{"title":"Building the First Persian Empire","authors":"M. Canepa","doi":"10.1525/california/9780520290037.003.0002","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This chapter examines the construction of the Achaemenid empire and its royal residence cities including Persepolis, Susa, Ecbatana and Babylon. It also explores the role of rock art and ritual in shaping Persian topographies of power.","PeriodicalId":178322,"journal":{"name":"Iranian Expanse","volume":"113 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2018-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Iranian Expanse","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1525/california/9780520290037.003.0002","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This chapter examines the construction of the Achaemenid empire and its royal residence cities including Persepolis, Susa, Ecbatana and Babylon. It also explores the role of rock art and ritual in shaping Persian topographies of power.