Iran/Persia: Bas-relief of King Darius I or Darius the Great (c. 550-486 BCE) seated on his throne, Treasury Relief, Persepolis. Darius I (r. 522-584 BCE), also known as Darius the Great, was the third king of kings of the Achaemenid Empire, as well as ruling as a pharaoh of Egypt. Darius held the empire at its peak, then including most of Western Asia, Central Asia, the Indus Valley, portions of North Africa and even parts of Greece. The decay and eventual downfall of the empire commenced with his death and the ascension of his son, Xerxes I.

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