ANSHAN (PERSIA)
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:''For the Chinese city, see Anshan''
'Anšan' or ''Anzan'' (Persian انشان ''Anšan'', modern 'Tepe Malyan', 'Tal-e Malyan' ), a site on the Iranian plateau, 36 km northwest of modern Shiraz in the Zagros mountains of the Fars province, southwestern Iran, was the original capital of Elam in the 3rd millennium BC. After the Elamite capital moved to Susa, Elamite kings still bore the title "King of Anšan and Susa".
AnÅ¡an fell under Achaemenid rule in the 7th century BC, captured by Teispes (675–640) who called himself "King of the City of AnÅ¡an". For another century, AnÅ¡an was a minor kingdom in the declining Elamite Empire, until the Achaemenids in the 6th century BC from AnÅ¡an embarked on a period of conquest, which became the nucleus of the Persian empire.
Not to be confused is modern 'Anzan' (), some 50 km east of modern Ahar, East Azarbaijan, north-western Iran.
Map showing the Elamite Empire (in red) locating Anshan and Susa and the neighboring areas. The approximate Bronze Age extension of the Persian Gulf is shown.
'Anšan' or ''Anzan'' (Persian انشان ''Anšan'', modern 'Tepe Malyan', 'Tal-e Malyan' ), a site on the Iranian plateau, 36 km northwest of modern Shiraz in the Zagros mountains of the Fars province, southwestern Iran, was the original capital of Elam in the 3rd millennium BC. After the Elamite capital moved to Susa, Elamite kings still bore the title "King of Anšan and Susa".
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Cradle of Achaemenid Persia
AnÅ¡an fell under Achaemenid rule in the 7th century BC, captured by Teispes (675–640) who called himself "King of the City of AnÅ¡an". For another century, AnÅ¡an was a minor kingdom in the declining Elamite Empire, until the Achaemenids in the 6th century BC from AnÅ¡an embarked on a period of conquest, which became the nucleus of the Persian empire.
Not to be confused is modern 'Anzan' (), some 50 km east of modern Ahar, East Azarbaijan, north-western Iran.
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