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Asaak or Arshak was an ancient city which was a capital of the Parthian Empire

Parthian Empire

The Parthian Empire , also known as the Arsacid Empire , was a major Iranian political and cultural power in ancient Persia...

. Many of the Parthian kings such as Arsaces I were crowned in Asaak.It is located in modern Iran near Kuchan in the upper Atrek River valley.

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