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| 330 BC |
| | | As a conclusive end to the long rivalry between Greece and Persia, Alexander destroys the great palace of Xerxes at Persepolis | |
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| 330 BC |
| | | Alexander adopts the ceremonial dress and court rituals of of his new Persian empire | |
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| 330 BC |
| | | Alexander begins two years moving with his army through his vast new territories, establishing Greek settlements | |
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| 324 BC |
| | | Back in Persia, to emphasize that Greece and Persia are now one, Alexander marries eighty of his senior officers to Persian wives | |
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| 324 BC |
| | | Alexander and his companion Hephaestion marry daughters of Darius III | |
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| 324 BC |
| | | When the army reaches Ecbatana, Hephaestion dies of a fever and the grief-stricken Alexander erects shrines in his memory | |
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| 106 BC |
| | | A caravan leaves China with goods destined for Persia - proof that the eastern half of the Silk Road is now open | |
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| c. 208 |
| | | Ardashir is crowned king of Fars - a first step towards his founding of the Sassanian dynasty in Persia | |
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| c. 230 |
| | | Ardashir, the Persian king, commissions a relief of himself in triumphant mood - carved high on a rock face at Naqsh-e Rustam | |
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| c. 250 |
| | | The Persian prophet Mani establishes the dualistic Manichaean religion | |
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