Persepolis

Also known as Takht-e Jamshid, Parsa

A ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire in southern Iran, burned during Alexander's campaign.

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Persepolis is on the atlas, but nobody has written and sourced a full entry for it. Rather than generating one, we are leaving this blank until it can be researched properly. The coverage inventory in the repository tracks what is outstanding.

Themes: Empires & independence, Trade & exchange