WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -From this time on, Parthian culture developed as a synthesis of Greek and Achaemenian culture, with local Iranian patterns gradually supplanting Hellenistic elements. The Parthians controlled the overland trade routes between Asia and the Mediterranean, a position that brought great financial prosperity.

Detailed explanation-2: -The name “Parthia” is a continuation from Latin Parthia, from Old Persian Parthava, which was the Parthian language self-designator signifying “of the Parthians” who were an Iranian people. In context to its Hellenistic period, Parthia also appears as Parthyaea.