The Medes (round hats) and Persians (square hats) on the bas-relief at Persepolis were holding hands, because they were in alliance. The Median-Persian Empire was the greatest that the world had seen up to the time.
Numerous delegations from conquered nations were depicted on bas-relief on the walls, separated by cypress trees. They bore tributes of cows, horses, goats, …
It must have felt great to be a Persian Emperor.
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