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Why did Cyrus the Great build Pasargadae?

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Relief of three Achaemenid warriors, known as the Ten Thousand Immortals, depicted in profile on glazed bricks with patterned robes and bows, from the Palace of Artaxerxes at Susa.
Achaemenid Empire Frieze of Archers from the palace of Darius I at Susa, c. 510 bce; some believe the warriors are among the Ten Thousand Immortals.

Cyrus the Great established Pasargadae as the first dynastic capital of the Achaemenid Empire. According to tradition, he selected the site because it was located near the scene of his decisive victory over Astyages the Mede in 550 BCE.1