Anshan (Persia)

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For the Chinese city, see Anshan
Map showing the Elamite Empire (in red) locating Anshan and Susa and the neighboring areas. The approximate Bronze Age extension of the Persian Gulf is shown.
Map showing the Elamite Empire (in red) locating Anshan and Susa and the neighboring areas. The approximate Bronze Age extension of the Persian Gulf is shown.

Anšan or Anzan (Persian انشان Anšan, modern Tepe Malyan, Tal-e Malyan 29.9° N 52.4° E), a site on the Iranian plateau, 36 km northwest of modern Shiraz in the Zagros mountains of the Fars province, southwestern Iran, was the original capital of Elam in the 3rd millennium BC. After the Elamite capital moved to Susa, Elamite kings still bore the title "King of Anšan and Susa"[citation needed].

Anšan fell under Achaemenid rule in the 7th century BC, captured by Teispes (675–640) who called himself "King of the City of Anšan". For another century, Anšan was a minor kingdom in the declining Elamite Empire, until the Achaemenids in the 6th century BC from Anšan embarked on a period of conquest, which became the nucleus of the Persian empire.

Not to be confused is modern Anzan (38°19′N, 47°27′E), some 50 km east of modern Ahar, East Azarbaijan, north-western Iran.


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