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City and territory of ancient Elam , north of modern Shīrāz , Iran.
Anshan came to prominence с 2350 BC, but its greatest period was in the 13th–12th centuries BC, when, as kings of Anshan and Susa, Elamite rulers periodically raided the cities of Babylonia . The area apparently came under the control of the Persians с 675 BC. Its ruins have yielded major finds, including examples of early Elamite writing.
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or An-shan
City (pop., 1999 est.: 1,285,849), Liaoning province, northeastern China.
Established as a post station in 1387, it was fortified in 1587 as part of the defenses set up by the Ming dynasty against the rising power of the Manchu s. It was destroyed by fire during the Boxer Rebellion and badly damaged during the Russo-Japanese War (1904–05). In the 1930s the Japanese occupied Anshan and made it a steelmaking centre. The city was bombed by U.S. aircraft in 1944 and looted by the Soviets following World War II. The Chinese later redeveloped it into an industrial centre that produces steel, cement, and chemicals.