Parni - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Parthian Empire: Encyclopedia - Parthian Empire
The Parthian Empire was the dominating force on the Iranian plateau beginning in the late 3rd century BCE, and intermittently controlled ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arsacid Dynasty: Encyclopedia - Arsacid Dynasty
The Arsacid Dynasty ruled Persia. Their realm is also called Parthia, which included the Iranian plateau and intermittently Mesopotamia, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gorgan: Encyclopedia Ii - Gorgan - History
The 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 D...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Levant: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Levant - The Bronze Age
The first cities started developing in southern Mesopotamia during the 4th millennium BC. With these ties of religion began to replace ti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Iranian Peoples: Encyclopedia Ii - Iranian Peoples - Iranian Peoples Defined
Iranian peoples are those who speak an Iranian language, in which case Iranian is an over-arching term for various peoples and their lang...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Parthia: Encyclopedia Ii - Parthia - Origins
The Parthians were members of the Parni tribe, a nomadic people of Iranian origin, who spoke an Iranian language and entered the Iranian ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eurasian Avars: Encyclopedia Ii - Eurasian Avars - History
Avars were driven westward when the Gokturks defeated the Hephthalites in the 550s and the 560s. They entered Europe in the sixth century...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arsacid Dynasty: Encyclopedia Ii - Arsacid Dynasty - Historical Background
After the conquest of the Persian Empire by Alexander III, king of Macedonia, Iran became in a constant conflict between the Iranian trad...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Levant: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Levant - The Bronze Age
The first cities started developing in southern Mesopotamia during the 4th millennium BC. With these ties of religion began to replace ti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Parthian Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Parthian Empire - Origins
The Parthians were members of the Parni tribe, a nomadic people of Iranian origin, who spoke an Iranian language and entered the Iranian ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Levant: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Levant - The Iron Age
The destruction at the end of the bronze age left a number of tiny kingdoms and City-states behind. A few Hittite centres remained in nor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Levant: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Levant - The Classical Empires
From 492-449 BC the Persians made a series of unsuccessful attempts to conquer Greece. The civilisation that had developed there since th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Parthia: Encyclopedia Ii - Parthia - The Parthian Empire
Initially, ca. 250 BCE, a king named Arsaces established his dynasty's independence from Seleucid rule in remote areas of northern Iran i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Parthia: Encyclopedia Ii - Parthia - Government
After the conquest of Media, Assyria, Babylonia and Elam, the Parthians had to organize their empire. The former elites of these countrie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Iranian Peoples: Encyclopedia Ii - Iranian Peoples - List Of Iranian Peoples
Iranian peoples - Past. Persians Medes (ancient people speaking a precursor to the modern Iranian language) Parthians Parni Cimmerians...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Parthia: Encyclopedia Ii - Parthia - Conflicts With Rome
In 53 BCE, the Roman general Crassus invaded Parthia, but was defeated at the Battle of Carrhae by a Parthian commander called Surena in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Parthia: Encyclopedia Ii - Parthia - Expansion To India
Main article:Indo-Parthian Kingdom Also during the 1st century BCE, the Parthians started to make inroads into eastern territories that h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Parthia: Encyclopedia Ii - Parthia - Contact With China
The Chinese explorer Zhang Qian, who visited the neighbouring countries of Bactria and Sogdiana in 126 BCE, made the first known Chinese ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Parthia: Encyclopedia Ii - Parthia - Decline And Fall
The Armenian compromise served its purpose, but nothing in it covered the deposition of an Armenian king. After 110 CE, the Parthian king...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gorgan: Encyclopedia Ii - Gorgan - Culture
Gorgan has contributed to the rich literature, poetry and science of Iran and even the world by celebrities such as Abdolqaher Gorgani, S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Parthian Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Parthian Empire - Conflicts With Rome
In 53 BCE, the Roman general Crassus invaded Parthia, but was defeated at the Battle of Carrhae by a Parthian commander called Surena in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Parthian Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Parthian Empire - Expansion To India
Main article:Indo-Parthian Kingdom Also during the 1st century BCE, the Parthians started to make inroads into eastern territories that h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Parthian Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Parthian Empire - Contact With China
The Chinese explorer Zhang Qian, who visited the neighbouring countries of Bactria and Sogdiana in 126 BCE, made the first known Chinese ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Parthian Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Parthian Empire - Government
After the conquest of Media, Assyria, Babylonia and Elam, the Parthians had to organize their empire. The former elites of these countrie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Parthian Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Parthian Empire - The Parthian Empire
Initially, ca. 250 BCE, a king named Arsaces established his dynasty's independence from Seleucid rule in remote areas of northern Iran i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Parthian Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Parthian Empire - Decline And Fall
The Armenian compromise served its purpose, but nothing in it covered the deposition of an Armenian king. After 110 CE, the Parthian king...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arsacid Dynasty: Encyclopedia Ii - Arsacid Dynasty - The Birth Of An Empire
In 247 BC two brothers, Arsaces (Arschag) and Tiridates, members of the nomad iranic tribe of the Parni, first mentioned in this century ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Levant: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Levant - The Classical Empires
From 492-449 BC the Persians made a series of unsuccessful attempts to conquer Greece. The civilisation that had developed there since th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Levant: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Levant - The Iron Age
The destruction at the end of the bronze age left a number of tiny kingdoms and City-states behind. A few Hittite centres remained in nor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gorgan: Encyclopedia Ii - Gorgan - Geography And Climate
The wide Dasht-e Gorgan (the Plain of Gorgan), lies southeast of the Caspian Sea, bounded by the Caspian Sea in the west, high mountain r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eurasian Avars: Encyclopedia Ii - Eurasian Avars - Anthropological Origins
There are several popular points of origin suggested for the Avar peoples: the Caucasus - as a branch of the Proto-Iberians or Alarodian...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Iranian Peoples: Encyclopedia Ii - Iranian Peoples - Genetic Tests And Possible Links
Genetic testing of Iranian peoples has revealed many common origins for most of the Iranian peoples, but with regional variations as to b...   » Read the article