Darius I was very angry about this, but anger could not solve any problem. Therefore, Darius personally led the army to attack other nobles who supported their own troops. The whole process was quite bloody. After all, Darius did not like them.

Such a disguised lie.

But we can also understand that in fact, whether it is Darius or other nobles, they all want to be the king of Persia, or they all want to be kings. It is just because their actions led to the serious division of the Persian Empire.

And Darius is equivalent to unifying the same concept. But no matter what, we modern people are not qualified to evaluate who is right and who is wrong here.

So we only need to understand that in the process of Darius's crusade against other nobles and slave countries, the people who died on a large scale were Persian civilians, because the soldiers were recruited from civilians, but the nobles did not

Not many people died. So this is another process of human beings massacring human beings, and it is also a civil war between one family! After all, it is right that the people who suffer will always be the civilians.

But no matter what mode of thinking or perspective we will eventually view this matter, Darius went through a very bloody and cruel war, and about eighteen large and small wars, and saw countless Persians on the battlefield.

Human corpses even screamed for mercy and pain, and this process even lasted for many years. In the end, Darius won and unified the Persian Empire again.

In September 520 BC, the smug Darius I inspected various places in the unified Persian Empire after victory. Darius also wanted to flaunt his own greatness, and then east of Kermanshah

On the cliff of the village of Behiston, which is 32 kilometers away, his own achievements are carved for the present and future generations to see.

This achievement is quite special. We modern people call it "Behiston Inscription". The upper part of this inscription is the statue of Darius I. He stepped on the fallen Gomeda with his left foot and pointed with his right hand.

Ahura Mazda, the god of light and happiness worshiped by the Persians. The leaders of a total of eight rebels had their necks tied with ropes, and they were carved very short, forming a very special shape with the tall and majestic Darius I.

A sharp contrast. The lower part of the relief is an inscription, which reads:

I, Darius, the great king, king of nations, king of Persia, king of the provinces, son of Systaspas, grandson of Arshama, Achaemenides... by Ahura Maz

I am the king.

This "Inscription" was also carved in Persian, Elamite, and Babylonian languages ​​on the cliff 105 meters above the ground on Mount Behiston, promoting the achievements of Darius I and his inviolability

that power.

Then Darius first wanted to stabilize the situation within the Persian Empire, and Persia had four capitals at this time. The first one was: Persepolis. Persepolis was the administrative palace and the center of religious worship of the ancient Persian Empire. It was built

In about 518 BC. At this time, Darius I built Persepolis into a city with a magnificent and huge palace complex. The entire city made clever use of the terrain and built on the mountains, making it very grand.

Here we won’t talk about how much labor was involved in the construction process, right? Anyway, the civilian labor force must not have been very happy, and Darius I also owned a slave country, so there was also a large number of laborers in the process of building this city.

of slaves.

The second country is Susa, which was originally the capital of the Elamites. After Persia conquered the Elamites, in order to appease the Elamites, it upgraded it to the capital. And every autumn and winter, the Persian kings

He will handle military and state affairs in Susa.

The third country is Ecbatana. This city was originally an important city in the Kingdom of Medes. After being occupied by the Persian Empire, it became the capital. It was also the capital where the Persian kings issued orders, executed laws and even conducted diplomatic activities. Weather

After the weather gets warmer, the Persian king will take his attendants to live in Ecbatana.

The fourth country is Babylon, and Babylon is the economic center of the Persian Empire, the granary of the Persian Empire, and the hub of the inland transportation network of the Persian Empire, and Babylon has always been in a very prosperous situation.

At present, after Darius I first stabilized the internal situation of the Persian Empire, he mainly focused on external conquest. He has been training a large number of soldiers, even storing food, manufacturing weapons and other preparations.

Until about 517 BC, Darius I sent troops to the northwest of the Indus River Basin, and this place has always been under the rule of India. But what should we say about India? Before we

There has always been discussion about the struggle for hegemony between the Aryans and the Dravidians. In the end, the Aryans won, and in order to consolidate their own interests, the Aryans implemented the caste system, causing the Dravidians to become

Untouchable. However, this caste system has not yet fully formed in the minds of the Dravidian people at this time, so the Aryans have been using various punishments and extremely cruel violence to consolidate this caste system.

Because of the surname system, the development of the entire empire was very, very slow. We can also say that it was always in the midst of civil war. After all, in modern times, whether they are Aryans or Dravidians, we all call them India.

people.

So the undeniable truth is that the Indian Empire at this time was still very backward, and was not at the same level as the civilization of the Persian Empire. This was also the first time in history that Indians experienced the huge disadvantages brought about by the caste system.

Whether they are the superior Aryans or the untouchable Dravidians, they are completely vulnerable to the Persian Empire's army! Being cut by the Persian Empire's army is like what we call tofu with a sharp knife today. Anyway,

In the end, the Indians suffered extremely heavy losses and a large number of soldiers died, so they had to withdraw from this area.

Even Darius I of the Persian Empire established the captured area as the twentieth province of the Persian Empire. Moreover, more Indians were used as slaves. Of course,

Among these Indian slaves there must be Aryans who were once superior, but now they are all the same slaves as the Dravidians!

Then Darius I asked these Indian slaves and even their Persian people to rebuild this place. This process took about four years, during which too many Indian slaves died from exhaustion, and the Persian Empire

Not many people died. It can be said that the people of the Persian Empire did not regard the people of the Indian Empire as human beings at all, whether they were the Aryans who were once aloof or the Dravidians who had originally lived a life of slaves.

But no matter what, the Persian Empire currently classified this place as Persian territory. Then in about 513 BC, Darius I personally led an army to attack the northern shore of the Black Sea!

People on the northern shore of the Black Sea have always lived by the sea, so the navigation industry is relatively developed, that is, the sophistication of ships is very developed. But we must not forget that Darius I captured the capital of Egypt, so he also gained

Very sophisticated ship technology. Originally, Darius I had been building ships in the northwest of the Indian river. These ships were basically built according to the technology of Egyptian ships, so they were very sophisticated, both in terms of size and agility.

To a certain extent, another one is that Darius I actually had contacts with the Phoenicians, who had the most developed maritime industry.

As for the people on the northern shore of the Black Sea, their ships are not very sophisticated because they have not had much contact with the Phoenician fleet. After all, this place does not have many resources that the Phoenicians need.

As a result, although the people on the northern coast of the Black Sea, their ships and even their navigation skills were sophisticated and superb, they were not very comparable to the sophistication of Egyptian ships.

Therefore, Darius I completely captured this place on the shores of the Black Sea! This place was Thrace. Although the Thracians were captured, more of them still became Darius I's successors.

Slaves, of course, also included their fleet. Suddenly Darius I of the Persian Empire had an even more powerful fleet, so the ambitious Darius then moved forward by land and water, thinking of attacking the lower reaches of the Danube River in one go.

Scythians on the northern shore of the Black Sea.

However, the Scythians' ship technology and even the sophistication of their weapons are no less than those of the Persian Empire. Because the Scythians have always been in contact with the outside world, and the Scythians are also very smart. In the process of foreign trade transactions, their fleets

They have always been learning the weapon technology and even ship technology of outside empires, and even some knowledge of military formations, so the Scythians are very powerful!

Darius I himself understood that the Scythians were very powerful, so he chose the strategy of advancing both by land and water. However, Darius I still underestimated the true strength of the Scythians.

This eventually led to Darius I's hundreds of thousands of troops marching into the territory of the Scythians, and they started a very bloody war with the Scythians! This war was not quite like the previous wars in our human history.

The same, because any previous war in our human history was either a small-scale naval battle or a bloody land battle. Although the number of people killed each time was incalculable, the war that was launched this time was a joint naval battle and a land battle.

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Although the Scythians also suffered heavy losses, the army of Darius I suffered even more heavy losses. This battle was really fought to the point of darkness, and the sun and the moon were eclipsed. The Danube River even flowed out of the bodies of the dead warriors.
Chapter completed!