1724 map of Persia - by Johann Baptist Homann

6952 x 5871

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The distribution of Iranian languages

9993 x 5801

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‘Is the use of the word Persian or Farsi a political statement about the current government? Who is more likely to say Farsi instead of Persian?

It became trendy in the late 20th century to call it “Farsi” – but to my knowledge, it’s not a politicized question. Both the Academy of Persian Language and Literature (Iran’s language academy) and the Encyclopedia Iranica (supported by America’s National Endowment for the Humanities) have said that “Persian” is the proper name for the language in English.’

Precipitation (rainfall) map of Iran (1972)

6172 x 4555

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‘Contrary to many people’s intuition that Iran is all desert, the nation is home to a temperate rainforest along the coast of the Caspian Sea’

Climate classification map of Iran (1972)

6124 × 4586

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‘cool map, thanks’–c4l4hr

1722 map of Persia - by Peter Schenk the Younger

6970 × 5872

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‘Nice pentapoint on the Aras River there!’–rasterbated

Mazanderani speakers in Iran (2010)

800 × 736

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‘I thought this said mandarin and now I’d like to see that map’–elite4caleb

1906 Map of Persia & Afghanistan

9657 × 6313

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‘Does anyone have a good solution for printing high quality map scans in large formats? I want to start assembling a map room’–Mal-De-Terre

Mazanderani speakers in Iran (2010)

800 × 736

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‘I thought this said mandarin and now I’d like to see that map’–elite4caleb

Hillshade map of Iran

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“It’s a cat … a Persian cat, if you will”–pi_over_3

Percentage of Gilak speakers in provinces of Iran

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“What is Gilak? Is it Turkic or IE? … nope its an iranic language”

Ethnicities and Religions in Iran

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“Why is that chunk of coast uninhabited?”–untipoquenojuega

“The Gedrosian Desert as the Greeks called it, modern Makran. There’s some people there, almost entirely on the coast, because it’s some damn rough country with very little water”–QuickSpore

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“Bahrain is listed as having been lost as a result of a poll from 1971, but the wiki on Bahrain’s history says the island was under British control for some time before that, and then gained independence in 1971”–KevinMango

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“This map is actually surprising to me. Looking at Iran on a satellite map, you would think the vast majority of it was useless desert.”–lost-muh-password