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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.

politics · Persian ruler from 522 to 486 BCE · statesperson · military leader · monarch · also Darius I, Darius the Great, Dārayavahuš, Dāryūsh, Darayavaush, Dāriyūsh

Born 550 BC · Died 486 BC · Q44387