PERSIA

By Anton Gutsunaev, Uirauna – This is a retouched picture, which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications: Translated to English. The original can be viewed here: Achaemenid Empire ru.svg: . Modifications made by Uirauna.«История Древнего Мира», Moscow, 1983. Created with Generic Mapping Tools, Gimp and Inkscape. Used ETOPO1 topographic data from NGDC (http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/global/global.html), CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6199421