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Persepolis
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Persepolis a city in ancient Persia, situated to the north-east of Shiraz. It was founded in the late 6th century
bc by Darius I as the ceremonial capital of Persia under the Achaemenid dynasty. The city's impressive ruins include functional and ceremonial buildings and cuneiform inscriptions in Old Persian, Elamite, and Akkadian. It was partially destroyed in 330
bc by Alexander the Great, and though it survived as the capital of the Seleucids it began to decline after this date.
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Persepolis: Glanzende Haupstadt der Perserreichs.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 10/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...with the Achaemenid palatial complex at Persepolis among professional researchers and laymen...in recent years, have been visiting Persepolis and other sites in its environs in greater...historical introduction to the Achaemenids, Persepolis during Achaemenid and Sasanian times...
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'Persepolis' Strikes a Chord with Young Iranians
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition; 3/28/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...NPR Morning Edition 03-28-2008 'Persepolis' Strikes a Chord with Young Iranians...to a different film. It's called "Persepolis," from the graphic novel of the same...more from Tehran. MIKE SHUSTER: "Persepolis" is a rare animated film. It is about...
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FILM REVIEW: 'Persepolis:' animated identity crisis
News Wire article from: University Wire; 3/3/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...UWIRE) ITHACA, N.Y. -- Persepolis, taking its name from the ancient...and narrated by Satrapi herself, Persepolis is the touching autobiography of...Iranian and Western identity. Persepolis begins with the young Marji at...
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 "Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)")
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'PERSEPOLIS' FROM GRAPHIC NOVEL TO ANIMATED FILM: AN IRANIAN GIRLHOOD COMES TO LIFE.(Life and Arts)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA); 1/24/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...followed his dictum in writing and drawing "Persepolis," her graphic memoir of growing up in Iran...released in the U.S. in two volumes: "Persepolis" came out in 2003 and "Persepolis 2" in 2005. If you're new to Satrapi...
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Persepolis
Newspaper article from: Pittsburgh City Paper; 2/6/2008; ; 700+ words
; Persepolis The Ruins of History WHEN WE MEET Marjane...the animated autobiographical feature Persepolis, we know the rambunctious 10-year...personal window into a tumultuous history, Persepolis offers a strong female perspective...
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Highly Acclaimed 'Persepolis' Denounced by Iran
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 11/8/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Considered 11-08-2007 Highly Acclaimed 'Persepolis' Denounced by Iran Host: MICHELE NORRIS...is what she's most famous for. "Persepolis" begins by documenting her life in...community and in Tehran. KIM MASTERS: "Persepolis" follows Marjane Satrapi's tragic...
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Animated 'Persepolis' tells visionary, timely story
Newspaper article from: The Gazette; 2/15/2008; ; 600 words
; The ancient city of Persepolis was once the gleaming capital of...bustling, enlightened populace, Persepolis was plundered and razed by Alexander...co-director Marjane Satrapi, Persepolis is a powerful and haunting metaphor...
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Why I wrote Persepolis: a graphical novel memoir: writer Marjane Satrapi faced the challenges of life in post-revolutionary Iran. She used the graphic novel format to tell her unique story.(Reading-Writing Link)
Magazine article from: Writing!; 11/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...living in the United States, published Persepolis, a memoir in the form of a graphic novel. Persepolis (the name of the capital of the ancient...Steinem captured the unique quality of Persepolis: "the intimacy of a memoir, the irresistibility...
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 "Iran Times International (Washington, DC)")
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Persepolis quarry damaged.(Culture: From then to now)
Newspaper article from: Iran Times International (Washington, DC); 8/14/2009; 566 words
; ...which provided the stone for building Persepolis, have reportedly destroyed its usefulness...a resource for restoration stone at Persepolis, Cultural Heritage News (CHN) reported...kilometers (35 miles) southwest of Persepolis near Shiraz in Fars Province. Seventy...
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FILM REVIEW: 'Persepolis:' Not another political war movie
News Wire article from: University Wire; 2/7/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Chronicle) (UWIRE) SALT LAKE CITY -- "Persepolis" is a wonderfully moody film -- a...fairytales (with depressing results), "Persepolis" turned a child's ideas of God and...autobiographical graphic novel of the same name, "Persepolis" is definitely not for children. Rated...
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Persepolis
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Persepolis [Gr.,=city of Persia], ancient...notably at Susa and Babylon . The ruins of Persepolis lie 30 mi (48 km) NE of Shiraz in...short distance from the platform of Persepolis, are the ruins of Stakhr or Estakhr...
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Persian art and architecture
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...are the superb ceramics from Susa and Persepolis (c.3500 BC). On tall goblets and...complex of Darius I and Xerxes I at Persepolis reveal plans that characteristically...approaching the audience hall of Xerxes I (Persepolis) and the famous Frieze of Archers...
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Iran
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
...the Avesta and Elamite tablets from Persepolis dated 509 – 494 B.C.E...and herbs were ample; and autumn in Persepolis, where fruit, wild vegetables, and...Great defeated Darius III and seized Persepolis (331 B.C.E.), ordering the bronze...
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Achaemenian
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
...most elaborate buildings include the vast palace complex at Persepolis (518– c. 460 BC) which included large relief...tombs at Naksh-i-Rustam have similar capitals to those at Persepolis, with door-surrounds derived from Egyptian precedents...
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Naqsh-e-Rostam
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Naqsh-e-Rostam see Persepolis .
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