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Persis

Historical region corresponding to modern Fars province, Iran

Placeregion satrapy of the Achaemenid EmpireQ3746183

Also known as Persia Proper · Persia proper · Persia · Parsa · Pârs · Fârs

Country: Achaemenid Empire
Founded: 6th century BCE

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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 from Central Asia 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.

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Different from: Fars Province
Persian Empire
Location: ancient Near East
Capital: Anshan Persia
Located in the present-day administrative territorial entity: Fars Province
Dissolved: January 20, 330 BCE
Significant event: Battle of the Persian Gate on the Mountain
Continent: Asia
Participant in: Siege of the Pasargadae Hill

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18 identifiers linking Persis across the web's reference databases

30.0000, 52.0000OpenStreetMap ↗

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