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Susa

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Susa was one of the great cities of the ancient Near East, its ruins near the modern town of Shush in Iran's Khuzestan province, in the lower Zagros foothills about 250 kilometers east of the Tigris. First settled around 4200 to 3800 BC, Susa became capital of the kingdom of Elam and flourished as a regional power from roughly 2700 to 540 BC before serving as the winter capital of the Achaemenid Persian Empire from 540 to 330 BC, when Darius the Great built a great palace there. Excavations have uncovered this palace and its Apadana reception hall, among other monumental remains. Susa retained importance through the Hellenistic, Parthian, and Sasanian periods before declining after the Mongol invasion of 1218, and was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2015.

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Building Type
Ancient city 1
Location
Shush, Iran 1
Completed YearSourced to the subject's own account
4000 BCE 2
Classification
Standing Status
Ruined 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)
Archaeological Site 1
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Rammed Earth, Elements and Materials
Source Wikipedia: Susa
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Source Wikipedia: SusaLead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article
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Susa ( SOO-sə) was an ancient city in the lower Zagros Mountains about 250 km (160 mi) east of the Tigris, between the Karkheh and Dez Rivers in Iran.
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1. Wikipedia: Susa
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    was an ancient city in the lower Zagros Mountains
  • Lead section
    Susa ( SOO-sə) was an ancient city in the lower Zagros Mountains about 250 km (160 mi) east of the Tigris, between the Karkheh and Dez Rivers in Iran. It represents the current city of Shush, located on the site of ancient Susa.
  • Wikipedia "Susa" intro (read live, w-fk-arch-rel2-0927c, R-K)
  • Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
    Susa was one of the great cities of the ancient Near East, its ruins near the modern town of Shush in Iran's Khuzestan province, in the lower Zagros foothills about 250 kilometers east of the Tigris. First settled around 4200 to 3800 BC, Susa became capital of the kingdom of Elam and flourished as a regional power from roughly 2700 to 540 BC before serving as the winter capital of the Achaemenid Persian Empire from 540 to 330 BC, when Darius the Great built a great palace there. Excavations have uncovered this palace and its Apadana reception hall, among other monumental remains. Susa retained importance through the Hellenistic, Parthian, and Sasanian periods before declining after the Mongol invasion of 1218, and was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2015.
  • Uses Element: Rammed Earth, Article body
    The Apadana was enclosed by 6 metre thick walls of rammed earth
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2. Susa (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata date-of-opening/inception statement (-4000)
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Wikidata item Q180773, property P571: -4000
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