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Persepolis

In Our Time: History

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The Archaeology of Perceplis

The site was strategically important for the routes leading down from the iranian plateau into mesopotamia, towards susa. It may have changed in function a over its lifetime, and that may be a little bit difficult to discern because thearhi stayed quite similar throughout that period. But it definitely has been interpreted as maybe a ceremonial, ar sort of ritual site.

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