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Which earlier Persian capital did Persepolis replace?

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Persepolis, Iran: ruins of royal residence — Persepolis Ruins of the royal Achaemenid residence at Persepolis, Iran.

Persepolis replaced Pasargadae as the capital of the Achaemenid Empire.12

While Cyrus the Great had established his capital at Pasargadae, Darius I founded Persepolis in his native region of Fars to serve as a new royal residence.312