Historical Figure
Darius I
Persian ruler from 522 to 486 BCE
Born: 150 BCE
About Darius I
Darius I, 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. He ruled the empire at its territorial peak, when it included much of West Asia, parts of the Balkans and the Caucasus, most of the Black Sea's coastal regions, Central Asia, the Indus Valley in the far east, and portions of North Africa and Northeast Africa including Egypt (Mudrâya), eastern Libya, and coastal Sudan.Wikipedia ↗
Associated Events
Empire550 BCE – 330 BCE
Achaemenid Persian Empire
The first Persian Empire was the largest empire the world had seen to that point, stretching from the Balkans to the Indus Valley, ruled by Cyrus, Darius, and Xerxes.
Empire334 BCE – 323 BCE
Alexander the Great's Conquests
Alexander III of Macedon conquered the Achaemenid Persian Empire, Egypt, and Central Asia, advancing as far as the Punjab in modern-day Pakistan and northwest India, creating one of the ancient world's largest empires before his death at age 32.