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GCSE History · key term
A Persian royal centre where Alexander arranged a collective marriage ceremony for himself and his Companions in 324 BC.
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Paper 1
Revise: Imperial Policy: Persepolis and the Susa MarriagesThe burning of the palace at Persepolis in 330 BC and the mass marriages at Susa in 324 BC reveal different responses. At Persepolis, Alexander could appear as the avenger of earlier Persian attacks on Greece. At Susa, he sought to connect his Macedonian leadership with powerful Persian families.
For Susa, connect named marriages to political purposes: marrying Persian royal daughters strengthened Alexander’s claim to rule Persia.
Distinguish the roughly eighty elite marriages at Susa from the over 10,000 existing marriages for which Alexander gave gifts.
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