Illustration
Map of the Persian Achaemenid Empire at its greatest extent under the reigns of Darius the Great and Xerxes.
Inspired by Historical Atlas of Georges Duby (p.11, map D), this map was made by Fabienkhan the 24th of August 2006, using Inkscape and GIMP. Arad translated the map to help.
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Original image by Fabienkhan. Uploaded by Jan van der Crabben, published on 26 April 2012 under the following license: CC BY-SA. This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon your work even for commercial reasons, as long as they credit you and license their new creations under the identical terms. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.
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Fabienkhan, . (2012, April 26). Achaemenid Empire Map. Ancient History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.ancient.eu/image/148/
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Fabienkhan, . "Achaemenid Empire Map." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Last modified April 26, 2012. https://www.ancient.eu/image/148/.
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Fabienkhan, . "Achaemenid Empire Map." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Ancient History Encyclopedia, 26 Apr 2012. Web. 26 Jan 2020.
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