Nisāya / Nisaian plain

natural · 540 BC – 330 BC · location approximate

A plain in Media, not far from Behistun, famous in the Achaemenid and Hellenistic periods for the quality of its horses.

Coordinates

34.69737, 48.18777

Also known as

Ni-is-sa-a-a (akk), Nisāya (peo), Nu-iš-šá-ya (elx), Nḗsaion pedíon (grc), Νησαῖον πεδίον (grc)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)

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