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Hyrcania (/ h ər ˈ k eɪ n i ə /) (Greek: Ὑρκανία Hyrkanía, [1] Old Persian: 𐎺𐎼𐎣𐎠𐎴 Varkâna, [2] Middle Persian: 𐭢𐭥𐭫𐭢𐭠𐭭 Gurgān, Akkadian: Urqananu) [2] is a historical region composed of the land south-east of the Caspian Sea in modern-day Iran and Turkmenistan, bound in the south by the Alborz mountain range and the Kopet Dag in the east.
Hyrcania (Ancient Greek: Ὑρκανία; Arabic: خربة المرد "Khirbet el-Mird"; Hebrew: הורקניה Horcania) was an ancient fortress in the Judean Desert. It was built by Hasmonean ruler John Hyrcanus or his son Alexander Jannaeus in the 2nd or 1st century BCE [ 1 ] (in the Hellenistic part of the Second Temple period ).
In Iran, the Hyrcanian ecoregion comprises a long strip along the southern coast of the Caspian Sea and the northern slopes of the Alborz mountains. It covers parts of five provinces, from east to west: North Khorasan, Golestan (421,373 hectares (1,041,000 acres) being its south and southwest plus eastern regions of the Gorgan plain), Mazandaran, Gilan and Ardabil.
Curtius, [1] [2] Plutarch, [3] Isidore of Charax [4] and Strabo [5] all refer to the inhabitants of Hyrcania on the southern coast of the Caspian Sea as Hyracani. They were one of the peoples encountered by Alexander the Great on his journey, [6] and they sent a delegation to Antoninus Pius.
Hyrcanis or Hyrkaneis, also known as Hyrcania (Ancient Greek: Ὑρκανία), was a Roman and Byzantine-era city and bishopric in ancient Lydia, now in western Turkey. It was situated in the Hyrcanian plain (τὸ Ὑρκάνιον πεδίον), which is said to have derived its name from a colony of Hyrcanians being settled here by the ...
Zadracarta (τὰ Ζαδρακάρτα) is a name recorded by Greek historians referring to the largest city of Hyrcania during Achaemenid period. The city was a fortified royal residence. [1] The precise location of Zadracarta is uncertain. Some identify it with city of Sari. [1]
Hyrcania: Khirbet el-Mird, Kastellion [87] Ir Ovot: Israelite Tower: Jaffa: Yafo, Yaffa, Japho, Joppa [88] Jason's Tomb: Jish: Gush Halav Jubb Yussef: Joseph's Well Jezreel: Zar'in [89] Hisham's Palace: Qaṣr Hishām, Khirbat al-Mafjar Temple Mount: Har HaBayit, Haram esh-Sharif, Al Aqsa Compound
Hyrcania or Hyrkania may refer to : Geography. Hyrcania, a historical region south-east of the Caspian Sea in modern-day Iran Hyrcanian civilization; Hyrcanian Ocean, the Caspian Sea; Hyrcanian forests, a large forest zone on the southern coast of the Caspian Sea in Iran and Azerbaijan; Hyrcania (fortress), a fortress in the West Bank