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00:03The ancient city of Persepolis, capital to the mighty Persian Empire.
00:10This was once the greatest and richest city on earth.
00:15A mysterious metropolis, built by the most powerful kings of the ancient world.
00:22They were so powerful, they had no real rival.
00:26How do the Persians rule over a vast empire from this glorious capital?
00:32It's a lesson on how to build an empire.
00:35Today, investigators have unique access to this ancient site in the mountains of Iran.
00:41They forensically hunt for clues to find out what makes Persia the first imperial powerhouse in the world.
00:51It is a really exciting discovery for us.
00:56To unlock the secrets of ancient Persia, we resurrect the empire's mighty capital, Persepolis.
01:05We unearth the kings' luxurious palaces and reveal their groundbreaking engineering inventions
01:15to discover how the Persians rise to dominate the ancient world.
01:31Persepolis, Iran.
01:34400 miles south of the modern-day capital, Tehran.
01:39It is a huge stone city cut into the mountains.
01:44Constructed at the same time as the greatest buildings of ancient Greece.
01:49Today, this vast archaeological site remains wrapped in mystery.
01:57Now, our cameras have been granted unique access to follow investigators on the front line
02:03as they venture inside this mighty ancient capital.
02:08Working in Persepolis, it's fantastic.
02:12It is one of the most important archaeological sites in the world.
02:16In the sixth century BC, Persepolis is the heart of a mighty empire that controls almost half of Earth's population.
02:26Its spectacular ruins hold the key to the rise of the first world empire, Persia.
02:36To build Persepolis, the Persians carve a huge terrace into a mountain and create a platform the size of six
02:44modern city blocks.
02:46They surround it with tall masonry walls.
02:50And at the entrance, they build a 55-foot-tall gate to impress and welcome foreign rulers.
02:58Inside, they create a sprawling complex of splendid palaces and vast magnificent halls.
03:07Persepolis is the jewel in Persia's crown.
03:11What can it reveal about the scale of this mighty empire?
03:21Ali Asadi has special access to investigate the ancient site.
03:27He believes the remains of these grand buildings hold clues to the territories under Persian rule.
03:37Ali examines the architecture of the ancient city and finds important evidence.
03:44The upper part of doorways and leeches, as we see here, is taken from Egyptian architecture.
03:52Hidden among the ruins of the site,
03:54Ali examines clues of even more distant nations.
03:59Lotus flowers.
04:01These are ancient Greek symbols.
04:05Could Greece and Egypt, two enormous powerhouses in the ancient world, be under Persian rule?
04:16Ali hunts for more clues.
04:19In the center of the city, he studies a huge stone relief on a palace staircase.
04:28These are procession of different subject nations of Persian empire, who brought their gifts for the great kings.
04:36The frieze shows the individual nations that make up the Persian empire.
04:41Carved on the wall, Ali finds conclusive proof.
04:47Here are the Greeks.
04:49Here are the Greeks.
04:49They brought bowls, some textiles, and colored wools.
04:55Here are the Egyptians.
04:57They are identified by their long robes.
05:03Ali discovers that Egypt, the cradle of ancient culture and independent for most of its history, is now part of
05:11this mighty new empire.
05:15Incredibly, it also incorporates some Greek city-states.
05:20But the Persians don't stop here.
05:23The long procession depicts many other peoples.
05:27The incredible detail on the relief helps Ali identify who everyone is.
05:34There are many other nations here.
05:37Armenians, Medians, Assyrians, Nobians.
05:41This vast scene reveals the expanse of the Persian empire.
05:47It spreads from Eastern Europe to the Indus River, from the Sahara Desert to the western edge of the Himalayas.
05:56In total, the wall displays 23 nations that cover an astonishing 2.1 million square miles.
06:09Who is the ruler of this enormous empire at its peak?
06:15Ali follows the frieze to track down the person who receives the gifts.
06:20He arrives at a depiction of a larger-than-life figure.
06:24All of the gifts from the subject nations were given to the great king, who was Darius the Great.
06:31Darius the Great rules the mighty Persian Empire from 522 BC, during its golden age.
06:40The image of the king reveals where he receives his many guests.
06:45Inside a majestic royal palace of gigantic proportions.
06:53The Apadana Palace is an ancient architectural wonder, and the most important building in Persepolis.
07:01On the palace staircases, inscriptions greet visitors in many languages,
07:06referring to the Persian ruler as the King of Kings.
07:11Behind 40-foot doors, thin columns hold up a wooden ceiling.
07:16To create a magnificent hall covering more than 35,000 square feet.
07:23Here, the king welcomes guests and their generous gifts.
07:27What does this huge palace reveal about the powerful Persian rule?
07:36Ali is convinced the inscription on the great staircase holds important evidence.
07:41This inscription surely were engraved to be seen.
07:46The king of kings is a key phrase in the Persian Empire.
07:51It means that there was a great king who ruled over the smaller kings.
07:58The inscription reveals how Darius rules his world empire.
08:03Once he conquers a nation, he keeps the local kings in power.
08:07Darius the Great is tolerant as long as he is obeyed.
08:11Does he ever have to fight off a rebellion against him?
08:18A few miles away, a team of archaeologists uncovers an intriguing structure which could provide clues.
08:26They recover hundreds of glazed bricks from the dig site.
08:31These amazing finds reveal what the building really is.
08:35An Ishtar Gate.
08:38A replica of the dazzling gate in the famous city of Babylon.
08:42The gate is a symbol of an astonishing victory for the Persian king.
08:49The Babylonian kingdom is one of the first to fall to the hands of the Persians.
08:54Their mighty capital, Babylon, becomes an important center of Persian rule.
09:01At the entrance to the great city stands the Ishtar Gate, an architectural wonder, shimmering blue.
09:08But there are fundamental differences between the two gates.
09:16The Ishtar Gate in Babylon is gigantic and flanked by defensive walls.
09:22Said to be over 300 feet high, they guard the ancient city.
09:26The replica Ishtar Gate in Persepolis stands alone in the middle of the landscape.
09:32Two miles away from the Persian capital.
09:38This brand new discovery reveals that Persepolis has no fortifications.
09:45There were walls around the city, but these walls were not because of an enemy threat.
09:53These were showing the limits of the city.
09:56None of the many nations in the empire dare challenge the Persian rule.
10:02But new evidence exposes the cost of this complete obedience.
10:07How do the Persians build their enormous empire?
10:12Can new discoveries reveal the secret of their success?
10:252500 years ago, the Persian kings build Persepolis in modern day Iran.
10:33It is the richest city in the world and capital to an enormous empire.
10:38How do the Persians dominate most of the known ancient world?
10:43Inside Persepolis, archaeologists unearth a mysterious building.
10:48An extraordinary ancient megastructure.
10:54In Persia's golden age, this is the second largest building in Persepolis, called the Throne Hall.
11:03Inside it, precisely 100 columns rise up to create a space the size of an aircraft hangar.
11:12This second palace is the domain of the empire's foundation, its army.
11:19There is room for 5,000 soldiers, only a tiny fraction of the Persian army, which according to legend numbers
11:26a million men.
11:30How do they conquer the world?
11:40Sophie Downs hunts for clues in Sardis, in modern day Turkey.
11:47Despite being over 1,500 miles away from Persepolis, this ancient capital city is one of the first to fall
11:55to the Persians.
11:57It expanded their empire to the west, towards its further western reach.
12:07Sophie investigates how Sardis is conquered.
12:11She examines a section of the site, a massive trench 20 feet deep.
12:18In the courtyard of this house, the body of an old man was found.
12:23He was a civilian, so this suggests that it wasn't just the soldiers that died in the sack, but many
12:29civilians as well.
12:32Analysis of the mutilated bones reveals lethal wounds all over the body.
12:39He is only one of many victims of the attack.
12:46Alongside is more shocking evidence.
12:50136 arrowheads.
12:53Sophie examines images of the discovery.
12:56The quantity of arrowheads found here shows the intensity of the fighting in this part of the city.
13:02These many archaeological traces reveal the ferocity of a Persian conquest.
13:09But Sophie thinks there's more to the story.
13:11She wants to find out what happens to Sardis after the Persian victory.
13:16There are numerous burn marks across the city, which suggests that it was pretty comprehensively burnt to the ground.
13:26The city's fortification wall, made of mud brick, is reduced to a melted and vitrified mass.
13:33It is evidence of the intensity of the fire that devours Sardis.
13:38The archaeological evidence suggests that it may have been more brutal than we thought.
13:44Sardis becomes a Persian city.
13:49The fall of this powerful capital shocks the ancient world.
13:54The Persian army gains a fierce reputation and forces the many nations of the empire into submission.
14:03How do the Persians become such remarkable warriors?
14:10Ali examines an intriguing carving on the northern entrance to the palace.
14:27As he looks up close, Ali finds imagery of the army all around Persepolis.
14:35Among them, Persia's most infamous brigade.
14:38These are elites of the Persian army, immortals.
14:42They were very well skilled because they were the bodyguards of the most important person in the empire, the king
14:52of the kings.
14:56The images reveal that the Persian army is divided into specialist forces.
15:02Ali believes this is crucial to their success.
15:06In battle, the soldiers follow a strategy that weakens the enemy until complete surrender.
15:15The Persian archers start off the attack.
15:19They hide behind a shield wall and shoot 100,000 arrows per minute to decimate the enemy.
15:27Then comes the notorious Persian cavalry.
15:30They harass the enemy with hit and run attacks, shooting arrows and throwing spears.
15:39And finally Persia's elite infantry, the immortals.
15:43They are the most feared fighters.
15:49In their tight formation, fallen soldiers are replaced immediately, making it seem like they are impossible to kill.
16:00With this elite army, the Persians create the biggest empire the world has ever seen.
16:07But even with this mighty military force, how quickly can the king strike back if there is trouble far from
16:15his base in Persepolis?
16:16What can new evidence unearthed in the far corners of the empire reveal about the king's new tactic?
16:32Carved into the mountains of southern Iran, archaeologists rediscover the lost city of Persepolis.
16:40Clues inside it unlock the mystery of the gigantic Persian Empire.
16:45The inscriptions of Persepolis talk about how the empire extends from the shores of one sea to the shores of
16:50another sea, from one desert to another desert.
16:53How do the Persians rule such an enormous expanse of land?
16:58The answer could lie with a huge engineering structure, built by Persia's most powerful king, Darius I.
17:10Ancient writers say that King Darius builds a vast road across his empire.
17:16It is surfaced with packed gravel, and is over 20 feet wide in some places.
17:24It's called the Royal Road, the first highway in the world.
17:32Alongside it, Darius builds way stations, stopping points in the long, arduous journey.
17:40Comfortable living quarters surround an open courtyard where travelers from all cultures meet.
17:47Is Darius' royal road really as impressive as legends say?
17:54Ali Asadi is on a mission to find out.
17:59He travels north of Persepolis, towards Pasigarde, another Persian capital.
18:08Ancient texts describe a huge road between these two cities.
18:15Here, he finds an opening through the mountains.
18:19In this small valley, there are some remains of a cut mountain.
18:25We think maybe these are belong to part of a royal road.
18:30This mountain stands directly between the two ancient Persian capitals.
18:38Ali believes the only way to connect the cities is to cut through it.
18:43The most important and impressive part, which is cut on the mountain, is 10 meters high.
18:51The ancient Persians carve a 30-foot valley through solid rock.
18:56This rare find here supports the legend.
19:00Nothing seems to stand in the way of Darius' ambitious building project.
19:06But can he really extend the royal road to all corners of the huge empire?
19:14Burcin Adison Mez investigates in Amasya, in northern Turkey.
19:21Here, he and his team make a remarkable discovery.
19:30We have discovered this road here, made of cobblestones and knit together in close proximity.
19:40Local rulers use nearby materials to build the road.
19:45But Burcin suspects it could be part of the Persian road network.
19:51He examines the site and identifies a strange structure.
19:59We have a fire altar here.
20:01This place is where the early Zoroastrian religious practices were implemented.
20:07And the worshipping is done.
20:11Zoroastrianism is the ancient religion of the Persians.
20:15For Burcin, this is conclusive proof.
20:19The road is a Persian road.
20:23This incredible find is evidence that Darius' road network spreads all the way to northern Turkey.
20:311,200 miles away from the city of Persepolis.
20:36The discovery here proves that the royal road network of Persia is much bigger than we thought.
20:44How fast can imperial couriers travel on the royal road?
20:49Ancient Greek accounts provide tantalizing clues.
20:54Herodesis tells us that the Persians had a system for sending messages along the royal road,
21:00which could travel about 2,000 miles in nine days.
21:07A messenger on horseback would normally take two months for a journey of this length.
21:13Sophie wants to find out if the Persians can do it in nine days.
21:18She thinks the way stations Darius builds could hold the answer.
21:24She marks out the places where archaeologists find remains.
21:28Here we have three way stations that have actually been found in the archaeology.
21:33And they're in a line, and they're about 15 miles apart from each other.
21:41If the Persians position rested horses and men at each station, the couriers can work as a relay.
21:49Each courier can travel the distance between two way stations at full speed and pass on the message to the
21:56next horseman.
21:57Over a day, the message would cover an astonishing 180 miles.
22:04That means that you could cover a distance of 2,000 miles in about 12 to 14 days.
22:10So Herodotus is maybe slightly exaggerating, but he's actually pretty accurate.
22:15Darius's massive communication network is the fastest in the ancient world.
22:20It's so efficient that it's still remembered today.
22:25Herodotus also says that neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night could stop the couriers.
22:30And this is still the motto of the US Postal Service today.
22:35If anything happens in the extreme corners of the Persian Empire,
22:39the king can find out about it in under two weeks.
22:44He can respond swiftly to any challenge to his rule and restore control almost immediately.
22:5312 to 14 days may sound pretty slow to us, but actually it's not until the 18th century that anybody
22:58can send messages faster than that.
23:02Darius's road network stretches from the Indus Valley all the way to the Mediterranean,
23:08spanning a staggering 1,500 miles.
23:13He uses it to quickly send messengers, as well as his army, to every corner of his empire.
23:24He also builds the first Suez Canal, linking the Red Sea to the Nile, giving him easy access to all
23:32of Egypt.
23:35It is monumental, wide enough for two of his warships to pass each other.
23:41Giving the Persians commercial and military control of the region.
23:47Darius's communication network is crucial to controlling the vast empire.
23:52It ensures his presence everywhere.
23:55But the Persians also use their engineering skills at home.
24:01How do cutting-edge innovations allow the king to control nature itself?
24:07And create a green paradise in the middle of the desert?
24:21Persepolis, in modern-day Iran.
24:24In the 6th century BC, this is an architectural masterpiece, and capital to the mighty Persian Empire.
24:32But it's built in a brutal, arid landscape, halfway up a mountain.
24:38Why do the Persians choose to build their glorious capital here?
24:472,500 years ago, exotic plants populate the city's lavish gardens.
24:53Called Pardis, the origin of the word paradise.
24:58But these green spaces extend beyond the city walls.
25:04Further down the mountain, the Persians plant olive and walnut trees, brought in from the distant corners of the empire.
25:13Beyond, settlements and lush farmlands stretch as far as the eye can see.
25:19Against all odds, the Persians appear to conquer nature.
25:24How do they do it?
25:31Iran is a dry country, and there are not many permanent rivers.
25:38Unlike Egypt, which has the mighty Nile, Persia has very few natural sources of water.
25:45But it does have mountains.
25:49Persepolis is built at the feet of the Zagros mountain range.
25:57Ali investigates the rocky surface of the slope.
26:01These mountains are from limestone, a type of stone which water could penetrate inside.
26:10Rainwater seeps into the porous stone of the mountain, and comes out in springs that flow across the slope.
26:17These permanent springs may be one of the factors for choosing this place for making the Persepolis terrace.
26:27But to harness this valuable source of water, the Persians must come up with an ingenious plan.
26:38Inside the city, Ali discovers an astonishing infrastructure.
26:46A winding network of tunnels.
26:51We have these channels below all of the palaces and courtyards.
26:58The tunnels crisscross the terrace for over two miles.
27:02They are a remarkable feat of ancient engineering, as high as 20 feet in places.
27:10The greatness of the channels surprised me.
27:15Some are carved straight into the stone of the mountain slope.
27:20But Ali discovers that other sections are entirely built up by ancient workers.
27:25Some parts of the underground waterways of Persepolis are made with big blocks of stones.
27:32These stones are jointly very well with each other.
27:37Water from the mountain springs travels down towards Persepolis.
27:42The tunnels collect and store it to be used by the city's inhabitants.
27:47But how do the Persians spread water across the vast landscape to create their green paradise?
27:57To find out, Ali heads to Passagarde, 25 miles north of Persepolis.
28:03This is the first Persian capital built a few generations earlier.
28:08We think that all of the area inside of Passagarde and the landscape of this area were very green, quite
28:17different to today.
28:19At the ancient site, Ali examines an intriguing set of limestone channels.
28:25They are built by very good carved stones.
28:31And in each 15 meters, there are small pools.
28:36The channels have small basins every 50 feet and carry water to all corners of the city.
28:43The same infrastructure is used in Persepolis, but on a much larger scale.
28:52New geophysical surveys unveil a series of canals designed to funnel water from the mountains to the Persian capital.
29:01Some of them are over 12 miles long.
29:03Near the ruins of Persepolis, traces of lines crisscross the landscape.
29:09These are the remnants of a huge irrigation network across the plains.
29:17The Persian king Darius builds a city that defies nature.
29:21It stands in the middle of a mountainous desert, but is as verdant as a savannah.
29:29This triumph over nature is a mark of power more potent than ramparts.
29:38We can imagine that for a foreigner who expected to see a dry country, it was really astonishing and amazing
29:48when they saw green land everywhere.
29:52But the ingenuity of the Persian king does not end here.
29:59King Darius wants to constantly remind the world of his overarching power.
30:05What can hidden treasure in his vast palace reveal about his mighty propaganda machine?
30:18In southern Iran lie the remains of the city of Persepolis.
30:24It is a marvel of ancient engineering and symbolizes the incredible power of King Darius the Great.
30:32The closer you get to the king and to his private palaces, the more aware you are made of how
30:37powerful the king is.
30:39How does he spread his message of supreme power across the empire?
30:44Inside his magnificent palace, archaeologists make an intriguing discovery.
30:52In one corner of the Apadana palace, investigators unearth a treasure hoard.
30:58Stone boxes containing tablets made from solid silver and gold.
31:04They carry Darius' name and tell of the scale of his great empire.
31:11Beneath them more treasure.
31:13Gold coins stamped with a lion and a bull.
31:18The insignia of Lydia, a rival kingdom.
31:23They are some of the first coins ever created.
31:27How does Darius use this enemy invention to control his vast empire?
31:38Sophie Downs believes clues may lie in the ancient Lydian city of Sardis in modern-day Turkey.
31:46The Lydians were famous for their wealth and they got their wealth from the gold that washed down in the
31:52river just behind us.
31:56On the edge of the city, Sophie finds traces of ancient gold working.
32:03What you can see here is a burn level.
32:06So this seems to be a furnace which was used to refine the gold.
32:14Here in Sardis, the Lydian people develop an invention that revolutionizes the world.
32:22The Lydians were the first to introduce coinage and they would have made it from the metal that they will
32:28find right here.
32:30When the Persians conquer this rich land, they also capture an established minting machine and start minting coins of their
32:39own.
32:39The coins that the Persians produce are these little tiny coins here.
32:44These are made out of pure gold. They are called darricks.
32:47These were minted for the first time under King Darius.
32:50The image on them on the front is of the king. The king is an archer and he is running
32:56forwards across the coin.
32:58So very energetically attacking the world through his coinage.
33:02Darius chooses military imagery for his royal gold coin.
33:06Sophie believes this decision is clever politics.
33:10These were used to pay the mercenaries in his army.
33:13Having an image of Darius on the coin creates a direct connection between the soldiers and Darius.
33:18Soldiers know that this is who is paying them and who is giving them orders.
33:24Darius uses the coins as propaganda, ensuring his army's loyalty.
33:29The military imagery also keeps the empire afraid and obedient.
33:34But his successors go even further.
33:39Sophie investigates another coin called a tirret.
33:44They're called tirret because on the front of the coin there's the head of a figure wearing a tiara,
33:51which is a band of cloth which Persian soldiers wore around their heads in battle.
33:56So again, this is a military image.
33:58It's generally thought this is the head of the Persian king.
34:01This coin is used beyond the borders of the empire into Greece.
34:07But Greek coins usually depict gods rather than kings.
34:12So on this coin, the head of the Persian king is occupying the same space that on some Greek coins
34:18is occupied by the head of a deity.
34:21It's possible that there's some kind of equivalence intended.
34:25The king of kings places himself in the position of a god and pushes this image into the hands of
34:32his distant neighbors.
34:34Why does he want the Greeks in particular to receive this message?
34:38The Persians have a pretty fraught relationship with the Greek city-states.
34:44The Persians constantly attempt to seize control of Greece, but they never manage to conquer it.
34:53The conflict begins when the Persians attack the Greek inhabited region of Ionia in present-day Turkey.
35:04The Greek city-states rally and start a revolt that culminates in the burning of Sardis, Persia's capital in the
35:12region.
35:15The Persians retaliate by invading Greece.
35:18And after a twenty-year struggle, finally take Athens and burn it to the ground.
35:25But within days, the Greeks trounced the Persian fleet in the nearby Straits of Salamis, marking a turning point in
35:33the decades-long war.
35:36The Greek city-states are Persia's greatest enemy.
35:41So the Persian kings use coinage to show them their extraordinary reach and power.
35:48Does this enduring rivalry lead to disastrous consequences for Persepolis?
35:55Is a revenge attack enough to bring down the world's greatest empire?
36:10From the mighty capital of Persepolis, the Persian kings rule over most of the known ancient world.
36:19Their power over the empire is absolute.
36:22So they don't even fortify this magnificent city.
36:26But that leaves it exposed.
36:29What happens to Persepolis?
36:35Ali investigates the remains of the great city.
36:42Limestone in Persepolis are grey.
36:45And when they are white, it means that something's happened.
36:52The reason of this discoloration could be high temperature or a severe fire.
37:00Ali finds the same discolorations across the city.
37:04This is shocking evidence that Persepolis suffers a devastating fire.
37:09Traces of ash, charcoals and collapsed stones are almost everywhere seen in Persepolis.
37:16It burned all of the city.
37:19Persepolis, the once mighty and untouchable city, is attacked.
37:26The Persians fail in defending their capital.
37:29And the city is burned to the ground.
37:31Who leads this audacious assault?
37:41Sophie Downs believes a clue lies on Behistun Mountain, 450 miles from Persepolis.
37:50Here, 330 feet off the ground, Darius the Great carves a huge inscription in three languages.
37:58Over 1,000 lines of text describe how he conquers the world.
38:05It commemorates his seizure of power.
38:08It tells us about how he came to be king.
38:10Next to Darius' testament of power, there is a surprising piece of evidence.
38:16We have a relief of Heracles.
38:18He's reclining.
38:20We can tell it's Heracles because there's an inscription behind it.
38:25Heracles is a son of Zeus, the greatest of the Greek gods.
38:29This statue, placed on the same level as Darius' inscription,
38:34reveals the identity of the formidable conqueror that triumphs over the Persians.
38:40This is from the kingdom that existed after Alexander had passed through the region.
38:47It is Alexander the Great, the mighty Greek king, who topples the magnificent Persian capital.
38:57How does he manage to reach it?
39:00His own kingdom is almost 2,000 miles away.
39:05Alexander makes his way to Persepolis using partly the royal roads that Darius had set up.
39:13In the 4th century BC, Alexander marches across the ancient world.
39:20He takes Anatolia, Egypt, and Mesopotamia, and soon sets his eyes on the heart of the Persian Empire, Persepolis.
39:32He uses Darius' royal road to march his vast army across the desert and attacks the great city.
39:43Persepolis falls in only a few days.
39:46Alexander burns it to the ground as payback for the Persians' burning of Athens.
39:54Sophie believes the destruction of the once mighty city is more than just revenge.
40:00It makes obvious strategic sense to burn Persepolis.
40:03It's the heart of the Persian world.
40:05It's an obvious rallying point for any rebellion and dissent.
40:09The Persian Empire that rules over most of the known world for over 200 years is incorporated into Alexander the
40:18Great's new imperial powerhouse.
40:22But Alexander follows in the steps of the astounding achievements of the ancient Persians.
40:28Alexander is only able to achieve his very brief empire because he's taking over the Persian Empire.
40:34This whole idea of creating an empire on such a large scale does go back really to the Persians.
40:39The Persians create the blueprint for empires for centuries to come, laying down the groundwork for the Greeks and Romans.
40:48The story of their rise and fall is unearthed here, in this glorious capital in the mountains, Persepolis.
41:01The Persians conquer most of the known ancient world and rule it from Persepolis, a majestic city richer than any
41:11other.
41:12The Persian leader becomes king of kings.
41:16He rules over 23 nations across 2 million square miles and creates a lush paradise in the desert.
41:26Leaving behind a legacy of how to rule the ancient world.
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