Persepolis and the Organization of the Achaemenid Empire

Rad govori o povijesti i organizaciji Ahemenidskog carstva, vladarima i njihovim važnim postignućima te o najznamenitijem arhitektonskom djelu kojeg je izgradio Darije I. Veliki, Perzepolisu. Grad je podignut na terasi sjeveroistočno od grada Širaza u današnjem Iranu, a gradnja je započela oko 518. godine prije Krista. O funkciji i razlozima osnivanja Perzepolisa se još uvijek raspravlja te su znanstvenici podijeljeni između mišljenja da se radi o ceremonijalnom gradu i mišljenja da se radi o administrativnom središtu. Na vrhu države nalazio se kralj, iza kojeg slijedi dvor, vojska i birokracija koja je bila ključna za vladanje tako velikim teritorijem.The paper is focused on history and organization of the Achaemenid Empire, the rulers and their important achievements and the most important architectural work built by Darius I the Great, Persepolis. The city was built on a terrace northeast of the city of Shiraz in present-day Iran, and its construction began around 518 BC. The function and reasons for the founding of Persepolis are still debated. The scholars are divided between the opinion that it was a ceremonial city and the opinion that it was an administrative center. At the top of the state was the king, followed by the court, the army and the bureaucracy that was essential for ruling such a large territory