Siege of Persepolis

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battle military siege

The Siege of Persepolis was a pivotal event in 330 BCE during Alexander the Great’s conquest of the Achaemenid Empire, culminating in the capture and partial destruction of the Persian ceremonial capital.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
burning of Persepolis	3
Siege of Persepolis canonical	2
Burning of Persepolis	1
fall of Persepolis	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3507833 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Siege of Persepolis
Context triple: [Asian campaign, includesEvent, Siege of Persepolis]

A. Siege of Susa
The Siege of Susa was a key engagement during Alexander the Great’s conquest of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, in which his forces captured the wealthy ceremonial capital of Susa.
B. Siege of Dorostolon
The Siege of Dorostolon was a major 971 military confrontation between Kievan Rus' forces under Sviatoslav I and the Byzantine Empire, marking the end of Rus' campaigns in the Balkans.
C. Siege of Nineveh
The Siege of Nineveh (612 BC) was the decisive Babylonian and Median assault that destroyed the Assyrian capital of Nineveh and led to the collapse of the Neo-Assyrian Empire.
D. Siege of Babylon Fortress
The Siege of Babylon Fortress was a pivotal early 7th-century engagement in which Rashidun forces captured the Byzantine stronghold near modern Cairo, opening the way for the Muslim conquest and Islamization of Egypt.
E. siege of Hormuz
The siege of Hormuz was a 1622 Anglo-Persian military operation that captured the strategic island of Hormuz from Portuguese control, reshaping power dynamics in the Persian Gulf.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Siege of Persepolis
Target entity description: The Siege of Persepolis was a pivotal event in 330 BCE during Alexander the Great’s conquest of the Achaemenid Empire, culminating in the capture and partial destruction of the Persian ceremonial capital.

A. Siege of Susa
The Siege of Susa was a key engagement during Alexander the Great’s conquest of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, in which his forces captured the wealthy ceremonial capital of Susa.
B. Siege of Dorostolon
The Siege of Dorostolon was a major 971 military confrontation between Kievan Rus' forces under Sviatoslav I and the Byzantine Empire, marking the end of Rus' campaigns in the Balkans.
C. Siege of Nineveh
The Siege of Nineveh (612 BC) was the decisive Babylonian and Median assault that destroyed the Assyrian capital of Nineveh and led to the collapse of the Neo-Assyrian Empire.
D. Siege of Babylon Fortress
The Siege of Babylon Fortress was a pivotal early 7th-century engagement in which Rashidun forces captured the Byzantine stronghold near modern Cairo, opening the way for the Muslim conquest and Islamization of Egypt.
E. siege of Hormuz
The siege of Hormuz was a 1622 Anglo-Persian military operation that captured the strategic island of Hormuz from Portuguese control, reshaping power dynamics in the Persian Gulf.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military siege ⓘ
causeOf	devastation of palace and surrounding structures ⓘ displacement of local Persian elites ⓘ
characterizedBy	storming of city defenses ⓘ subsequent burning of palace complex ⓘ
commander	Alexander the Great ⓘ
conflict	Achaemenid Empire ⓘ Macedonian Empire ⓘ linked to: Macedon
date	330 BCE ⓘ
documentedBy	ancient Greek historians ⓘ
documentedIn	Arrian’s Anabasis of Alexander ⓘ Diodorus Siculus’ Bibliotheca historica ⓘ linked to: Diodorus Siculus
followedBy	pursuit of Darius III into the East ⓘ
hasEffect	symbolic end of Achaemenid imperial power ⓘ transfer of vast Persian wealth to Alexander ⓘ
hasParticipant	Alexander the Great ⓘ Darius III ⓘ
historicalContext	collapse of the Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Hellenistic period ⓘ
involved	Greek allied contingents ⓘ Macedonian army ⓘ Persian defenders ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay	Iran ⓘ
location	Achaemenid Empire ⓘ Persepolis ⓘ Persis ⓘ
objective	capture of the Achaemenid ceremonial capital ⓘ seizure of Achaemenid treasury ⓘ
opposingCommander	Darius III ⓘ
partOf	Macedonian conquest of the Achaemenid Empire ⓘ linked to: Invasion of the Achaemenid Empire Wars of Alexander the Great ⓘ
precededBy	Battle of Gaugamela ⓘ
relatedTo	Achaemenid ceremonial capital of Persepolis ⓘ burning of Persepolis ⓘ linked to: Siege of Persepolis
result	Macedonian victory ⓘ capture of Persepolis ⓘ partial destruction of Persepolis ⓘ
resultedIn	end of Persepolis as a royal residence ⓘ loss of a major Achaemenid ceremonial center ⓘ
significance	destruction of key Achaemenid cultural site ⓘ major psychological blow to Persian resistance ⓘ pivotal event in Alexander’s conquest of Persia ⓘ
tookPlaceAfter	Alexander’s entry into Babylon ⓘ
tookPlaceDuring	late Achaemenid period ⓘ
tookPlaceInCentury	4th century BCE ⓘ

How these facts were elicited