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Royal Idealism in the Achaemenid Persian Empire and Its Iconographic Reflections in Anatolia

The Persians, who established an empire in the mid-sixth century BCE, came to control a vast portion of the ancient world. Centered in Iran, this imperial formation was governed by the Achaemenid dynasty. Although the Achaemenids adhered to Zoroastrian religious traditions, they also incorporated earlier Mesopotamian i...