Jump to content

Civ: Achaemenid Persians


wowgetoffyourcellphone
 Share

Recommended Posts

 

The Achaemenid Persians

4wgw6ad.png

XtZnd8g.png

 

Persian_warriors_from_Berlin_Museum.jpg

QnPG6Bq.jpg

 

xq3ce3v.png1t2WIax.png

Above: King Cyrus the Great (left), King Cambyses II (right)

 

OOZW4rh.pngz205a3N.png

Above: King Darius the Great (left), King Xerxes I (right)

 

9ry0Sil.png

Above: Memnon of Rhodes

 

bRyyzOa.png8eVYrRL.png

Above: Persian Citizens (left), Conscript Laborers (right)

 

a0obsMG.pngKxNQ7Mn.png

Above: Zoroastrian Magi Priest/Healer (left), Aramaean Merchant (right)

 

L4yakf0.png

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 8 months later...
  • 2 months later...
  • 8 months later...
  • 3 weeks later...
  • 1 year later...
  • 3 months later...
  • 3 weeks later...
  • 3 months later...

Although I've argued for the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus for the Achaemenid Wonder (being much taller), along the Hanging Gardens as a starting Wonder (both being among the seven Wonders of the Ancient World):

 

 

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 2 weeks later...
  • 2 months later...

If the religion to be represented is Zoroastrianism, the fire-holder could look more like this (coinciding with the "three-stepped top and base" description given in https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/achaemenid-religion):

FS-FSA_A.6_04_GN_1558.jpg.c52eed8bf508719d1d2a4d3ac2fa55cc.jpg

 

Sadly, it's not really known how Achaemenid temples looked like. Zoroastrian fire-holders seemed to be in the open, while, regarding some towers that were previously thought as temples, "the hypothesis positing a religious function for the tower-temples in the Urartian period is generally accepted, despite certain differences in the architectural environment of several of them; by contrast, the function of the two Achaemenid towers remains totally enigmatic. The only hypothesis that is not a matter of contention, as a result of both environment and architecture, is that of a deposit for objects, very probably of a royal and not a religious nature", from Studies on the Architecture and Archaeology of the Achaemenid Empire, by R. Dan. It is also thought that other religions were influential.

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share

×
×
  • Create New...