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en-wikipedia-org-4114		Achaemenid architecture - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	10005	901	66	Achaemenid architectural heritage, beginning with the expansion of the empire around 550 B.C.E., was a period of artistic growth that left an extraordinary architectural legacy ranging from Cyrus the Great's solemn tomb in Pasargadae to the splendid structures of the opulent city of Persepolis.[3] With the advent of the second Persian Empire, the Sassanid dynasty (224–624 C.E.), revived Achaemenid tradition by construction of temples dedicated to fire, and monumental palaces.[3] David Stronach has suggested that there were originally four such figures, set against doorways to the Palace of Cyrus in Pasargadae.[16] That this bas-relief has such an eclectic styling with elements of Egyptian, Elamite, and Assyrian, reflects "..'the oecumenical attitude of the Achaemenian kings, who from the time of Cyrus, onward adopted a liberal policy of tolerance and conciliation toward the various religions embraced within their empire'..."[16] It would therefore depict the eclectic nature of Achaemenid life from policies of the kings to their choice of architecture.	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-4114.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-4114.txt