Persepolis also know as susa or shushan
Persepolis.
Persepolis (polis = city). Persepolis was the capital of the Persian Empire at the time of Alexander's conquest.
The Abbassids moved their capital to Baghdad because their base of support was among the Persians and Mesopotamian Arabs (as opposed to Damascus, which was the base of support for their Umayyad rivals).
Phoenix is the capital of Arizona, yet it is also the name of a fictitious bird from the mythology of the Persians, Greeks, Romans, Egyptians, Chinese, and Phoenicians.
The Persian road system connected the satrapies of the Empire, particularly the Royal Road from the capital of Sardis in the west to the capital of Susa in the east. Communications and trade were also carried out by sea and river craft.
The leader of the Persians was Xerxes I
Persians.
To punish it for burning the Persian provincial capital of Sardis, and to establish a puppet governor who would prevent this sort of intervention in the Empire happening again.
Most Persians today are Muslim, but before the advent of Islam in Persia, most Persians were Zoroastrians.
Most Persians today are Muslim, but before the advent of Islam in Persia, most Persians were Zoroastrians.
He was Xerxes
the persians freed the Isrealites after conquering the babylonians