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Darius I (Old Persian: ๐ญ๐ ๐ผ๐น๐บ๐ข๐ Dฤrayavaสฐuš; c. 550 – 486 BCE), commonly known as Darius the Great, was the third King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, reigning from 522 BCE until his death in 486 BCE.
The map of Achaemenid Empire and the section of the Royal Road noted by Herodotus. The Royal Road was an ancient highway reorganized and rebuilt for trade by Darius the Great, the Achaemenid emperor, in the 5th century BC. [1] Darius I built the road to facilitate rapid communication on the western part of his large empire from Susa to Sardis. [2]
The Achaemenid Empire or Achaemenian Empire, [16] also known as the Persian Empire [16] or First Persian Empire [17] (/ ษ ห k iห m ษ n ษช d /; Old Persian: ๐ง๐๐, Xšฤça, lit. 'The Empire' [18] or 'The Kingdom' [19]), was an Iranian empire founded by Cyrus the Great of the Achaemenid dynasty in 550 BC.
To fulfil this need, the Achaemenid Empire had to maintain a professional standing army which levied and employed personnel from all of its satraps and territories. [26] The Achaemenid army was not uniquely Persian. Rather it was composed of many different ethnicities that were part of the vast and diverse Achaemenid Empire.
Darius the great king, king of kings, king of countries, son of Hystaspes, an Achaemenid. King Darius says: This is the kingdom which I hold, from the Sacae who are beyond Sogdia, to Kush, and from Sind (Old Persian: ๐๐ก๐ญ๐ข๐บ, romanized: Hidauv, locative of Hiduš, i.e. "Indus valley") to Lydia (Old Persian: Spardâ) – [this is ...
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 22:10, 1 December 2024: 672 × 442 (309 KB): Devlet Geray: Darius never reached Crimea and stopped his advance somewhere near Danube.
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 22:01, 1 December 2024: 672 × 442 (198 KB): Devlet Geray: Darius lost to Scyhians = he didn't control Crimea even for a day
Of these, the Pasargadae are the most noble and include the family of Achaemenids, the Kings of Persia, who are descendants of Perseus. [5] Darius the Great, in an effort to establish his legitimacy, later traced his genealogy to Achaemenes, Persian "Haxฤmaniš ". [6]