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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">Elamite</topic></authority><related type="narrower"><topic>Middle Elamite</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>Proto-Elamite</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>Old Elamite</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>Persian periods</topic></related> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Refers to the period from about the 4th millennium to the 1st millennium BCE when the ancient state of Elam flourished in the area that is now Fars and Khuzistan in southwest Iran. ]]></note></mads>