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Selected case studies and useful reading questions: what was found, how was it studied and what follows from the evidence?
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On the ancient route between the Iranian plateau and Mesopotamia, Darius I had a relief and a cuneiform inscription in three languages carved. According to UNESCO, it was the first cuneiform writing to be deciphered, in the 19th century.
According to UNESCO, Pasargadae was the first dynastic capital of the Achaemenid Empire, founded by Cyrus II the Great in Pars in the 6th century BC. What the page says about the site and its relation to Persepolis, and what it leaves undated.
According to UNESCO, Darius I founded Persepolis in 518 BCE, and his son and grandson went on building on the same terrace. What the two sources read say about the building, and what they leave open.
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