[DOC] [TLE] Alexander the Great and the Burning of Persepolis (Article) - Ancient ... [PAR] Feb 23, 2011 ... When Alexander the Great arrived at Persepolis it was the jewel of Persia and, 
when he ... As for Persepolis, the capital of the Persian Empire, Alexander 
described it to the Macedonians as their worst enemy among ... She wanted to 
put a torch to the building herself in full view of Alexander, so that posterity... [DOC] [TLE] Alexander the Great: the destruction of Persepolis - Livius [PAR] Three months later he destroyed several buildings of the palace, because he was 
... When Alexander returned several years later and saw the ruins, he regretted 
his act. ... An intentionally damaged portrait of Xerxes in his palace in Persepolis. 
... As for Persepolis, the capital of the Persian kingdom, Alexander described it to
... [DOC] [TLE] Persepolis - Wikipedia [PAR] Persepolis also known as Takht-e-Jamshid was the ceremonial capital of the 
Achaemenid .... Many historians argue that while Alexander's army celebrated 
with a ... Indeed, in his Chronology of the Ancient Nations, the native Iranian 
writer Biruni ... In 316 BC, Persepolis was still the capital of Persia as a province 
of the great... [DOC] [TLE] Wars of Alexander the Great - Wikipedia [PAR] The wars of Alexander the Great were fought by King Alexander III of Macedon ("
The Great"), first against the Achaemenid Persian Empire under Darius III, .... The 
various satraps of the Persian empire gathered with their forces at the town of .... 
The Siege of Tyre occurred in 332 BC when Alexander set out to conquer Tyre,... [DOC] [TLE] Why Did Alexander the Great Burn Persepolis? - Ancient / Classical ... [PAR] Review: 'Alexander the Great and His Empire,' ... the ceremonial capital city of 
Persepolis, once the Iranian nobles opened their gates to the Macedonian king. 
... metals from the palace buildings, carried away on innumerable pack animals, 
... of revenge for the desecration of the acropolis in Athens during the Persian 
War. [DOC] [TLE] History of Iran: Parse or Persepolis - Iran Chamber Society [PAR] Ancient Capital of Persian -Achaemenid- Empire ... The splendor of Persepolis, 
however, was short-lived; the palaces were looted and burned by ... in flames 
when Alexander the Great conquered and looted Persepolis in 330 B.C. and, ... 
with the architecture of the palace complex, and its buildings and embellishing 
reliefs. [DOC] [TLE] Ancient Greece Unit: Alexander the Great - Hero or Villian? [PAR] In 334 B.C.E., Alexander the Great set out to conquer the Persian Empire, the 
most ... After capturing and destroying the Persian capital of Persepolis, 
Alexander ... While he ruled, he appointed many Persians as governors in his 
conquered ... he burned many of the grand buildings in Persepolis and destroyed 
or stole many... [DOC] [TLE] Achaemenid Empire, Cyrus the Great, Darius the Great, Xerxes the ... [PAR] It expanded to eventually rule over significant portions of the ancient world which 
at ... Even Alexander the Great, the man who would set out to conquer this vast 
empire, ... Cyrus built his empire by conquering first the Median Empire, then the 
...... Darius was an active emperor, busy with building programs in Persepolis,... [DOC] [TLE] Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic Age [PAR] The word Hellenistic comes from the root word Hellas, which was the ancient 
Greek ... The Hellenic Age was the time when Greek culture was pure and 
unaffected by .... Like his father, Alexander wanted to conquer the Persian Empire 
with the .... The Persian capital of Persepolis is sacked and burned by 
Alexander's army. [DOC] [TLE] Persepolis Terrace: Architecture, Reliefs, And Finds | The Oriental ... [PAR] ... the wealth of the Persian empire was evident in all aspects of its construction. 
... was short-lived; the palaces were looted and burned by Alexander the Great ... 
Persepolis and Ancient Iran /; Persepolis Terrace: Architecture, Reliefs, And 
Finds ... when Alexander the Great conquered and looted Persepolis in 330 B.C. 
and,... [DOC] [TLE] Alexander the Great (Alexander of Macedon) Biography [PAR] Alexander

Question: While conquering this ancient empire, Alexander the Great burned the buildings of Persepolis, its capitol
Answer: Persia