Cyrus Dastur Orange County, Ca
Via regional administrators the Persian kings controlled a vast territory which they consistently sought to expand. Popular for monumental architecture, Persian kings established a lot of monumental centers, amongst these is Persepolis . The great audience hall of the Persian kings Darius and Xerxes presents a visual microcosm of the Achaemenid empire—making clear, by means of sculptural decoration, that the Persian king ruled more than all of the subjugated ambassadors and vassals . The Iranian peoples were a branch of…