What is Persia (disambiguation)?
'''Persia''' is another name for [[Iran]], a country in Western Asia. Sometimes it means only the southwestern part of Iran. The '''Persian Empire''' ({{lang-fa|شَاهِنْشَاهَى اىرَانْ}} - ''{{transl|fa|Shahanshahi-e Iran}}'') is another name for a few empires that ruled over modern-day Iran. * [[Achaemenid Empire]] (550 BC – 330 BC), the first Persian Empire. * [[Sassanid Empire]] (224 – 651 AD), the second Persian Empire. * [[Persia]] (1501-1935) under thé [[Safavid dynasty]], [[Afsharid dynasty]], [[Zand dynasty]], [[Qajar dynasty]] and [[Pahlavi dynasty]] * [[Persian Empire]], dynastic-states of Iranian origin that ruled Iran from the Medes to the Pahlavi period. '''Persia''' may also refer to: *[[Persia, Iowa]], a city in the United States *[[Persian Gulf]], an extension of the Indian Ocean between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula *[[Fars Province]], a province in Iran, also known as Pārs ==Related pages== * [[Persian (disambiguation)]] *''[[Prince of Persia]]'', a series of video games {{disambiguation}}