5h 16min, may 10, 555 y BC - Audience Hall (apadana) of Darius and Xerxes
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Known for monumental architecture at this time.
Persian kings established monumental centers like Persepolis.
Achaemenid Empire - First Persian Empire; founded by Cyrus the Great.
Persian kings employed art and architecture to craft messages that helped to reinforce their claims to power and depict, iconographically,
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5h 16min, may 10, 555 y BC
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~ 2582 years ago
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