Greater Iran

ایران بزرگ - ایران زمین

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Participants •Migrants •Market Dominant Minorities •Context •How We Got Here •Sustainability •Nomads •Historic Preservation •Culture •Tourism •
Posted by Rezwan • May 12, 2009 • (0) Comments •
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Here's a whirlwind tour of "Greater Iran" - regions that have significant Iranian cultural influence.

It roughly corresponds to the territory surrounding the Iranian plateau, stretching from the Caucasus to the Indus River in modern day Pakistan, and conform to the historical understanding of the full territory of "Iran."

Because the concept is a cultural one, representing regions settled by Iranian tribes, it does not correspond to any particular political entity, and—because it represents a late Bronze Age dispersion—predates such political entities by many centuries. For the Sassanids, in whose 3rd century inscriptions the term 'Iran' first appears as a political concept, the multinational Iranian state included Asia Minor but excluded territories east of the two Iranian salt desert basins. This situation is however reversed in the cultural context, i.e. that of the Iranian nation.

A good basis for regional cultural preservation and tourism plans. See also the Encyclopaedia Iranica.

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