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[[Image:Persepolis by Asana Mashouf.jpg|thumb|Persepolis, photo by Asana Mashouf.]]'''Persepolis''' (Old Persian '''تخت جمشید''', 'Takht-e Jamshid') was the ceremonial capital of the [[Achaemenid Empire]]. Archaeological and written evidence suggests that Persepolis was founded around 518BC518 BC by [[Darius I]].<ref>[http://www.persepolis.ir/ Persepolis Official Site] '''In Farsi'''</ref><ref>[http://www.cais-soas.com/CAIS/Archaeology/Hakhamaneshian/persepolis.htm "PARSA" PALACE COMPLEX]The Earth and Its Peoples A Global History, Bulliet et al, 2005</ref> [[Alexander the Great]] sacked Persepolis in 333BC 333 BC in delayed retribution for the sacking of [[Athens]] by the Persians in 480 B.C. [[File:Capitel Persepolis.jpg|thumb|left|Capitel]]{{Clear}} == External links == *[http://www.livius.org/pen-pg/persepolis/persepolis.html Persepolis]