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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 41. Chapters: List of the localities around Tehran, Rey, Iran, Abbas Abad, Grand Bazaar, Tehran, Elahieh, Tajrish, Shahrak-e Gharb, Ekbatan, Jordan, Tehran, Pasdaran, Shemiran, Yusef Abad, Sa'adat Abad, Farmanieh, Gholhak, Zahir-od-dowleh cemetery, Zafaraniyeh, North Tehran, Vanak, Tehranpars, Velenjak, Mahmoodieh, Ekhtiarieh, Darband, Tehran, Surena Street, Niavaran, Tehransar, Seyed Khandan, Amir Abad, Darrous, Apadana Complex, Toopkhaneh, Evin, Kamranieh, Lavizan, Gisha, Shahran, Tehran, Shahr-e No, Narmak, Davoodiyeh, Jamaran, Doulat, Sadeghiyeh, Darabad, Gheytarieh, Javadiyeh, Salsabil, Tarasht, Mehran, Ajodanieh, Park-e Shahr, Nazi Abad, Farahzad, Dardasht, Shahrara, Darakeh, Khavaran, Afsariyeh, Gomrok, Jannat Abad, Punak, Baharestan, Resalat, Navvab, Aghdasieh, HaftHoz, Shahr-e ziba, Yaft Abad, Bagh Feiz, Sarsabz, Dehkadeh Olampik. Excerpt: Contents: Top 0-9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Contents: Top 0-9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Rey or Ray (Persian: , Shahr-e-Rey, "City of Rey"), also known as Rhages (; Greek: , Rhagai; Latin: or Rhaganae) and formerly as Arsacia, is the oldest existing city in the Tehran province of Iran. Rey today has been absorbed into the Greater Tehran metropolitan area. Rey is connected via the Tehran Metro to the rest of Tehran and has many industries and factories in operation. Limited excavations of what was not bulldozed began in 1997 in collaboration with the Iranian Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization (ICHTO), the Department of Archaeological Sciences of the University of Bradford and the Department of Archaeology of the University of Tehran. A settlement began here c 6,000 BCE as part of the Central Plateu Culture. The settlement was used as a capital by the Medes called Rhaga. In Classical Roman geography it was called Rhagae. It...