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		| Other name(s) | Saddarvazeh | 
	
		| Modern name(s) | Shahr-e Qumis | 
	
		| Region | Zagros, Elam, and Iran | 
	
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		| Latitude | 35.9531961 N | suggest info | 
	
		| Longitude | 54.11789226 E | 
	
		| Status | Accurate location | 
	
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		| Info | Capital of the Parthian Arsacid dynasty 
 It is estimated to have had an area of 28 km² at its peak, which would indicate a population in the tens of thousands.
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				|  | Iron age settlement |  
				| time frame | from circa 1000 BCE to 330 BCE |  
			
				|  | Seleucid rule |  
				| time frame | from 330 BCE to 238 BCE |  
			
				|  | Parthian empire |  
				| time frame | from 238 BCE |  | 
	
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		|  | 35.953196, 54.117892 === 35.953196 N, 54.117892 E === 35° 57' 11.5"  N, 54° 7' 4.4"  E | 
	
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				| University of Uppsala |  
				| The Department of Linguistics and Philology is a part of the Faculty of Languages, and therefore within the Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences. It is responsible for research and education in African and Asian languages and cultures, the European classical languages, as well as linguistics and computational linguistics. |  
				| Olof Pedersén |  
				| Professor in Assyriology. His research has treated different central aspects of the use of written documentation within the older cultures in the Ancient Near East and the relation between the written and the material historical evidence. |  | 
	
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		| Nearest sites | Hekatompylos, Shahr-i Qumis, circa 7.1 km (4.4 mi) west Tepe Hissar, circa 32.8 km (20.4 mi) north-east
 Qala Khandan Teppe, circa 100.8 km (62.6 mi) north
 Shah Tepe, circa 111.7 km (69.4 mi) north
 Tureng Tepe, circa 117.3 km (72.9 mi) north-east
 Turan Teppe, circa 120.2 km (74.7 mi) north-east
 Gohar Tepe, circa 103.2 km (64.1 mi) north-west
 Bastam, circa 98.8 km (61.4 mi) north-east
 Emamshahr, Shahrud, circa 92.2 km (57.3 mi) north-east
 Tepe Bazgir, circa 169.6 km (105.4 mi) north-east
 Amol, circa 169.1 km (105.1 mi) west
 Sumbar, circa 300.2 km (186.5 mi) north-east
 Raga, Rhagae, Rhages, Arsacia, Rey, Ray, Shahr-e-Ray, circa 243.9 km (151.5 mi) west
 Deyr-e Gachin Caravansary, circa 263.7 km (163.9 mi) west
 Nushabad, circa 320.9 km (199.4 mi) south-west
 Sialk, circa 331.4 km (205.9 mi) south-west
 Kelardasht, Kelar mound, circa 271.6 km (168.8 mi) west
 Tepe Sagzabad, circa 375.6 km (233.4 mi) west
 [Placemark], circa 375.6 km (233.4 mi) west
 Ozbaki, circa 317.8 km (197.5 mi) west
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		| Database | ID 1670, created 10 Sep 2012, 23:54, Last changed 10 Sep 2012, 23:56 | 
	
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