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 | | The first Achamaenid king, Cyrus, conquered the Elamites some 500 years before the birth of Christ. |
| | The last of the Achamaenids was Darius II who after an exchange of insulting presents with Alexander the Great was finally defeated in battle by Alexander and later assassinated by his own generals. |
| | Tradition has it that the Kuh-e-Sofeh, the mountain which dominates Isfahan from the south, was the scene of this battle which Darius watched from its slopes. |
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