# Ten Ancient Elam Facts You Need to Know — WHE Article Discussion

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Elam, located in the region of the modern-day provinces of Ilam and Khuzestan in Iran, was one of the most impressive civilizations of the ancient world. It was never a cohesive ethnic kingdom or polity but rather a federation of different tribes governed at various times by cities such as Susa, Anshan, and Shimashki until it was united during the Middle Elamite Period, briefly, as an empire.

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_This is a companion discussion topic for the original content at [https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1591/ten-ancient-elam-facts-you-need-to-know/](https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1591/ten-ancient-elam-facts-you-need-to-know/)._

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**Post date:** [July 29, 2026, 3:16pm UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/ten-ancient-elam-facts-you-need-to-know-whe-article-discussion/10653/2 "2026-07-29T15:16:54Z")

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