Susiana

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Susiana was an ancient historical region in southwestern Iran, closely associated with the Elamite civilization and centered around the city of Susa.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Susiana canonical 5
Susiana frontier 1
Susiana region 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient region
historical region
administrativeRole satrapy under Achaemenid Empire
agriculturalProducts cereals
dates
legumes
archaeologicalCulture Susiana culture
archaeologicalSite Susa
associatedWith Elamite civilization
linked to: Elam
borderedBy Persian Gulf
Zagros Mountains
centeredAround Susa
climate semi-arid
connectedTo Iranian plateau
Lower Mesopotamia
country Iran
culturalInfluenceFrom Mesopotamian civilizations
culturalInfluenceOn Elamite civilization
linked to: Elam
economyBasedOn irrigated agriculture
trade between Mesopotamia and Iranian plateau
hasCapital Susa
knownFor Elamite culture
early agriculture
early urbanization
fertile alluvial plains
languageFamilyAssociated Elamite language
linked to: Elamite
locatedIn southwestern Iran
locatedInPresentDay Khuzestan Province
linked to: Khuzestan
locatedNear Mesopotamia
Zagros Mountains
majorCity Anshan
Susa
modernEquivalentRegion Khuzestan plain
linked to: Khuzestan
partOf Achaemenid Empire
Elam
Parthian Empire
Sasanian Empire
Seleucid Empire
predecessorCulture Ubaid-related cultures
religiousCenter Susa
strategicImportance trade corridor between Mesopotamia and Iran
timePeriod 1st millennium BCE
2nd millennium BCE
3rd millennium BCE
4th millennium BCE
traversedBy Karkheh River
Karun River
writingSystemUsed Elamite cuneiform
Proto-Elamite script

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Susa locatedIn Susiana
Shushan regionHistorically Susiana
Siege of Susa geographicalContext Susiana region
linked to: Susiana
Augustan wars hasLocation Susiana frontier
linked to: Susiana