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Ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire

West view of the All nations gate at Persepolis. This gate was not on Darius the great's initial plan for Persepolis but was added by his son and sucessor Xerxes. The initial main entrance of the pala
West view of the All nations gate at Persepolis. This gate was not on Darius the great's initial plan for Persepolis but was added by his son and sucessor Xerxes. The initial main entrance of the… © dynamosquito, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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