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Darius I of Persia

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Darius the Great

 

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The Behistun Inscription // Darius The Great (550 - 486 BC) // Persian Primary Source

 

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𝑨𝒍𝒆𝒙𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝑫𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒖𝒔' 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚

 

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Darius The Great Anniversary Tribute (550_486 B.C)

 

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Darius the Great - the inscription in Persepolis

Darius I, commonly known as Darius the Great, was the fourth Persian King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire. He ruled the empire at its peak, when it included much of West Asia, the Caucasus, parts of the Balkans, most of the Black Sea coastal regions, parts of the North Caucasus, Central Asia, as far as the Indus Valley in the far east and portions of north and northeast Africa including Egypt (Mudrâya), eastern Libya, and coastal Sudan.
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