Persepolis

Persepolis
	تخت جمشید
	Ruins o the Gate o Aw Naitions, Persepolis
	Shawn within Iran
Location	Marvdasht, Fars Province, Iran
Coordinates	29°56′04″N 52°53′29″E / 29.93444°N 52.89139°ECoordinates: 29°56′04″N 52°53′29″E / 29.93444°N 52.89139°E
Teep	Settlement
History
Bigger	Darius I, Xerxes I an Artaxerxes I
Material	Stane an wid
Foondit	6t century BC
Periods	Achaemenid Empire
Culturs	Persie
Events	Nowruz, The 2,500 Year Celebration o the Persie Empire
Site notes
Condeetion	In ruins
Management	Iranian Govrenment
Public access	Open
UNESCO Warld Heritage Steid
Offeecial name	Persepolis
Teep	Cultural
Criteria	i, iii, vi
Designatit	1979 (3rd session)
Reference no.	114
State Pairty	Iran
Region	Asie-Paceefic

Persepolis (Greek, leeterally meanin "the Persie ceety"),^[2] forby kent as Takht-e-Jamshid (Modren Persie: تخت جمشید, leeterally meanin "the throne o Jamshid"), wis the ceremonial caipital o the Achaemenid Empire (ca. 550–330 BC).

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↑ Google maps. "Location of Persepolis". Google maps. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
↑ Michael Woods, Mary B. Woods (2008). Seven Wonders of the Ancient Middle East. Twenty-First Century Books. pp. 26–8.

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[Location_of_Persepolis-1] Google maps. "Location of Persepolis". Google maps. Retrieved 24 September 2013.

[wood-2] Michael Woods, Mary B. Woods (2008). Seven Wonders of the Ancient Middle East. Twenty-First Century Books. pp. 26–8.

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