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Pasargadae (deserted settlement) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 30 12 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 30.2000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 053 10 46 E degrees minutes |
Long: 53.1790 decimal degrees |
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Note: Pasargadae was located northeast of Persepolis and was chosen as the capital of the Achaemenid Persians by Cyrus II because it lay near site of his victory over Astyages (550 BCE). The name may have derived from a Persian tribe called the Pasargadae. Buildings in the city were placed at a distance from each other, and palaces were placed in a walled compound irrigated by water channels. The large gate of the compound was guarded by statues of winged bulls. South of the compound was the tomb of Cyrus, a limestone box of eastern Greek design decorated with an Assyrian rosette. During the Islamic periods (beginning with the defeat of the Sasanian army at the battles of Qadisiyeh in 637 CE) the tomb was believed to be the resting place of King Solomon's mother. |
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| Pasargadae (preferred,C,V,display,English-P)
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| Pasargadai (C,V)
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| Pāsārgād (C,V)
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| Πασαργάδαι (C,V,Ancient Greek,U)
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| Manţaqeh-ye Bāstānī-ye Pāsārgād (C,U,O,Persian-Farsi (transliterated)-P)
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| Parsa Garda (C,U)
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| Pārsehgarda (C,U)
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| Pāsārgād (C,U,Persian-Farsi (transliterated))
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| Pāsārgādā (C,U)
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| Pāsārgade (C,U)
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| Passargad (C,U)
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| Pāzārgād (C,U)
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| Shahr-e Pāzārgād (C,U)
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| پاسارگاد (C,U,Persian-Farsi)
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| منطقه باستانی پاسارگاد (C,U,Persian-Farsi-P)
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Fārs (province) (P) |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| deserted settlement (preferred, C) |
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settled by prehistoric communities in fourth millennium BC |
| archaeological site (C) |
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| capital (H) |
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during Achaemenian Empire, established by Cyrus II 546 BC |
| battlefield (H) |
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| inhabited place (H) |
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| ancient site (C) |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| Manţaqeh-ye Bāstānī-ye Pāsārgād.......... |
[VP] |
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NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -3077983 |
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