Title:
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Takht-e Jamshid / Persepolis
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Image Date:
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1971
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Period:
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6th century bc
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Start Date:
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518 bc
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Location:
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Takht-e Jamshid, Fars
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Country:
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IRAN
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Display Creator:
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not known
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Terms:
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Tourism impact
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Image ID:
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10-1472
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Description:
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Exterior view: Retaining walls and steps beneath The Apadana (Audience Hall - right) and the Gate of Nations (left). [Photographed in 1971] . Compare this image with another in SHIMMER photographed in 1960 - Image number: 10-0205). The site is beginning to experience tourists. A small tent just visible at the base of the steps constitutes the first tourist structure onsite. Darius the Great (550486 BC) begun the construction of buildings at this site, which lasted throughout the Achmaeninid Empire, until 330 BC when they were looted and burnt by Alexander the Great. World Heritage Site.
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Rights:
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© Sheffield Hallam University
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Permissions:
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For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >." Please contact Mrs B.M. Edge via SHU Image Collection for permission to use this image for any other purpose.
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Photographed by:
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John Edge
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Creator:
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not known
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Creator Role:
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Architect.
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Subject Heading:
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Architecture -- 600-500 BC
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Subject Heading:
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Architecture -- Iran -- Persepolis
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Subject Heading:
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Palaces
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Subject Heading:
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Heritage tourism -- Iran
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Subject Heading:
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World Heritage areas
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Subject Heading:
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Historic sites
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Subject Heading:
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Tourists
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