by
Jacob Abbott
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2012
Darius I (Persian: داريوش بزرگ , Old Persian: Dārayava(h)uš; 550–486 BCE) was the third king of the Achaemenid Empire. Also called Darius the Great, he ruled the empire at its peak, when it included much of West Asia, the Caucasus, Central Asia, parts of the Balkans (Bulgaria-Romania-Pannonia),...