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Susa

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Also known as Shushan, Susa archaeological complex

Susa ( ) was an ancient city in the lower Zagros Mountains about east of the Tigris, between the Karkheh and Dez Rivers in Iran. It represents the current city of Shush, located on the site of ancient Susa. One of the most important cities of the Ancient Near East, Susa served as the capital of Elam and the winter capital of the Achaemenid Empire, and remained a strategic centre during the Parthian and Sasanian periods.

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Susa was an ancient city located in what is now Iran, between two rivers in the lower Zagros Mountains, and it is represented today by the city of Shush. It was one of the most important cities of the Ancient Near East, serving as the capital of Elam and the winter capital of the Achaemenid Empire, and it remained strategically significant through later periods of history.

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Key facts

Ancient site.name
Susa
Ancient site.image
History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia and Assyria (1903) (14584070300).jpg
Ancient site.caption
The Palace of Darius in Susa
Ancient site.map_type
Iran#West Asia
Ancient site.map_dot_label
Susa
Ancient site.relief
yes
Ancient site.location
Shush, Khuzestan Province, Iran
Ancient site.region
Zagros Mountains
Ancient site.type
Settlement
Ancient site.built
4395-4200 BCE the late 5th millennium BCE
Ancient site.abandoned
1218 AD
Ancient site.event
Battle of Susa
UNESCO World Heritage Site.child
yes
UNESCO World Heritage Site.Official_name
Susa
UNESCO World Heritage Site.Year
2015
UNESCO World Heritage Site.ID
1455
UNESCO World Heritage Site.criteria
Cultural: i, ii, iii, iv

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
architectural landmark
Country
Iran
Located in
Shush
Area
600
Capital of
Susiana
Image
The Apadana, a large hypostyle room of 36 columns in the Palace of Darius, Susa, capital of Elam and of the Achaemenid Empire, Iran (46950284624).jpg
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Glisson's capsule
topic's main category
Category:Susa
Commons category
Susa
dissolved, abolished or demolished date
1218-01-01
inception
4395-00-00
heritage designation
World Heritage Site
located in the present-day administrative territorial entity
Shush
located on street
Royal Road
on focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
different from
Suza
P12749
348 May
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Encyclopedic overview

34 sections
Contents
  • Name
  • Literary references
  • Biblical texts
  • Ancient Greek Theatre
  • Pseudepigrapha
  • Excavation history
  • History
  • Early settlement
  • Susa I period (4200–3800 BC)
  • Metallurgy
  • Ceramic objects
  • Susa II and Uruk influence (3800–3100 BC)
  • Susa III, or "Proto-Elamite", period (3100–2700 BC)
  • Elamites
  • Old Elamite period (c. 2700–1500 BC)
  • Kutik-Inshushinak
  • Indus-Susa relations (2400–2100 BC)
  • Middle Elamite period (c. 1500–1100 BC)
  • Neo-Elamite period (c. 1100–540 BC)
  • Neo-Assyrians
  • Achaemenid Period
  • Seleucid period
  • Parthian period
  • Sassanid period
  • Islamic period
  • Today
  • World Heritage listing
  • Gallery
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References
  • Further reading
  • Excavation reports
  • External links

Susa ( ) was an ancient city in the lower Zagros Mountains about east of the Tigris, between the Karkheh and Dez Rivers in Iran. It represents the current city of Shush, located on the site of ancient Susa. One of the most important cities of the Ancient Near East, Susa served as the capital of Elam and the winter capital of the Achaemenid Empire, and remained a strategic centre during the Parthian and Sasanian periods.

== Name == The name Susa is of Elamite origin and has appeared in many languages: Middle Middle and Neo- Neo-Elamite and Achaemenid Achaemenid

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