SUSA

SUSA

the chief city of ancient Elam and one of the capital cities of the Achaemenid empire.

i. Excavations.

ii. History during the Elamite period.

iii. The Achaemenid period.

iv. The Hellenistic and Parthian period.

v. The Sasanian period.

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Originally Published: February 25, 2015

Last Updated: February 25, 2015

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EIr,"SUSA," Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, 2015, available at http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/susa-parent (accessed on 25 February 2015).