Places in Esther 1

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Places

Place Possible identifications (tap to highlight on the map)
Ethiopia
Esth 1:1
  1. pyramid at El-Kurru in EthiopiaEthiopia

India
Esth 1:1
  1. panorama of hills in the historical province of IndiaIndia

Media
Esth 1:3, 1:14, 2 more
  1. ruins at Tell HagmatanaMedia

Persia
Esth 1:3, 1:14, 2 more
  1. panorama of ruins at Persepolis in PersiaPersia

Susa
Esth 1:2, 1:5
  1. ruins at ShushShush

Image Credits

Bertramz, AQEEL BAIG, Philippe Chavin, Hadis Faghiri, Carole Raddato

About

This page attempts to identify all possible locations for every place mentioned in this chapter of the Bible.

The isobands you see on the map (gray areas with dark borders) attempt to give you confidence where a region is. Because many ancient regions aren't precisely defined, I consulted atlases to determine where the biblical region is located and used that data to build the isobands. The smaller isobands reflect more confidence that the given isoband is in the region, while the larger isobands reflect less confidence. Isobands are a kind of contour line that here indicate confidence levels.