Hyrcania

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Hyrcania
Gurgān
Province of the Median, Achaemenid, Seleucid, Arsacid, and Sasanian Empire
548 BC–651 AD
Map of the Achaemenid Empire.jpg
Achaemenid Empire, with Province of Hyrcania
CapitalZadracarta
(548 BC–225 AD)
Gurgān
(225–651 AD)
History
Historical eraAntiquity
• Established
548 BC
• Fall of the Sasanian Empire
651 AD
Today part ofIran
Turkmenistan

Hyrcania (/hərˈkniə/) (Greek: Ὑρκανία Hyrkania,[1] Old Persian: