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Persians were tolerant and ruled a multi-ethnic empire and acknowledged different faiths, languages, and political organizations. The Persian lifestyle was administration, multicultural, and ceremonial. Persian art included royal and monumental architecture, reliefs and carvings, and monumental statues all made of gold, stone, metal, and glazed bricks. The functions of Persian art were to display imperial power, to legitimize rule, and to be used in ceremony.