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Descriptor English: Persia
Descriptor Spanish: Persia
Descriptor Persia
Entry term(s) Imperio Persa
Scope note: Civilización antigua, conocida ya en el año 2.000 a. de C.. El Imperio Persa fue fundado por Ciro el Grande (550-529 a. de C. y durante 200 años, desde 550 a 331 a. de C. los persas gobernaron el mundo antiguo desde la India hasta Egipto. El territorio situado al oeste de la India fue denominado Persis por los griegos, quienes posteriormente denominaron a la totalidad del imperio como Persia. En el año 331 a. de C. las guerras persas contra los griegos terminaron de modo desastroso bajo los contraataques realizados por Alejando Magno. El nombre de Persia en los tiempos modernos en relación con el país actual fue cambiado a Irán en 1935. (Traducción libre del original: Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p546 & Asimov, Words on the Map, 1962, p176)
Descriptor Portuguese: Pérsia
Descriptor French: Perse
Entry term(s): Persian Empire
Tree number(s): Z01.586.035.725
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019071
Scope note: An ancient civilization, known as early as 2000 B.C. The Persian Empire was founded by Cyrus the Great (550-529 B.C.) and for 200 years, from 550 to 331 B.C., the Persians ruled the ancient world from India to Egypt. The territory west of India was called Persis by the Greeks who later called the entire empire Persia. In 331 B.C. the Persian wars against the Greeks ended disastrously under the counterattacks by Alexander the Great. The name Persia in modern times for the modern country was changed to Iran in 1935. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p546 & Asimov, Words on the Map, 1962, p176)
Annotation: use PERSIA through 1934; use IRAN starting with1935
Allowable Qualifiers: EH ethnology
EP epidemiology
History Note: 96
DeCS ID: 32654
Unique ID: D019071
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Date Established: 1996/01/01
Date of Entry: 1995/06/05
Revision Date: 2015/06/29
Persia - Preferred
Concept UI M0028471
Scope note An ancient civilization, known as early as 2000 B.C. The Persian Empire was founded by Cyrus the Great (550-529 B.C.) and for 200 years, from 550 to 331 B.C., the Persians ruled the ancient world from India to Egypt. The territory west of India was called Persis by the Greeks who later called the entire empire Persia. In 331 B.C. the Persian wars against the Greeks ended disastrously under the counterattacks by Alexander the Great. The name Persia in modern times for the modern country was changed to Iran in 1935. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p546 & Asimov, Words on the Map, 1962, p176)
Preferred term Persia
Entry term(s) Persian Empire



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