Parthians

GPTKB entity

Statements (59)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Iranian
ancient people
gptkbp:alliedWith gptkb:Greeks
gptkb:Scythians
gptkbp:architecture Parthian architecture
gptkbp:artworkBy gptkb:Parthian_art
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Nisa
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Nisa
gptkbp:coins silver drachms
tetradrachms
gptkbp:contributedTo Silk Road trade
gptkbp:country gptkb:Parthian_Empire
gptkbp:culture blend of Iranian and Hellenistic elements
gptkbp:currency drachm
gptkbp:dynasty Arsacid dynasty
gptkbp:enemyOf gptkb:Roman_Empire
gptkb:Seleucid_Empire
gptkbp:era 247 BC – 224 AD
gptkbp:ethnicGroup Iranian peoples
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Parthians
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Parthian_shot
horse archery
conflicts with Rome
defeating Crassus at Carrhae
gptkbp:language gptkb:Parthian_language
gptkbp:majorCity gptkb:Ecbatana
gptkb:Ctesiphon
gptkb:Hecatompylos
gptkb:Nisa
gptkbp:militaryBranch cataphracts
horse archers
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_Carrhae
gptkbp:notableEvent fall to Sasanian Empire
overthrow of Seleucid rule in Parthia
rise of Arsacid dynasty
gptkbp:notablePlace gptkb:Parthian_battery
gptkbp:notableRuler gptkb:Arsaces_I
gptkb:Artabanus_II
gptkb:Mithridates_I
gptkb:Orodes_II
gptkb:Phraates_IV
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Seleucid_Empire
gptkbp:region gptkb:Parthia
gptkb:Greater_Iran
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Zoroastrianism
local Iranian religions
Hellenistic religions
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Sasanian_Empire
gptkbp:writingSystem gptkb:Parthian_script
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Iron_Age
gptkb:Nabataeans
gptkb:Crassus
gptkb:Arsacid_dynasty
gptkb:Arsacid_dynasty_of_Iberia
gptkb:Seleucid_Empire
gptkb:Horsebow
gptkb:Composite_bow
gptkb:Antigonus_II_Mattathias
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5