WebHyrcania, Old Persian VARKANA ("Wolf's Land"), ancient region located southeast of the Caspian Sea. Its capital was Zadracarta (Astrabad, modern Gorgan), and it formed part of the Median, Achaemenian, Seleucid, and Parthian empires, either as an independent province or joined with Parthia.In the list of Persian satrapies given by the Greek historian … WebThe name "Hyrcania" is how it was recorded by the Greek historians, but the local name in Old Persian was Varkâna as it is recorded in Darius the Great's Behistun Inscription, as well as other inscriptions in Old Persian in cuneiform.Hyrcania is situated between the Caspian Sea -which was called Hyrcanian Ocean in Antiquity- in the north and the Alborz …
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WebMar 1, 2013 · An ancient desert road passed nearby: from Bethlehem or Jerusalem, down the Kidron stream thru Mar Saba, to the valley of Horkania below the fortress, then north-east to to the Dead Sea and Qumran. Map of the area around Horkania/Hyrcania – during the Canaanite, Israelite and Hasmonean periods (based on Bible Mapper 3.0) Early Roman … WebThe region served as a satrapy (province) of the Median Empire, a sub-province of the Achaemenid Empire, and a province within its successors, the Seleucid, Arsacid and Sasanian empires. Hyrcania bordered Parthia to the east (later known as Abarshahr), Dihistan to the north, Media to the south and Mardia to the west. book not of this world
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WebHyrcania. Q48726. Hyrcana (Old Persian Varkâna, "country of wolves"; Akkadian Urqananu ): part of the ancient Achaemenid empire, on the southern shores of the Caspian Sea, now … WebHyrcania (/hərˈkeɪniə/) (Greek: Ὑρκανία Hyrkania, Old Persian: 𐎺𐎼𐎣𐎠𐎴 Varkâna, Middle Persian: 𐭢𐭥𐭫𐭢𐭠𐭭 Gurgān, Akkadian: Urqananu) is a historical region composed of the land south-east of the Caspian Sea in modern-day Iran and Turkmenistan, bound in the south by the Alborz mountain range and the Kopet Dag in the east. WebHyrcania - a region of the Persian empire, on the coast of the Caspian Sea → Wikipedia entry + Hyrcani , Hyrcanian , Hyrcanians Aelian:NA_7.38 accompany the people of Hyrcania and Magnesia to war, and Aelian:NA_16.10 nce they are as large as Hyrcanian hounds, and they are Aelian:NA_16.31 nds as large as those of Hyrcania, and, in particular, tha god\\u0027s circle of love