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Pasargadae

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Pasargadae , capital of ancient Persia under Cyrus the Great . Its ruins lie 54 mi (87 km) by road NE of Persepolis , in present Iran. The buildings of Cyrus include a temple in the form of a tower; the remains of his palace; and his tomb, a structure of white stone 18 ft (5.5 m) high, on a massive base. According to Greek historians, Alexander the Great found Cyrus' tomb already rifled, and he sealed its entrance. The tomb has long since been reopened. The name also appears as Parsagarda. ... Read more
Pasargadae
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia ...The city was surrendered to Alexander the Great in 330 . It was known for the majestic simplicity of its architecture; its ruins include the bases of several large buildings and the nearly intact tomb of Cyrus. Pasargadae Pasargadae Pasargadae Read more
Persepolis
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia ...It was built in a remote and mountainous area during the reign of Darius I , who made it the capital of Persia, replacing Pasargadae . In 330 Alexander the Great plundered the city and burned the palace of Xerxes I . The city's ruins cover an extensive area... Read more

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Magazine article from: World and I; 12/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...built a capital employing Greek artists and builders at Pasargadae, near Shiraz, in 546 b.c. I had to search in my mind's eye for any Hellenistic influence. The long drive to Pasargadae brought little reward: it is in total ruins today, and its... Read more
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Magazine article from: Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society; 12/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...Xerxes. Alien closes this chapter by making the case that Pasargadae was the oldest of the capitals of the Achaemenid empire, built...that the tomb of Cyrus was found in "the royal paradise in Pasargadae" (p. 85). The fourth chapter, "The Rivals: Regional Rulers... Read more
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Map from: Maps.com (Historical Maps); 1/1/2002; 71 words ; ...River, Arabia, Red Sea, Babylon, Tigris River, Euphrates River, Susa, Mesopotamia, Caucuses Mountains, Persia, Persopolis, Pasargadae, Persian Gulf, Bactria, Hindu Kush, Indus River, Punjab, India, Himalayas, Aral Sea, Caspian Sea, Arabian Sea, Mediterranean... Read more
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Magazine article from: Architectural Science Review; 9/1/2007; ; 613 words ; ...photographs. She notes that Paradise was a walled garden with fruit-trees, and a place of tranquillity; the word probably came from Pasargadae, where Kyros the Great, King of Persia, built in the 6th century BC a well-watered garden in desert country. A park, from... Read more
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Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 7/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...compares the first-hand descriptions written by the young seventeenth-century traveler J. A. von Mandelslo during his visits to Pasargadae and Persepolis with the edited versions published posthumously by his one-time traveling companion A. Olearius. Wiesehofer... Read more
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Magazine article from: Country Living Gardener; 12/22/2004; ; 221 words ; ...wanderlust. The Gardens of Persia (Kales Press: $49.95) traces our passion for planting back to the first garden recorded, Pasargadae, providing a vision of how the cultivated landscape of what is now modern Iran looked 2,500 years ago. A dedicated historian... Read more
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Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 7/1/1994; ; 700+ words ; ...presents an image of Darius I which reveals a simplistic approach to Persian history. If the purpose of Darius' inscription at Pasargadae indeed was to honor Cyrus (p. 74), how do we explain the damnatio memoriae of Cyrus in the Bisitun inscription? In her depiction... Read more

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