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This is Ancient on Instagram: "Persepolis — The Jewel of the Achaemenid Empire In 518 BC, King Darius I began constructing Persepolis, the ceremonial capital of the vast Achaemenid Empire. Built on a massive terrace carved into the Kuh-e Rahmat (“Mountain of Mercy”) in present-day Iran, the site became a symbol of imperial power and cultural fusion. Darius designed Persepolis not as an administrative center, but as a stage for Nowruz, the Persian New Year and for receiving tribute from across th