Darius I of Persia - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Darius I Of Persia: Encyclopedia - Darius I Of Persia
Darius the Great (ca. 549 BC– 485/486 BC; Old Persian 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 Dārayawuš: "He Who Holds Firm the Good"), was the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Darius I Of Persia: Encyclopedia Ii - Darius I Of Persia - The Empire Under Darius
Darius I of Persia - Governance. Darius in his inscriptions appears as a fervent believer in the monotheistic religion of Zoroaster. He...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mail: Encyclopedia - Mail
The postal system is a system by which written documents typically enclosed in envelopes, and also small packages containing other matter...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ezra: Encyclopedia - Ezra
Ezra (עֶזְרָא, Standard Hebrew ʿEzra, Tiberian Hebrew ʿEzrâ: short for עַזְרִיאֵל "My help/court is God", Standard He...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Marathon: Encyclopedia - Battle Of Marathon
The Battle of Marathon (490 BC) was the culmination of King Darius I of Persia's first major attempt to conquer the remainder of the Gree...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Behistun Inscription: Encyclopedia - Behistun Inscription
The Behistun Inscription (also Bisitun or Bisutun, بیستون in modern Persian) is to cuneiform what the Rosetta Stone is to Egyptian ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cyrus The Great: Encyclopedia - Cyrus The Great
Cyrus II of Persia, also known as Cyrus the Great or Cyrus the Elder, (ca. 576 or 590 – July 529 BC), founded the Persian Empire under ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vedic Sanskrit: Encyclopedia - Vedic Sanskrit
Vedic Sanskrit is the language of the Vedas, the earliest sacred texts of India. The earliest of the Vedas, the Rigveda, was composed in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ezra: Encyclopedia Ii - Ezra - Place In Editing The Torah And Bible
According to Rabbinic Jewish tradition, Ezra collected and arranged the canon of the Hebrew Bible. Information on his activities in this ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cyrus The Great: Encyclopedia Ii - Cyrus The Great - The King Of Persia
In 559 BC, Cyrus succeeded his father Cambyses the Elder as King of Anshan. He apparently also soon managed to succeed Arsames to the thr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Histories Herodotus: Encyclopedia Ii - Histories Herodotus - Storyline
Histories Herodotus - Book I Clio. The rulers of Lydia (on the west coast of modern Turkey): Candaules, Gyges, Alyattes, Crœsus How G...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ionian Revolt: Encyclopedia Ii - Ionian Revolt - The Revolt Of Naxos
In 502 BC, the people of Naxos, an island in the Aegean Sea controlled by the Persian Empire, revolted. The former rulers of Naxos appeal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sistan And Baluchistan Province: Encyclopedia Ii - Sistan And Baluchistan Province - Geography And Culture
The province comprises of two sections, Sistan in the north and Baluchestan in the south. The combined Sistan & Baluchestan province ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Second Temple: Encyclopedia Ii - Second Temple - Nation Reorganized
After the return from captivity, under Zerubbabel and the high priest Jeshua, arrangements were almost immediately made to reorganize the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Behistun Inscription: Encyclopedia Ii - Behistun Inscription - Discovery And Translation
The inscription was noted by an Arab traveller, Ibn Hauqal, in the mid-900s, who interpreted the figures as a teacher punishing his pupil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Isaccea: Encyclopedia Ii - Isaccea - History
Isaccea - Ancient history. The land where the city is now was inhabited since ancient times. Daco-Getic and Celtic peoples populated th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vedic Sanskrit: Encyclopedia Ii - Vedic Sanskrit - History
Five chronologically distinct strata can be identified within the Vedic language. Rigvedic. The Rigveda is by far the most archaic of th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mail: Encyclopedia Ii - Mail - Modern Mail
Modern mail is usually organised by national services (that in recent times are increasingly being replaced by privately owned companies)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Marathon: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Marathon - Background
Hippias, tyrant of Athens, had been expelled in 510 BC by his people, with the assistance of Cleomenes I, King of Sparta. He fled to the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cyrus The Great: Encyclopedia Ii - Cyrus The Great - Sources
Primary, Babylonian Sources The Cyrus Cylinder The Nabonudus Chronicle, or Babylonian Chronicle 7 The Verse Account Nabonidus Hebrew So...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Isaccea: Encyclopedia Ii - Isaccea - Population
The majority of the population is formed by Orthodox Christian Romanians, but there is also a 4% minority of Muslim Turks. 1912: 4,112 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cyrus The Great: Encyclopedia Ii - Cyrus The Great - Background
The name "Cyrus" (a Latin transliteration of the Greek Κῦρος) is the Greek version of the Old Persian Koroush or Khorvash, [in Pers...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sistan And Baluchistan Province: Encyclopedia Ii - Sistan And Baluchistan Province - History
In the epigraphs of Bistoon and Persepolis, Sistan is mentioned as one of the eastern territories of Darius I of Persia. The name Sistan,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cyrus The Great: Encyclopedia Ii - Cyrus The Great - Sources
Primary, Babylonian Sources The Cyrus Cylinder The Nabonudus Chronicle, or Babylonian Chronicle 7 The Verse Account of Nabonidus Hebrew...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sistan And Baluchistan Province: Encyclopedia Ii - Sistan And Baluchistan Province - Sistan Va Baluchestan Today
The province today is one of the most underdeveloped, desolate, and poorest of Iran's provinces. The government of Iran has been trying t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Isaccea: Encyclopedia Ii - Isaccea - Geography
The town has in administration 96.71 km², of which 3.69 km² are inside the residential areas. The town includes two other settlements: ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Isaccea: Encyclopedia Ii - Isaccea - Name
Possibly the earliest mentioning is in De Administrando Imperio (around 950) of Constantine Porphyrogenitus. It talks about six deserted ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cyrus The Great: Encyclopedia Ii - Cyrus The Great - Background
The name "Cyrus" (a Latin transliteration of the Greek Κῦρος) is the Greek version of the Old Persian Koroush or Khorvash, [in Pers...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ionian Revolt: Encyclopedia Ii - Ionian Revolt - The Ionian Revolt
With the failure of his attempt to intervene in Naxos, Aristagoras found himself in dire straits: unable to repay Artaphernes, he had ali...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vedic Sanskrit: Encyclopedia Ii - Vedic Sanskrit - Grammar
Vedic had a subjunctive absent in Panini's grammar and generally believed to have disappeared by then at least in common sentence constru...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Marathon: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Marathon - Battle
On the ninth day (either 12 September or possibly 12 August 490 BC reckoned in the proleptic Julian calendar) it became known to the Athe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vedic Sanskrit: Encyclopedia Ii - Vedic Sanskrit - Phonology
Sound changes between Proto-Indo-Iranian and Vedic Sanskrit include loss of the voiced sibilant z. Vedic Sanskrit had a labial fricative ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mail: Encyclopedia Ii - Mail - Types Of Mail
Mail - Letters. Letter-sized mail comprises the bulk of the contents sent through most postal services. These are usually documents pri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mail: Encyclopedia Ii - Mail - Early Postal Systems
Communication via written documents which an intermediary carries from one person or place to another almost certainly dates back nearly ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Marathon: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Marathon - Aftermath
As soon as Datis had put to sea, the Athenians marched to Athens. They arrived in time to prevent Artaphernes from securing a landing. Se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Behistun Inscription: Encyclopedia Ii - Behistun Inscription - The Inscription
The text of the inscription is a statement by Darius I of Persia, written three times in three different scripts and languages: two langu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ionian Revolt: Encyclopedia Ii - Ionian Revolt - The Sack Of Sardis
An Athenian and Eretian fleet sailed Athenian troops to Ephesus. There they joined with a force of Ionians and marched upon Artaphernes' ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Second Temple: Encyclopedia Ii - Second Temple - Missing Articles
This second temple was missing the Ark of the Covenant, the Urim and Thummim, the holy oil, the sacred fire, the Ten Commandments, the po...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Second Temple: Encyclopedia Ii - Second Temple - Completion
The temple, when completed, was consecrated and the sacrificial observances known as the korbanot were commenced once again, amid great r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cyrus The Great: Encyclopedia Ii - Cyrus The Great - Legacy
Cyrus was distinguished no less as statesman than as a soldier. His statesmanship was particularly evident in his treatment of newly conq...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cyrus The Great: Encyclopedia Ii - Cyrus The Great - Background
The name "Cyrus" (a Latin transliteration of the Greek Κῦρος) is the Greek version of the Old Persian Koroush or Khorvash, [in Pers...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Behistun Inscription: Encyclopedia Ii - Behistun Inscription - In Ancient History
The first historical mention of the inscription is by the Greek Ctesias of Cnidus, who noted its existence some time around 400 BC, and m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Darius I Of Persia: Encyclopedia Ii - Darius I Of Persia - Rise To Power
Darius belonged to a cadet branch of the Achaemenid dynasty. A relative of Cambyses, Darius belonged to one of the high-ranking Persian f...   » Read the article