iran or what we use to call Persia is ditrued.Persia was the most power full country and the most big one.in the movie prince of Persia you could see how beautiful Persia was.if you had not watch that movie please do on tvshack.cc its the best movie ever !!!!!!bye
What is the proper name of Iran?
Iran, although, it used to be called Persia, but the name was changed by Reza Shah
Which countries have the most geographic accessibility to the Persian gulf?
Iran (formerly Persia), Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Qatar, and Kuwait
When did Iran become Iran?
Persia is the name of a region in south central Iran (from Greek 'Persis', from Persian 'Pars'). The province of Pars or Fars, which has been called that for ca. 25 centuries. Iran has always been called Iran by its people. However, Europe used to know Iran as Persia or the Persian Empire. The Greeks called Iran after that one province because: 1. it was ancient times and they didn't know better, 2. the province of Pars was where the tribe of Parsa originated. Achaemenid Dynasty was founded by members of Parsa (the Persians) led by Cyrus and it ruled modern-day Iran's expanse as well as Asia Minor (including Ionia, where most ancient Greek writers came from), most of Central Asia, a large part of North Africa, northern Arabia. In 1935, Reza Pahlavi (founder of Pahlavi Dynasty that ruled Iran until 1979) requested that all foreign parties call Iran in their official documents by the same name its people have always called it (rather than Persia, as was customary in European documents before that).
