Shoosh - Iran, Khøzestån
At some stage, they were integrated into the empire of Cyrus the Great (559-330), the founder of the Achaemenid empire. One of his successors, king Darius the Great (522-486), built one of his residences in Susa. An inscription in the palace, known as DSf, describes how Darius built it. Susa was clearly his favorite palace. The Greek researcher Herodotus of Halicarnassus, who wrote a lot about the Achaemenid empire, did not know of another capital.
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Uploaded: Jun, 21 2010 | Taken: Mar, 01 2009| Viewed: 29 times
Camera: Sony Ericsson | Model: W700i | Exposure 1/250s, ISO 100 | SW: R1CA021 prgCXC1250516_CHINA_CR 2.3
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