Achaemenid art, royal iconography, and glyptic traditions (c. 550–330 BCE)

1. Cyrus II founds Pasargadae as dynastic capital

   Jan 1, 550 BCELabels: Cyrus II, Pasargadae

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2. Cyrus’s tomb and royal precinct at Pasargadae

   Jan 1, 540 BCELabels: Cyrus II, Mausoleum of

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3. Cyrus Cylinder created after Babylon’s conquest

   Jan 1, 539 BCELabels: Cyrus Cylinder, Babylon

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   • Met Museum

4. Darius I commissions Behistun rock relief and inscription

   Jan 1, 520 BCELabels: Darius I, Behistun Inscription

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5. Persepolis founded by Darius I

   Jan 1, 518 BCELabels: Darius I, Persepolis

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6. Persepolis Fortification Archive sealing practices flourish

   Jan 1, 509 BCELabels: Persepolis Fortification, seal impressions

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   • Met Museum

7. Achaemenid “court style” emerges in royal glyptic

   Jan 1, 500 BCELabels: Achaemenid court, royal glyptic

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8. Royal “master of animals” seal imagery popularized

   Jan 1, 495 BCELabels: Master of, cylinder seals

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   • Met Museum

9. Darius I’s tomb relief and DNa inscription at Naqsh-e Rostam

   Jan 1, 490 BCELabels: Darius I, Naqsh-e Rostam

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10. Xerxes I completes the Gate of All Nations at Persepolis

    Jan 1, 475 BCELabels: Xerxes I, Gate of

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11. Late Achaemenid royal cylinder seals continue heroic themes

    Jan 1, 410 BCELabels: Late Achaemenid, elite glyptic

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12. Alexander captures and burns Persepolis

    Jan 30, 330 BCELabels: Alexander the, Persepolis

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