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The Shahnameh in Maps·Book D7 · The Early Sasanians

Ardashir's New Order: the Founding of Cities

D7.7, D7.1
Map: Ardashir's New Order: the Founding of Cities
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Ardashir's reordering of the realm and the cities he founds across Pars and beyond — the administrative empire taking shape.

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