Parthia facts for kids
 Parthian Empire at its greatest extent, c. 60 BCE. |
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| Languages | Parthian language |
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| Religions | Zoroastrianism |
| Capitals | Ctesiphon, Hecatompylus |
| Area | Middle East |
| Existed | 238 BCE–228 CE |
Parthia is an ancient country of Asia, now Iran and regions of Armenia, Iraq, Georgia, eastern Turkey, eastern Syria,Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, Kuwait, the Persian Gulf coast of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, and UAE.
Parthians were excellent horsemen and archers. In battle, mounted Parthians often discharged their arrows back towards the enemy while pretending to flee.
In 250 BC, the Parthians succeeded in founding an independent kingdom that in the 1st century BC it grew into an empire extending from the Euphrates to the Indus and from the Amu Darya to the Indian Ocean.
Images for kids
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Xerxes I tomb, Parthian soldier circa 470 BCE
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Parthia (𓊪𓃭𓍘𓇋𓍯𓈉, P-rw-t-i-wꜣ), as one of the 24 subjects of the Achaemenid Empire, in the Egyptian Statue of Darius I.
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Coin of Andragoras, the last Seleucid satrap of Parthia. He proclaimed independence around 250 BC.
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Parthian horseman now on display at the Palazzo Madama, Turin.
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Coin of Mithridates I (R. 171–138 BC). The reverse shows Heracles, and the inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ "Great King Arsaces, friend of Greeks".
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Reproduction of a Parthian archer as depicted on Trajan's Column.
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A sculpted head (broken off from a larger statue) of a Parthian soldier wearing a Hellenistic-style helmet, from the Parthian royal residence and necropolis of Nisa, 2nd century BC
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Parthian waterspout, 1st–2nd century AD.
See also
In Spanish: Partia para niños
