![]() ![]() ![]() sites of Susa and Persepolis will provide a major focus, with objects grouped in themes within the palace context. This beautifully illustrated catalogue will provide a unique insight into the wealth and splendour of Persian society - its rich palaces, exquisite craftsmanship and sophisticated learning. Later writers, artists and musicians since the sixteenth century have been inspired by the Achaemenids and the Persian Wars. Famous Persian kings are known to us from Greek writers such as Herodotus and Xenophon. ![]() ![]() Even their conqueror, Alexander the Great, quickly succumbed to Persian culture. The Achaemenids acted as a bridge between the earlier Near Eastern cultures and the later Classical world of the Mediterranean, and had a profound influence on Greece in political, military, economic and cultural fields. It originated with Cyrus the Great (559-530 BC) and expanded under his successors - who ruled from the royal capitals of Susa and Persepolis - until at its peak it stretched from the Indus Valley to Greece and from the Caspian Sea to Egypt. Persia's Achaemenid Empire flourished between 550 and 331 BC, and encompassed a rich diversity of different peoples and cultures. ![]()
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