The Arsacid Dynasty ruled Parthia, which included the Iranian plateau and intermittently Mesopotamia, from 253 BC until their overthrow by the Sassanid Dynasty in AD 224. The members of this dynasty include:
... the Red, (c.950-1003), explored and colonized Greenland
Leif Ericsson, (born 970), attempted to colonize Vinland
George Everest, (1790-1866)
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