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Definitions of persia in various dictionaries:
noun - an empire in southern Asia created by Cyrus the Great in the 6th century BC and destroyed by Alexander the Great in the 4th century BC
noun - a theocratic Islamic republic in the Middle East in western Asia
Also Persian Empire (-zhNn, -shNn).
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| In 333 B.C. Alexander defeated Darius III, the king of this empire |
| The Great Hall of Xerxes I has been called the architectural masterpiece of this civilization |
| Omar Khayyam's ancient Iran |
| Zoroaster a.k.a. Zarathustra was a great prophet who taught monotheism in this land |
| From ancient times until 1935, Iran was known by this name |
| Isabella Bird's 19th c. journeys in this land, now Iran, included having to pull a gun on angry tribespeople |
| It's been parading under the name Iran since 1935 |
| Darius I of this empire claimed that Bardiya, the king he killed & replaced, had been an impostor |
| Athens put larger Greek interests first & joined other cities to defeat this nation in the 480 B.C. battle of Salamis |
| While conquering this ancient empire, Alexander the Great burned the buildings of Persepolis, its capitol |
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| an old name for Iran |
| an empire in southern Asia created by Cyrus the Great in the 6th century BC and destroyed by Alexander the Great in the 4th century BC |
| a theocratic islamic republic in the Middle East in western Asia Iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as Persia until 1935 rich in oil involved in state-sponsored terrorism |
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| Persia, IOWA, UNITED STATES |
| Persia, Magdalena Department, COLOMBIA |
| Persia, TENNESSEE, UNITED STATES |
| Persia, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES |
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Iran (Persian: Irn [in] ( listen)), also known as Persia (), officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (Persian: Jomhuri-ye Eslmi-ye Irn ( listen)), is a sovereign state in Western Asia. With over 81 million inhabitants, Iran is the world's 18th-most-populous country. Comprising a land area of 1,648,195 km2 (636,372 sq mi), it is the second-largest country in the Middle East and the 17th-largest in the world. Iran is bordered to the northwest by Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan, to the north by the Caspian Sea, to the northeast by Turkmenistan, to the east by Afghanistan and Pakistan, to the south by the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, and to the west by Turkey and Iraq. The country's central location in Eurasia and Western Asia, and its proximity to the Strait of Hormuz, give it geostrategic importance. Tehran is the country's capital and largest city, as well as its leading economic and cultural center. * Iran is home to one of the world's oldest civilizations, beginning wit |