[nation_persian] name=_("Persian") plural=_("?plural:Persians") groups=_("Asian") legend=_("The first Persian (Achaemenid) Empire lasted from 550BC to 330BC;\ the second (Sassanid) from 226AD to 642AD.") leaders = { "name", "sex" "Kurush II", "Male" "Darayavaush I", "Male" "Khshayarsha I", "Male" "Ardashir I", "Male" "Khosrau I", "Male" "Shapur I", "Male" } flag="iran_ancient" flag_alt = "iran" city_style = "Classical" ruler_titles = { "government", "male_title", "female_title" "Petty Monarchy", _("Shah %s"), _("Shahbanu %s") "Imperial Monarchy", _("Shah %s"), _("Shahbanu %s") } init_techs="" init_buildings="" init_units="" civilwar_nations = "babylonian", "armenian", "arab", "assyrian" ; Sources: ; http://www.livius.org/persia.html ; http://www.iranian.com/GuiveMirfendereski/2005/May/Saka/ cities = ; Ancient cities first; Latin rendering in comment "Parsa", ; Persepolis "Susa", "Hagmatana", ; Ecbatana "Pathragada", ; Pasaradae "Raga", ; Rhagae "Margush", ; Margiane "Baktra", "Takshasila", ; Taxila "Gaba", ; Gabae "Sakarta", ; Zadrakarta "Herat", "Drapsaka", "Karmana", "Pura", "Bishapur", "Ardashir Khureh", "Tikni", "Istakhr", "Shurkutir", "Susia", ; Modern cities of the region "Teheran", "Isfahan", "Tabriz", "Hamadan", "Rasht", "Ahraz", "Shiraz", "Kerman", "Yazd", "Mashhad", "Zahedan", "Bushehr", "Qazrin", "Lhasa", "Bulgar", "Hormuz", "Mosul"