Darius I and the Bisotun inscription

Trilingual inscription in Old Persian, Elamite and Babylonian; Persepolis is built.

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Trilingual inscription in Old Persian, Elamite and Babylonian; Persepolis is built.

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Darius I and the Bisotun inscription

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Trilingual inscription in Old Persian, Elamite and Babylonian; Persepolis is built.

520 BCE (c.)

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