Hyrcania
Hyrcania Gurgān | |
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Province of the Median, Achaemenid, Seleucid, Arsacid, and Sasanian Empire | |
548 BC–651 AD | |
Achaemenid Empire, with Province of Hyrcania | |
Capital | Zadracarta (548 BC–225 AD) Gurgān (225–651 AD) |
History | |
Historical era | Antiquity |
• Established | 548 BC |
• Fall of the Sasanian Empire | 651 AD |
Today part of | Iran Turkmenistan |
Hyrcania (/hərˈkeɪniə/) (Greek: Ὑρκανία Hyrkania,[1] Old Persian: