List of Iranian Dynasties
Scythian kingdoms Scythian Kingdom in West Asia (c. 7th century BC–c. 600s BC) Scythian Kingdom in Pontic Steppe (c. 600s BC–c. 3rd century BC) Median dynasty (ca. 678 BCE–549 BCE) of Median origin Orontid dynasty (570–200 BC) of Iranian origin Pharnacid dynasty (c. 550–320 BC) of Persian origin Achaemenid dynasty (550–330 BC) of Persian origin Ariarathid dynasty (331 BC–96 BC) of Iranian origin Atropatene (320s BC–3rd century AD) of Iranian origin Parthian Empire (“Arsacid dynasty of Parthia”; 247 BC–224 AD) …