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c. 7200 BCE - c. 550 BCEDevelopment of Proto-Elamite and Elamite art and architecture which would influence the later Persian works.
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c. 550 BCE - 330 BCEPersian art and architecture develops and flourishes during the time of the Achaemenid Persian Empire.
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312 BCE - 63 BCEPersian art and architecture becomes secondary to Hellenistic during the Seleucid Empire.
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247 BCE - 224 CEThe Parthian Empire revives Persian art and architecture; develops frontal artworks and emphasizes circularity in architecture.
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224 CE - 651 CEThe Sassanian Empire perfects and develops Persian art and architecture to its greatest height; invents the concept of the minaret and free-standing unreinforced arch.