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Persia

approximate location

in this context the Achaemenid Empire

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Skip the map 15°E 20°E 25°E 30°E 35°E 40°E 45°E 50°E 28°N 32°N 36°N 40°N Put PUT ? Lebanon LEBANON Judea JUDEA Joppa Joppa Greece GREECE Great Sea Great Sea Erech Erech Elam ELAM Cush CUSH Jerusalem Jerusalem Babylon Babylon Persia PERSIA 200 mi scriptoria.digital Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

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city known location approximate debated 12 places · 1 outside this view · c. AD 30-62 · modern coastline: harbors have silted up over two thousand years · drag and zoom · Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

WITH JERUSALEM · MEDIA · BABYLON 1 · GREECE AND 8 MORE, named in the same passages

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Panorama of ruins at Persepolis in Persia.

Panorama of ruins at Persepolis in Persia.

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24 PASSAGES · 5 BOOKS

2 Chronicles 2
Ezra 11
Esther 4
Ezekiel 2
Daniel 5

COORDINATES 34.8065, 48.5162

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