Achaemenid Empire

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Achaemenid_Empire

GPTKB entity

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:monarchy
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:First_Persian_Empire
gptkbp:capital	gptkb:Persepolis gptkb:Susa gptkb:Ecbatana gptkb:Pasargadae
gptkbp:currency	gptkb:Shekel gptkb:Daric
gptkbp:endDate	330 BC
gptkbp:flag	gptkb:Achaemenid_Empire_flag_(historical)
gptkbp:foundedBy	gptkb:Cyrus_the_Great
gptkbp:governmentType	gptkb:monarchy
gptkbp:notableBuilding	gptkb:Persepolis gptkb:Apadana gptkb:Royal_Road gptkb:Tomb_of_Cyrus gptkb:Gate_of_All_Nations
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Greco-Persian_Wars gptkb:Battle_of_Gaugamela gptkb:Battle_of_Marathon gptkb:Battle_of_Thermopylae gptkb:Conquest_by_Alexander_the_Great gptkb:Ionian_Revolt
gptkbp:notableFeature	gptkb:Royal_Road_postal_system gptkb:Satrapy_system Tolerance of local customs and religions
gptkbp:notableRuler	gptkb:Cyrus_the_Great gptkb:Artaxerxes_I gptkb:Cambyses_II gptkb:Darius_I gptkb:Darius_III gptkb:Xerxes_I
gptkbp:officialLanguage	gptkb:Aramaic gptkb:Assyrian Babylonian Old Persian
gptkbp:predecessor	gptkb:Median_Empire
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Zoroastrianism
gptkbp:startDate	c. 550 BC
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Parthian_Empire gptkb:Seleucid_Empire gptkb:Macedonian_Empire gptkb:Greco-Bactrian_Kingdom gptkb:Ptolemaic_Kingdom
gptkbp:territory	gptkb:Central_Asia gptkb:Egypt gptkb:Iran gptkb:Macedonia gptkb:Anatolia gptkb:Levant gptkb:Mesopotamia gptkb:Thrace gptkb:Indus_Valley
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite	gptkb:Persepolis
gptkbp:writingSystem	gptkb:Aramaic_script Cuneiform
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Aramaic gptkb:Persian_Empire gptkb:Datames gptkb:Babylonian_Empire gptkb:Persia gptkb:Persians gptkb:Iranian_coins gptkb:Shahanshah
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Achaemenid Empire