id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-9933 2,500-year celebration of the Persian Empire - Wikipedia .html text/html 3137 431 69 The 2,500-year celebration of the Persian Empire (Persian: جشن‌های ۲۵۰۰ سالهٔ شاهنشاهی ایران‎), officially known as the 2,500th Year of the Foundation of the Imperial State of Iran (Persian: دوهزار و پانصدمین سال بنیانگذاری شاهنشاهی ایران‎), consisted of an elaborate set of festivities that took place on 12–16 October 1971 to celebrate the anniversary of the founding of the Imperial State of Iran and the Achaemenid Empire by Cyrus the Great.[1][2] The intent of the celebration was to demonstrate Iran's ancient civilization and history and to showcase its contemporary advances under His Imperial Majesty Mohammad Reza Shah, the last Shah of Iran.[3] 2,500 year-celebration of the Persian Empire in Persepolis, October 1971. Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2500 year celebration of the Persian Empire. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-9933.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-9933.txt