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Pasargadae

American  
[puh-sahr-guh-dee] / pəˈsɑr gəˌdi /

noun

  1. an ancient ruined city in S Iran, NE of Persepolis: an early capital of ancient Persia; tomb of Cyrus the Great.


Pasargadae British  
/ pæˈsɑːɡəˌdiː /

noun

  1. an ancient city in Persia, northeast of Persepolis in present-day Iran: built by Cyrus the Great

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These roads constituted an impressive communication system that linked the many key cities of the empire with the Persian heartland and its cities, like Susa, Persepolis, and Pasargadae.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Architectural design concepts and technical know-how came from the Persians to the Greek world via the many Ionian Greek workmen who helped build Persepolis, Susa and Pasargadae, named Yauna in Persian texts.

From The Guardian • Jun. 20, 2015

He has found, he wrote, inscriptions of the true tomb on a plateau over-looking the Plain of Murghab, the true site of Cyrus's vanished capital, Pasargadae.

From Time Magazine Archive

They began officially when the Shah visited the unadorned stone tomb of Cyrus the Great at Pasargadae, 50 miles from Persepolis.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ptolemy puts Pasargadae in the neighbourhood of Caramania, and Oppert therefore identifies it with the ruins of Tell-i-Zohak near Fasa, and looks for the mountain Paraga of the inscriptions in the modern Forg: "Journal Asiat."

From The History of Antiquity Vol. V. by Duncker, Max