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[[Image:Persepolis by Asana Mashouf.jpg|thumb|Persepolis, photo by Asana Mashouf.]]

[[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 518 BC by [[Darius I]].<ref>[http://www.persepolis.ir/ Persepolis Official Site] '''In Farsi'''</ref><ref>The Earth and Its Peoples A Global History, Bulliet et al, 2005</ref>  [[Alexander the Great]] sacked Persepolis in 333 BC  

'''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 518 BC by [[Darius I]].<ref>[http://www.persepolis.ir/ Persepolis Official Site] '''In Farsi'''</ref><ref>The Earth and Its Peoples A Global History, Bulliet et al, 2005</ref>  [[Alexander the Great]] sacked Persepolis in 333 BC in delayed retribution for the sacking of [[Athens]] by the Persians in 480 B.C.

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