Eight Thousand Years of History in Fars Province, Iran From: Near Eastern Archaeology | Date: September 1, 2005| Author: Alamdari, K; Alizadeh, K; Et al; Roustaei, K; Potts, D T | Copyright American Schools of Oriental Research Sep 2005. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Fars province is quintessentially Persian. Its name is the modern version of ancient Parsa, the homeland, if not the place of origin, of the Persians, one of the great powers of antiquity. From here, the Persian Empire ruled much of Western and Central Asia, receiving ambassadors and messengers at Persepolis. It was here that the Persian kings were buried, both in the mountain behind Persepolis, and in the rock face of nearby Naqsh-e Rustam.

But Pars was important long before the rise ...