Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Persepolis' has mentioned 'City' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
|---|---|
| This article is about the ancient city. | WIKI |
| It is also unclear what permanent structures there were outside the palace complex; it may be better to think of Persepolis as just that complex rather than a "city" in the normal sense. | WIKI |
| Persepolis is derived from Ancient Greek: xcexa0xcexb5xcfx81xcfx83xcexadxcfx80xcexbfxcexbbxcexb9xcfx82, romanized:xc2xa0Persepolis, a compound of Pxc3xa9rsxc4x93s (xcexa0xcexadxcfx81xcfx83xcexb7xcfx82) and pxc3xb3lis (xcfx80xcfx8cxcexbbxcexb9xcfx82), meaning "the Persian city" or "the city of the Persians". | WIKI |
| To the ancient Persians, the city was known as Pxc4x81rsa (Old Persian: xf0x90x8exb1xf0x90x8exa0xf0x90x8exbcxf0x90x8exbf), which is also the word for the region of Persia. | WIKI |
| However, the city's location in a remote and mountainous region made it an inconvenient residence for the rulers of the empire. | WIKI |
| This may be why the Greeks were not acquainted with the city until Alexander the Great took and plundered it. | WIKI |
| Diodorus Siculus writes that on his way to the city, Alexander and his army were met by 800 Greek artisans who had been captured by the Persians. | WIKI |
| They explained to Alexander the Persians wanted to take advantage of their skills in the city but handicapped them so they could not easily escape. | WIKI |
| Diodorus does not cite this as a reason for the destruction of Persepolis, but it is possible Alexander started to the see the city in a negative light after the encounter. | WIKI |
| Upon reaching the city, Alexander stormed the "Persian Gates", a pass through modern-day Zagros Mountains. | WIKI |
| It is believed that the fire which destroyed Persepolis started from Hadish Palace, which was the living quarters of Xerxes I, and spread to the rest of the city. | WIKI |
| The city must have gradually declined in the course of time. | WIKI |
| The lower city at the foot of the imperial city might have survived for a longer time;[19] but the ruins of the Achaemenids remained as a witness to its ancient glory. | WIKI |
| During the following centuries, Estakhr gradually declined, until it ceased to exist as a city. | WIKI |
| Odoric of Pordenone may have passed through Persepolis on his way to China in 1320, although he mentioned only a great, ruined city called "Comerum". | WIKI |
| It is commonly accepted that Cyrus the Great was buried in the Tomb of Cyrus in Pasargadae, which is mentioned by Ctesias as his own city. | WIKI |
| The unfinished tomb, a kilometer away from the city, is debated to who it belongs. | WIKI |
| (2) It was the richest city under the sun, and the private houses had been furnished with every sort of wealth over the years. | WIKI |
| 5.6.1xe2x80x937.12) 5.6 (1) On the following day, the king called together the leaders of his forces and informed them that "no city was more mischievous to the Greeks than the seat of the ancient kings of Persia . | WIKI |
| The king, too, more greedy for wine than able to carry it, cried: "Why do we not, then, avenge Greece and apply torches to the city?" | WIKI |
| (5) All had become heated with wine, and so they arose when drunk to fire the city which they had spared when armed. | WIKI |
| (6) When the army, which was encamped not far from the city, saw the fire, thinking it accidental, they rushed to bear aid. | WIKI |
| (10) The Macedonians were ashamed that so renowned a city had been destroyed by their king in a drunken revel; therefore the act was taken as earnest, and they forced themselves to believe that it was right that it should be wiped out in exactly that manner. | WIKI |
| The cityxe2x80x99s immense terrace was begun about 518 BCE by Darius the Great, the Achaemenid Empirexe2x80x99s king. | UNESCO |