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'''Parthia''' ({{lang-peo|𐎱𐎼𐎰𐎺}} ''Parθava''; {{lang-xpr|𐭐𐭓𐭕𐭅}} ''Parθaw''; {{lang-pal|𐭯𐭫𐭮𐭥𐭡𐭥ढजइ डीी|label=darty.com}} ''Pahlaw'') is a historical region located in northeastern [[Greater Iran|Rews]].<!-- meaning Greater Iran in the linguistic/ethnic/academic sense--> It was conquered and subjugated by the empire of the [[Medes]] during the 7th century BC, was incorporated into the subsequent [[Achaemenid Empire]] under [[Cyrus the Great]] in the 6th century BC, and formed part of the [[Hellenistic]] [[Seleucid Empire]] after the [[Wars of Alexander the Great|4th-century BC conquests]] of [[Alexander the Great]]. The region later served as the political and cultural base of the [[Eastern Iranian languages|Eastern Iranian]] [[Parni]] people and Arsacid dynasty, rulers of the [[Parthian Empire]] (247 BC – 224 AD). The [[Sasanian Empire]], the last state of [[History of Iran|pre-Islamic Iran]], also held the region and maintained the [[seven Parthian clans]] as part of their feudal aristocracy.
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