Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
1 Assistant Professor at Tehran University
2 PhD Student at University of Tehran
Abstract
There exist many discussions about the localization of Parsua/Parsuaš and Parsamaš / Parsumaš in Assyrian, Urartian, Babylonian and Elamite sources. In this case several areas, including south lake Urmia, the central Zagros and Pars region have been suggested. There is a consensus among scholars for localization of all of these toponym in central Zagros from the 9th century BC to the reign of Sargon II. But following the reign of Sennacherib, they should be localized in southern Zagros, Pars region not in central Zagros. It seems that the central Zagros is quite accord only for Parsua/Parsuaš, but examination of the sources, especially Sargon II and Ashurbanipal’s and comparing them with Babylonian and Elamite sources challenge many of these theories.
Keywords
ملازاده، کاظم (1391)، «پارسوا، پارشوا، پارسواش، پارسوماش و ارتباط آنها با پارسیها و مهاجرت آنها به داخل سرزمین ایران»، پژوهشهای علوم تاریخی، دوره 4، شماره2، صص 107-123.
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