Achaemenid period

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Achaemenid_period
GPTKB entity
Statements (30)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_period
gptkbp:area largest empire of its time
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Persepolis
gptkb:Susa
gptkb:Ecbatana
gptkbp:currency gptkb:Shekel
gptkb:Daric
gptkbp:endDate c. 330 BCE
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Hellenistic_period
gptkbp:governmentType gptkb:monarchy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Achaemenid period
gptkbp:language Akkadian
Assyrian
Old Persian
gptkbp:location gptkb:Ancient_Persia
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Achaemenid_dynasty
gptkbp:notableRuler gptkb:Darius_the_Great
gptkb:Cyrus_the_Great
gptkb:Xerxes_I
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Achaemenid_Empire
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Neo-Babylonian_period
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Zoroastrianism
gptkbp:significantEvent gptkb:Greco-Persian_Wars
gptkb:Conquest_by_Alexander_the_Great
gptkbp:startDate c. 550 BCE
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite gptkb:Persepolis
gptkb:Pasargadae
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Marduk
gptkb:Persian_art
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5