5h 16min, may 10, 555 y BC - Audience Hall (apadana) of Darius and Xerxes

Description:

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,

Added to timeline:

Date:

Images: