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  2. Fall of Babylon - Wikipedia

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    The fall of Babylon occurred in 539 BC, when the Persian Empire conquered the Neo-Babylonian Empire. The success of the Persian campaign, led by Cyrus the Great , brought an end to the reign of the last native dynasty of Mesopotamia and gave the Persians control over the rest of the Fertile Crescent .

  3. Persian art - Wikipedia

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    Qajar art refers to the art, architecture, and art-forms of the Qajar dynasty of the late Persian Empire, which lasted from 1781 to 1925. The boom in artistic expression that occurred during the Qajar era was the fortunate side effect of the period of relative peace that accompanied the rule of Agha Muhammad Khan and his descendants.

  4. Achaemenid Empire - Wikipedia

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    The Achaemenid Empire or Achaemenian Empire, [16] also known as the Persian Empire [16] or First Persian Empire [17] (/ ə ˈ k iː m ə n ɪ d /; Old Persian: 𐎧𐏁𐏂, Xšāça, lit. 'The Empire' [ 18 ] or 'The Kingdom' [ 19 ] ), was an Iranian empire founded by Cyrus the Great of the Achaemenid dynasty in 550 BC.

  5. Muslim conquest of Persia - Wikipedia

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    Umar refused to take any chances; he did not consider the Persians weak, which facilitated the speedy conquest of the Persian Empire. Again Umar sent simultaneous expeditions to the far north-east and north-west of the Persian Empire, one to Khurasan in late 643 and the other to Armenia. Bukair ibn Abdullah was ordered to capture Tiflis. From ...

  6. Tomb of Cyrus the Great - Wikipedia

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    The first modern depiction of the tomb, published by James Justinian Morier in 1811, entitled the "Tomb of Madre Suleiman". The tomb was renamed to as the Tomb of Suleiman's Mother (referring either to Caliph Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik or the biblical Bathsheba, mother of Solomon) after the Muslim conquest of Persia and the subsequent fall of Sasanian Empire in order to save it from the ...

  7. History of Iran - Wikipedia

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    Today they are regarded as the cultural ancestors of the Western Turks, the present-day inhabitants of Turkey, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan, and they are remembered as great patrons of Persian culture, art, literature, and language. [98] [99] [100] Seljuq empire at the time of its greatest extent, at the death of Malik Shah I [citation needed]

  8. Arts of Iran - Wikipedia

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    Median man in Persepolis Persian realist Gouache painting of the Qajar dynasty and soldiers in 1850-1851. The arts of Iran are one of the richest art heritages in world history and encompasses many traditional disciplines including architecture, painting, literature, music, weaving, pottery, calligraphy, metalworking and stonemasonry.

  9. Timurid art - Wikipedia

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    Timurid art is a style of art originating during the rule of the Timurid Empire (1370-1507) and was spread across Iran and Central Asia. Timurid art was noted for its usage of both Persian and Chinese styles, as well as for taking influence from the art of other civilizations in Central Asia . [ 1 ]