Persepolis

Name of the Persian Dynasty who built Persepolis

• Seleucid

• Achaemenid

• Antigonid

• Ptolemids

Select all of the cities which were Persian

• Miletus

• Susa

• Athens

• Persepolis

• Ecbatana

Which of the following Persian kings contributed to the building of Persepolis

• Darius III

• Xerxes I

• Artaxerxes

• Cyrus

• Darius I

In which year did Darius I start building Persepolis

• 523 BC

• 522 BC

• 513 BC

• 512 BC

Which was the last Persian king

• Xerxes II

• Artaxerxes III

• Darius III

• Alexander III

Which Macedonian King destroyed Persepolis?

• Alexander I

• Alexander II

• Alexander III

• Alexander IV

In what century did the first organised excavations of Persepolis take place

• 17th Century AD

• 18th Century AD

• 19th Century AD

• 20th Century AD

Select all of the archaeologists who worked at Persepolis in the 20th Century

• Lord Curzon

• Ernst Herzfeld

• Friedrich Krefter

• Erich Schmidt

• Herbert Weld

What event halted all work at the site in the 20th Century

• World War Two

• World War One

• The Gulf War

• The Islamic Revolution

Which of the following IS NOT found at Persepolis?

• Apadana

• Tachara

• Hadish

• Tripylon

• Agora