ancient Persian empire

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

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:monarchy
gptkbp:administrativeDivision	satrapy
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Achaemenid_Empire
gptkbp:capital	gptkb:Persepolis gptkb:Susa gptkb:Pasargadae
gptkbp:conqueredBy	gptkb:Alexander_the_Great
gptkbp:currency	gptkb:Shekel gptkb:Daric
gptkbp:endDate	330 BCE
gptkbp:foundedBy	gptkb:Cyrus_the_Great
gptkbp:governmentType	gptkb:monarchy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	ancient Persian empire
gptkbp:notableAchievement	first postal system largest empire of its time
gptkbp:notableBuilding	gptkb:Persepolis gptkb:Apadana gptkb:Royal_Road gptkb:Tomb_of_Cyrus
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Greco-Persian_Wars gptkb:Battle_of_Gaugamela gptkb:Battle_of_Marathon gptkb:Battle_of_Thermopylae
gptkbp:notableRuler	gptkb:Cyrus_the_Great gptkb:Artaxerxes_I gptkb:Cambyses_II gptkb:Darius_I gptkb:Xerxes_I
gptkbp:officialLanguage	gptkb:Aramaic Assyrian Babylonian Old Persian
gptkbp:predecessor	gptkb:Median_Empire
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Zoroastrianism
gptkbp:startDate	c. 550 BCE
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Macedonian_Empire
gptkbp:territoryIncludes	gptkb:Central_Asia gptkb:Egypt gptkb:Libya gptkb:Anatolia gptkb:Levant gptkb:Mesopotamia gptkb:Persia gptkb:Thrace gptkb:Indus_Valley
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite	gptkb:Persepolis
gptkbp:writingSystem	gptkb:Old_Persian_script Cuneiform
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Mehregan
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6