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ancient Persian empire
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/ancient_Persian_empire
GPTKB entity
Statements (50)
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
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