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The heart of the Persian Empire—modern-day Iran. Alexander fought a major battle at Gaugamela. Ecbatana was summer capitol of the
Achaemenid kings. Persepolis was the Persian capitol. Susa, a major city and treasury under Darius, was the site of the mass wedding of
Greeks and Persians cited in the text. Source: The Historical Atlas, William R. Shepherd, New York, Henry Holt & Company, 1923. Courtesy
of The General Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin.