Terminology
Elamite
Empire
Achaemenid/Persian Empire
Cyrus II
Darius I
Pasargadae
Persepolis
Satrapy System
Greco-Persian Wars
-Iranian Plateau and the piedmont regions of the Zagros Mountains were occupied since the Paleolithic
-During Neolithic and Chalcolithic: Village communities and practice of agriculture
-During Neolithic and Chalcolithic: Village communities and practice of agriculture
Proto-Elamite Period (3100-2700 BC): Developing Local Cultures
Animals Acting Like Humans
Old Elamite Period (2700-1950 BC): Developed Local Cultures
Mixed Creatures
Cosmological Combat Scenes Between Animals
Middle Elamite Period (1500-1100 BC):
Political unity of the Zagros mountain zone and lowlands under Elamite rulers.
Use of cuneiform script to write Elamite language (below)
Neo-Elamite Period (1100-539 BC): Rise of Neo-Assyrian Empire in the Near East
Local Cultures of the Zagros Mountains: Luristan
