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Construction of Persepolis and Achaemenid imperial architecture (c. 515–330 BCE)

Construction of Persepolis and Achaemenid imperial architecture (c. 515–330 BCE)

  1. Darius I founds Persepolis building program

    Labels: Darius I, Persepolis, Royal Terrace

  2. Terrace and platform engineering begins

    Labels: Terrace Engineering, Persepolis, Retaining Walls

  3. Construction begins on the Apadana audience hall

    Labels: Apadana, Darius I, Xerxes I

  4. Treasury complex built and expanded

    Labels: Royal Treasury, Persepolis, Treasury Complex

  5. Persepolis Fortification Tablets record building-era administration

    Labels: Fortification Tablets, Persepolis Archive, Administration

  6. Persepolis Treasury Tablets document later payments

    Labels: Treasury Tablets, Persepolis Archive, Silver Payments

  7. Tachara (Palace of Darius) completed under Xerxes

    Labels: Tachara, Darius I, Xerxes I

  8. Xerxes adds the Gate of All Nations

    Labels: Gate of, Xerxes I, Guardian Figures

  9. Apadana decoration and completion under Xerxes

    Labels: Apadana, Xerxes I, Processional Reliefs

  10. Construction starts on the Hall of Hundred Columns

    Labels: Hall of, Xerxes I, Hypostyle Hall

  11. Artaxerxes I completes the Hundred-Column Hall

    Labels: Hall of, Artaxerxes I, Palace Completion

  12. Alexander captures and sacks Persepolis

    Labels: Alexander the, Persepolis, Sack of

  13. Palace complex burned during Macedonian occupation

    Labels: Palace Fire, Macedonian Occupation, Destruction

  14. Scientific excavations begin under Ernst Herzfeld

    Labels: Ernst Herzfeld, Excavations, Oriental Institute

  15. Persepolis Fortification Archive discovered

    Labels: Fortification Archive, Oriental Institute, Administrative Tablets