Look up: Persepolis

1. Persepolis
   a large settlement in Persis where the Achmaeneid royalty kept a residence; in 331 BCE, Alexander the Great conquered Persepolis and razed it; Alexander's men burned and looted the city; archaeological excavations of Persepolis have unearthed many administrative texts and reliefs.
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2. Persepolis
   [n] - an ancient city that was the capital of the ancient Persian Empire
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3. Persepolis
   Ancient royal city of the Persian Empire, 65 km/40 mi northeast of Shiraz. It was burned down after its capture in 331 BC by Alexander the Great. ...
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4. Persepolis
   noun an ancient city that was the capital of the ancient Persian Empire; now in ruins
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5. Persepolis
   an ancient capital of the Achaemenian kings of Iran (Persia), located about 32 miles (51 km) northeast of Shrz in the region of Fars in southwestern ... [10 related articles]
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6. Persepolis
   Persepolis An ancient city of Persia northeast of modern Shiraz in southwest Iran. It was the ceremonial capital of Darius I and his successors. Its ruins include the palaces of Darius and Xerxes and a citadel that contained the treasury looted by Alexander the Great.
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7. Persepolis
   Persepolis (pursep'ulis) [Gr.,=city of Persia], ancient city of Persia, ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid empire under Darius I and his successors. The administrative capitals were elsewhere, notably at Susa and Babylon. The ruins of Persepolis lie 30 mi (48 km) NE of Shiraz in a fertile plai...
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8. Persepolis
   Ancient royal city of the Persian Empire, 65 km/40 mi northeast of Shiraz. It was burned down after its capture in 331 BC by Alexander the Great
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9. Persepolis
   `Persepolis` (Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 Pārsa, `Takht-e Jamshid` or Chehel Minar) was the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire (ca. 550-330 70 km--> northeast of the modern city of Shiraz, Iran|Shiraz in the Fars Province of modern Iran. In contemporary Per...
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10. Persepolis
    (comics) `Persepolis` is a French-language autobiographical comic by Marjane Satrapi depicting her childhood up to her early adult years in Iran during and after the Islamic revolution. The title is a reference to the ancient capital of the Persian Empire, Persepolis. Drawn in black an...
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11. Persepolis
    (film) `Persepolis` is a 2007 French animated film based on Marjane Satrapi`s autobiographical graphic novel of the same name. The film was written and directed by Satrapi with Vincent Paronnaud. The story follows a young girl as she comes of age against the backdrop of the Iranian Rev...
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