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c. 4200 BCE

Founding of the city of Susa.
c. 3200 BCE - c. 2700 BCE

Susa develops from an earlier settlement during the Proto-Elamite Period.
c. 2700 BCE - c. 1600 BCE

Susa establishes commerce and trade during the Old Elamite Period; is conquered by Kish, Akkad, Ur, and Babylon.
c. 1600 BCE - c. 1100 BCE

Susa flourishes during the Middle Elamite Period; consolidates power.
c. 1275 BCE - 1240 BCE

Reign of Untash-Napirisha from Susa; construction of the Great Ziggurat of Dur-Untash.
c. 1210 BCE - 1100 BCE

Susa prospers under the Shutrukid Dynasty.
c. 1185 BCE - c. 1150 BCE

Reign of Shutruk Nakhunte who founds Elamite Empire from Susa.
c. 1100 BCE - 540 BCE

Neo-Elamite Period during which Susa is conquered by a series of foreign powers; Elamite history ends with conquest by Cyrus the Great.
c. 646 BCE

Destruction of the Elamite city of Susa by Ashurbanipal of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
c. 465 BCE - c. 424 BCE

Susa is destroyed by fire under the reign of King Artaxerxes I.
404 BCE - 358 BCE

Reign of Artaxerxes II Mnemon of the Achaemenid Persian Empire.
c. Oct 331 BCE

Susa surrenders without contest to Alexander the Great who sacks it.
312 BCE - 63 BCE

Susa is part of the Seleucid Empire.
247 BCE - 224 CE

Susa serves as one of two capitals under the Parthian Empire.
224 CE - 651 CE

Susa declines under the reign of the Sasanian Empire.
309 CE - 379 CE

Reign of Shapur II of the Sasanian Empire; Susa is sacked and population deported.
638 CE

Susa is sacked and destroyed by Muslim invaders under Caliph Omar.
1218 CE

Susa is completely destroyed by invading Mongols.

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