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Persis
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Persis, also called Persia proper, is a historical region in south-western Iran, roughly corresponding with Fars province. Iranian speaking peoples, also known as Iranic speaking peoples, are thought to have initially migrated either from Central Asia or, more probably, from the north through the Caucasus giving rise to the ethnic group later known as Persians. They would then have migrated to the current region of Persis in the early 1st millennium BC.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Persis
- Settlement.native_name
- Περσίς Persís
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- grc-gre
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Historical region
- Settlement.image_caption
- The ruins of Persepolis
- Settlement.image_map
- Persis map.jpg
- Settlement.map_caption
- The Persian Empire, about 500 BC; Persis is the central southern province with the red outline. Its main cities are Persepolis and Pasargadae.
- Settlement.established_date
- 10th century BC
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.population_density_km2
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Persepolis 24.11.2009 11-44-53.jpg
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- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 0330-01-20
- Commons category
- Persis
- inception
- 0600-00-00
- P12749
- Lukas Heller
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Article
9 sectionsContents
- Achaemenid Empire
- Macedonian Empire
- Seleucid Empire
- Kings of Persis, under the Parthian Empire
- Sasanian Empire
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
Persis, also called Persia proper, is a historical region in south-western Iran, roughly corresponding with Fars province. Iranian speaking peoples, also known as Iranic speaking peoples, are thought to have initially migrated either from Central Asia or, more probably, from the north through the Caucasus giving rise to the ethnic group later known as Persians. They would then have migrated to the current region of Persis in the early 1st millennium BC.
==Achaemenid Empire==