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What was important about the Behistun Rock to historical perception of the Persian concept of rule by kings?
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What was the name of the official script of the Persian Empire?
The Behistun Script
Which empire is most important Mauryan Gupta or Persian?
The Persian Empire was important to Western Asia, the Mauryan Empire was important to India.
Why was the battle of Salamis important to the Greeks?
Destruction of the Persian fleet meant the eventual failure of the Persian attempt to incorporate the mainland Greek city-states within the Persian Empire.
Herodotus is considered to be the father of-?
Herodotus is considered to be the father of history. Herodotus was the first to record a historical event and that was the Persian War.
What was the most important thing that Cyrus the Great did for the Persian Empire?
He built it by taking over the Babylonian and Lydian Empires, and consolidating these and Persian-Mede territory.
Explain the importance of the Behistun Rock to historical perception of the Persian concept of rule by kings?
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What was the name of the official script of the Persian Empire?
The Behistun Script
What three languages were written on the Behistun Rock?
Old Persian, Elamite, and Babylonian.
Where when who discovered the behistun rock?
The Behistun Inscription was discovered in 1835 by a British officer named Henry Rawlinson in present-day Iran. It was carved on a cliff at Mount Behistun and dates back to the Persian Empire of King Darius the Great around 520 BC.
Who deciphered the behistun rock?
The Behistun Inscription was deciphered by British army officer and diplomat Sir Henry Rawlinson in 1835. Rawlinson's work with the inscription was instrumental in the decipherment of Old Persian cuneiform script.
What was the historical impact of the Persian Wars?
It led to the eventual takeover of the Persian Empire by the Macedonian Alexander the Great.
What Persian king gave the clue to be able to decode cuneiform?
Darius the Great, a Persian king, provided the first clue to unlocking cuneiform when he had a trilingual inscription created at the Behistun Rock. This inscription contains the same text in three different languages, including Old Persian cuneiform, Elamite, and Akkadian, which helped scholars decipher the previously unreadable script.
Who was a major historical Persian figure during the Persian War?
For the first phase King Darius I. After his death, it was his successor King Xerxes.
What is a Persian person?
A Persian person is someone from Iran or of Iranian descent. They may speak Farsi (Persian), follow Iranian cultural traditions, and have roots in the historical region of Persia.
Why is ferdowsi so important to the history of Persia?
Ferdowsi wrote the famous Shahname, which is the Epic which recounts the historical mythos of the Persian people. In the same way that the Iliad-Odyssey is the defining piece of Ancient Greek Literature, the Shahname is the defining piece of Persian Literature.
Which country is susa in?
Susa is an ancient city located in what is now modern-day Iran. It was an important city in the Elamite, Persian, and Parthian empires, and is known for its historical significance and archaeological remains.
Which empire is most important Mauryan Gupta or Persian?
The Persian Empire was important to Western Asia, the Mauryan Empire was important to India.
