Parthia was an ancientParthian empire inAsia. It included what is nowIran, part ofArmenia,Iraq,Georgia, easternTurkey, easternSyria,Azerbaijan,Turkmenistan,Afghanistan,Tajikistan,Pakistan,Kuwait, thePersian Gulf coast ofSaudi Arabia,Bahrain,Qatar and theUnited Arab Emirates.
Parthians were excellent horsemen andarchers. In battle, mounted Parthians often discharged their arrows back towards the enemy and pretended to flee.
In 250 BC, the Parthians succeeded in founding an independent kingdom, which in the 1st century BC grew into an empire extending from theEuphrates to theIndus and from theAmu Darya to theIndian Ocean. They expanded by successfully expelling theSeleucids fromPersia and establishing the second freat Persian Empire.
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