Persia

Ancient Persia Old Elamite Kingdom (2700-1500 BCE) Middle Elamite Kingdom (1500-1210 BCE) Elamite Empire (1210-1100 BCE) Neo-Elamite Kingdom (1100-678 BCE) Iranian Median Empire (678-550 BCE) Achaemenid Persian Empire (550-330 BCE) Classical Persia Hellenized Macedonian Empire (330-323 BCE) Seleucid Empire (323-247 BCE) Parthian Parthian Empire (247 BCE-226 CE) Sassanid Empire (226-651) Medieval Persia Islamic State Rashidun Caliphate (651-661) Umayyad Caliphate (661-750) Abbasid Caliphate (750-1258) Mongol State Ilkhanate (1258-1335) Arab State Muzaffarid Dynasty (1335-1393) Timurid Empire (Turkic) (1393-1501) Safavid Empire (1501-1736) Modern Persia (Iran) Afsharid Dynasty (1736-1796) Qajar Dynasty (1796-1925) Pahlavi Dynasty (1925-1979) Islamic Republic of Iran (1979-Present)

Persia is the region and culture of modern-day Iran.