Susa

E86185

ancient city

Susa was an ancient city in southwestern Iran that served as a major political and administrative center for several empires, including the Achaemenid Persians.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Susa canonical	67
Persian Empire (winter capital)	1
Persian capital Shushan	1
Persian royal court at Susa	1
Susa archaeological site	1
Susa region (traditionally)	1
Ville Royale (Susa)	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient city ⓘ
archaeologicalSite	yes ⓘ
capitalOf	Achaemenid Empire ⓘ Elam ⓘ surface form: Elamite Empire Parthian Empire ⓘ surface form: Parthian Empire (regional) Sasanian Empire ⓘ surface form: Sasanian Empire (regional) Seleucid Empire ⓘ surface form: Seleucid Empire (regional)
contains	Achaemenid palace complex ⓘ Apadana of Darius I ⓘ Elamite temples ⓘ city walls ⓘ royal tombs (Elamite) ⓘ ziggurat remains ⓘ
controlledBy	Achaemenid Empire ⓘ surface form: Achaemenid Persians Elam ⓘ surface form: Elamites Parthian Empire ⓘ surface form: Parthians Sasanian Empire ⓘ surface form: Sasanians Seleucid Empire ⓘ surface form: Seleucids
country	Iran ⓘ
excavatedBy	French archaeologists ⓘ Jacques de Morgan ⓘ Roman Ghirshman ⓘ
foundedIn	late 5th millennium BCE (approximate) ⓘ
heritageStatus	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
locatedIn	Elam ⓘ Khuzestan ⓘ surface form: Khuzestan Province Susiana ⓘ southwestern Iran ⓘ
locatedNear	Dez River ⓘ
locatedOn	Karkheh River ⓘ
mentionedAs	Shushan ⓘ
mentionedIn	Book of Daniel ⓘ Megillat Esther ⓘ surface form: Book of Esther Ezra–Nehemiah ⓘ surface form: Book of Nehemiah Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible
modernSettlementNearby	Shush ⓘ
oneOf	oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world ⓘ
partOf	Ancient Near East ⓘ
periodOfFlourishing	Achaemenid Empire ⓘ surface form: Achaemenid period Elamite period ⓘ Parthian Empire ⓘ surface form: Parthian period Sasanian Empire ⓘ surface form: Sasanian period
region	Khuzestan ⓘ surface form: Khuzestan plain
servedAs	administrative center ⓘ political center ⓘ royal residence ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear	2015 ⓘ
UNESCOSiteName	Susa self-link ⓘ
usedBy	Achaemenid kings ⓘ Darius I of Persia ⓘ surface form: Darius I Xerxes I ⓘ

Referenced by (73)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Achaemenid Empire → capital → Susa ⓘ

Esther → setIn → Susa ⓘ

Persians → capitalOfHistoricalEmpire → Susa ⓘ

Code of Hammurabi → discoveredAt → Susa ⓘ

King Ahasuerus → residence → Susa ⓘ

Artaxerxes I of Persia → capital → Susa ⓘ

Shushan Purim → namedAfter → Susa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Persian capital Shushan

Shushan Purim → associatedCity → Susa ⓘ

Haman → placeOfDeath → Susa ⓘ

Cambyses II → capital → Susa ⓘ

Stateira II → marriagePlace → Susa ⓘ

Atossa → associatedWith → Susa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Persian royal court at Susa

Elamite → notableInscriptionSite → Susa ⓘ

Royal Road → connects → Susa ⓘ

Royal Road → endPoint → Susa ⓘ

Susa → UNESCOSiteName → Susa self-link ⓘ

Darius III → capital → Susa ⓘ

Satrapy of Egypt → capital → Susa ⓘ

Xerxes I → capital → Susa ⓘ

Artaxerxes II → capital → Susa ⓘ

Artaxerxes III → capitalDuringReign → Susa ⓘ

Persia → hasCapitalHistorically → Susa ⓘ

Old Persian cuneiform → primaryCenter → Susa ⓘ

Achaemenid kings → capital → Susa ⓘ

Achaemenid kings → exercisedPowerFrom → Susa ⓘ

Twenty-seventh Dynasty of Egypt → capital → Susa ⓘ

Sardis → connectedTo → Susa ⓘ

Achaemenid stone reliefs → majorSite → Susa ⓘ

Artystone → residence → Susa ⓘ

Achaemenid dynasty → capital → Susa ⓘ

Democedes of Croton → residence → Susa ⓘ

Persian court → location → Susa ⓘ

Rav → burialPlace → Susa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Susa region (traditionally)

Damaspia → residence → Susa ⓘ

Shushan → alsoKnownAs → Susa ⓘ

Shushan → capitalOf → Susa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Persian Empire (winter capital)

Shushan → modernSiteName → Susa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Susa archaeological site

Persian monarchy → capital → Susa ⓘ

Achaemenid architecture → majorSite → Susa ⓘ

Xerxes II of Persia → capital → Susa ⓘ

Darius II of Persia → capital → Susa ⓘ

Elam → capital → Susa ⓘ

Elam → majorCity → Susa ⓘ

Elam → hasArchaeologicalSite → Susa ⓘ

Susiana → centeredAround → Susa ⓘ

Susiana → hasCapital → Susa ⓘ

Susiana → majorCity → Susa ⓘ

Susiana → religiousCenter → Susa ⓘ

Susiana → archaeologicalSite → Susa ⓘ

Queen of Persia → typicalResidence → Susa ⓘ