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Ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire

Cuneiform inscriptions recorded by Jean Chardin in Persepolis in 1711
Cuneiform inscriptions recorded by Jean Chardin in Persepolis in 1711 © Jean Chardin (18th century), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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