Achaemenid Persian Imperial Food Practices (c. 550–330 BCE)

1. Cyrus II establishes Achaemenid rule

   Jan 1, 550 BCELabels: Cyrus II, Achaemenid Empire

   • Britannica

2. Cyrus II conquers Babylon

   Oct 12, 539 BCELabels: Cyrus II, Babylon

   • Britannica

3. Darius I begins Persepolis palace complex

   Jan 1, 518 BCELabels: Darius I, Persepolis

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4. Apadana foundation deposits include coin hoards

   Jan 1, 515 BCELabels: Apadana, Persepolis

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5. Earliest dated Fortification texts record rations

   Apr 1, 509 BCELabels: Fortification Archive, Persepolis

   • Iranica

6. Fortification Archive shows “paradises” as supply sites

   Apr 1, 509 BCELabels: Fortification Archive, paradises

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7. Latest dated Fortification texts mark archive’s main span

   Apr 1, 493 BCELabels: Fortification Archive, Darius I

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8. Treasury tablets begin recording silver-for-rations

   Jan 1, 492 BCELabels: Treasury Archive, silver payments

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9. Xerxes I succeeds Darius I

   Jan 1, 486 BCELabels: Xerxes I, Achaemenid court

   • Britannica

10. Greek accounts contrast Persian and Spartan meals

    Aug 1, 479 BCELabels: Herodotus, Greek accounts

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11. Treasury tablets span to early Artaxerxes I

    Jan 1, 457 BCELabels: Treasury Archive, Artaxerxes I

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12. Herodotus describes Persian banquet culture

    Jan 1, 440 BCELabels: Herodotus, Persian banquets

    • Herodotus trans

13. Alexander captures Persepolis

    Jan 1, 330 BCELabels: Alexander the, Persepolis

    • Britannica

14. Persepolis Fortification Archive discovered in excavations

    Mar 1, 1933Labels: Persepolis Fortification, Ernst Herzfeld

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15. Persepolis Treasury Archive discovered in excavations

    Jan 1, 1936Labels: Persepolis Treasury, Oriental Institute

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16. Hallock publishes major edition of Fortification texts

    Jan 1, 1969Labels: Richard T, Fortification texts

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