Illustration
Map of the Persian Achaemenid Empire at its greatest extent under the reigns of Darius the Great and Xerxes.
Inspired by Historical Atlas of Georges Duby (p.11, map D), this map was made by Fabienkhan the 24th of August 2006, using Inkscape and GIMP. Arad translated the map to help.
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