Parthian Empire (irq)

Parthian Empire

Parthian Empire ranks 3,061st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Tanis, Sighișoara, and Burlington, Ontario. Memorable people born in Parthian Empire include Pacorus II, Surena, and Phraates II. Memorable people who died in Parthian Empire include Arsaces II of Parthia, Demetrius III Eucaerus, and Arsaces I of Parthia. Parthian Empire has been the birth place of many politicians, and military personnels and the death place of many politicians, and military personnels. Parthian Empire is located in Iraq.

The Parthian Empire, also known as the Arsacid Empire, was a major Iranian political and cultural power centered in ancient Iran from 247 BC to 224 AD. Its latter name comes from its founder, Arsaces I, who led the Parni tribe in conquering the region of Parthia in Iran's northeast, then a satrapy (province) under Andragoras, who was rebelling against the Seleucid Empire. Mithridates I greatly expanded the empire by seizing Media and Mesopotamia from the Seleucids. At its height, the Parthian Empire stretched from the northern reaches of the Euphrates, in what is now central-eastern Turkey, to present-day Afghanistan and western Pakistan. The empire, located on the Silk Road trade route between the Roman Empire in the Mediterranean Basin and the Han dynasty of China, became a center of trade and commerce. Read more on Wikipedia