Anshan
Anshan (鞍山, lit. 'saddle mountain') is a city in
China in
Liaoning province close to
Shenyang. It has a population of approximately 2.5 million. It is famous for its iron and steel complex, which is the largest in China.
Anshan was also a small kingdom in what is now
Iran during the
1st millennium BC, ruled by the
Achaemenid dynasty. It embarked on a period of conquest in the
6th century BC, resulting in the formation of the
Persian empire.