Title: Relative Reconstruction of Production and Industrial Activities in the Persepolis Royal Economy; Looking at Archaeological and Written Evidence

The Discovery and Publication of Persepolis Tablets (Fortifications and Treasuries) shed light on many current activities in the “Persepolis Royal Economic Organization”; Activities that are sometimes supported and reinforced by sound archaeological evidence. One of the most important of these activities is the existence of various professions and industries of production and industry in this huge economic organization. The economic management of Persepolis had recruited skilled craftsmen from all over the Achaemenid Empire to organize and prosper this sector, who moved from place to place based on the need for lab our. The type of profession and place of work of each of the working groups (craftsmen) are in many cases accurately recorded in the notes. Traces of these artisans and workers can be traced back to archeological remains left over from them, such as “tools used”, “signs” and “objects and works”. Now the main question that arises here is that the production and industrial sector of the “Persepolis Royal Economy” included which industries and professions? This article, with a historical approach and using the interpretations and information of the published writings from the Persepolis archive and archaeological evidence, tries to shed some light on the various branches of production and industrial activities of the Persepolis Royal Economy. The results show that in Persepolis and other related centers, a wide range of professions such as metalworking, mining, winemaking, brewing, weaving, tanning, making stone objects and utensils, brick working, Pottery, carpentry, etc.