Word: istakhr
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...place, now called Istakhr, is near Shiraz inland from the Persian Gulf. Darius planed the face of a mountain for grey building stone. Against the mountain base he built a terraced platform, 1,000 ft. wide, a third of a mile long and upon it started to build palaces. His descendants continued construction-Nerxes 485-465 B. C.), Artaxerxes...
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