Susa

Susa was an ancient city in southwestern Iran, inhabited for millennia and used as a political center by Elamite, Persian, and later rulers. Its archaeological remains document connections among Mesopotamia, the Iranian plateau, and the Persian Gulf.

Chogha Mish: A prehistoric settlement in southwestern Iran with evidence of early urban development and record keeping. Its early settlement history helps frame the region in which Susa emerged.
Acropolis of Susa: The elevated mound at Susa that contained major religious and administrative buildings. Its successive structures reveal how authority was concentrated at the city’s core.
Darius I: A king of the Achaemenid Empire who ruled from 522 to 486 BCE. He built a major palace at Susa and named the city among his royal residences.
Code of Hammurabi: A Babylonian legal inscription from the reign of Hammurabi, preserved on a stone stele. The stele was discovered at Susa, although it originated in Babylonia.
Achaemenid Empire: A Persian empire that ruled much of western and central Asia from the sixth to fourth centuries BCE. Susa served as one of its principal royal and administrative centers.
Elam: An ancient civilization centered in southwestern Iran, known from the third millennium BCE until the first millennium BCE. Susa became a major political and religious center of Elam.
Palace of Darius at Susa: A monumental palace complex built at Susa under the Achaemenid king Darius I. The palace made Susa a royal residence and center of imperial administration.
Shutruk-Nakhunte: An Elamite king of the twelfth century BCE who campaigned against Babylonia. His campaign brought famous Mesopotamian monuments to Susa as trophies.
Stele of Naram-Sin: A victory monument depicting the Akkadian king Naram-Sin, made in the third millennium BCE. It was transported from Mesopotamia to Susa in antiquity and found there in fragments.
Elamite–Babylonian wars: A series of conflicts between Elamite and Babylonian states in ancient Mesopotamia and southwestern Iran. The conflicts brought captured monuments and political change to Susa.

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