The main reason is that the main force of Persia did not keep up with the rhythm. These Athenians used their two-meter-long javelins to kill the Persian cavalry indiscriminately. A large number of Persian cavalry mounts were bleeding profusely, and others were frightened and began to chaos.

Running, attacking everywhere, all of a sudden, the whole scene was in chaos. In addition, the Persian army was improvised, which indirectly caused more Persians to flee in confusion.

In the process of the Persian army losing control and fleeing in embarrassment, the Athenian army won a great victory! It even killed about one-third of the Persian army. This time it also caused extremely heavy losses to the Persian army, but the most important thing was

Still, after Athens defeated the Persian army with 10,000 troops this time, the morale of the Athenians was greatly boosted, but the morale of the Persian army was very low.

But fortunately, the Persian Phoenician fleet was at the seaside, and the remaining two-thirds of the army got on the ship in panic and fled in embarrassment. Anyway, Darius I had already lost control of the army by this time.

, this also made Darius very angry, but unfortunately there was no way.

After the Athenian commander won a great victory, in order to let the people of Athens know the good news as soon as possible, he sent Felipedes to convey the news. Felipedes had been injured in the battle, and he never returned from the battle.

After Sparta came back, he did not get enough rest, but he still accepted the task of being the commander-in-chief. Felipedes quickly ran to the central square of Athens and said to the Athenians who were waiting anxiously: Everyone cheer!

We won! After Felipedes said these words, he fell to the ground and never got up again.

We understand this, and then talk about something that happened many years later, that is, in our modern era, when the first Olympic Games was held in 1896, in order to commemorate Felipedes, people changed the distance from the marathon to

The 40,195-meter long run to Athens was designated as a competition event. This is what we call the famous marathon in today's sports.

Okay, let’s go back to the previous topic. At present, we can definitely say that in this Marathon War, the Greeks very effectively killed the Persian arrogance that killed Darius, but no matter what, the current Persia is still a very

A huge empire, and even though this Marathon battle was so bloody, for Darius I, those who died were basically slaves, or basically Greeks he had conquered along the way!

So from our current ideological point of view, this battle is very strange. This is a process in which the Athenians are killing Greeks, and we must understand that Athens is a city-state in Greece, so this is like their own people.

It's like killing one of your own. But no matter what, this must have had an impact on Darius I, but the impact was not very big, and the Phoenician fleet did not suffer any losses! Because all the ships dispatched by Athens this time

It's an army, basically no navy.

After Darius I returned to Persia, although the Marathon War made him very angry, he had no better way. If he attacks Athens again now, he does have an army, but it is a pity that there is a lack of food. So far this matter

Things need to be delayed for a while. Although it is said to be delayed, it does not mean that Darius I will not attack Greece. Attack? We still need to continue attacking!

And in the following time, Darius I mainly focused on Persia itself, because the resistance in Egypt seemed to be getting more and more severe recently, which also made Darius worried and thinking about it all the time.

Should we lead the army to suppress it?

It was under such circumstances that Darius realized that the deployment of their Persian army was a bit slow, and the transmission of information was also a bit slow. After all, the Persian Empire was too huge. So Darius spared no expense to build the royal road.

Setting up post stations, preparing post horses, and forming a network of post roads throughout Persia is amazing! This greatly speeds up the transmission of information, even the speed of dispatching armies, and even the speed of all aspects. For example, once

If there was a rebellion in the slave country of Egypt, it might take three to five days for the news to reach Darius's ears, but now it only takes about a day, or Darius now needs to dispatch troops from farther away, etc.

It might have taken five days to get a message across, but now it takes about two.

Although Darius built the inns for administrative purposes, it also greatly facilitated the development of commerce. Because these inns were like opening up a network for merchants, at least they would not get lost and know where they were.

Where to go, where to go, and to systematically know the customs and habits of various places, as well as information such as needed goods, so the current commercial development of the Persian Empire is very rapid.

Moreover, Darius himself was influenced by Phenicia, a subsidiary country, and in the confrontation with Athens, he paid great attention to the navigation industry. But the reason why Darius focused on the navigation industry was that he wanted to fight!

The Phoenicians wanted to do business, or to fight and collect slaves, but no matter what they thought, Darius sent people to survey the shipping route from the Indus River to Egypt, which was even more exaggerated.

, many slaves and even civilians worked together to dig a shipping channel, a canal from the Nile River to a tributary of the Red Sea!

This canal was originally used by Darius to transport soldiers, food and weapons supplies, but after the canal was dug, it brought many other benefits. For example, there are currently Phoenicians and even the Persian Empire.

Many of our own people began to start a shipping business, because shipping costs are lower than land transportation, which indirectly drives the commercial economy.

So we can say that Darius I was actually a very great reformer, because Darius also unified currency and even weights and measures in the Persian Empire, and showed his greatness in economics, military, law, etc.

Amazing talent. For example, provinces and governors were generally set up in conquered areas, and a decentralized but mutually restrictive governance method was adopted for the provinces. The more important thing about Darius I was that Darius I respected him very much.

The religious culture of the area after the conquest! This is completely different from other conquerors.

Darius I also established a very effective centralized power system, etc. Anyway, the great achievements of Darius I and such a huge Persian Empire are enough to explain everything.

When we talk here, many friends may have questions, why are we suddenly discussing the great achievements of Darius I at this time? In fact, it is very obvious that the life of Darius I is coming to an end, but it does not mean that this

A great Persian king will always die. In fact, Darius I, the great Persian king, will always live in the history of our mankind.

Now let's go back to the previous topic. On this day, Darius I was very angry about the resistance of the remaining city-states of the Egyptian Empire, so he personally led his troops to suppress it. However, during the process of suppression, the suppression had not yet begun.

Success, Darius I finally left this world because of his old age and unable to keep up with his physical strength.

After the death and burial of King Darius I of Persia, the great empire of Persia, his son Xerxes took the throne. This prince, Xerxes, was not restless at all and was also a super ruthless character! How should we say this?

?In fact, as soon as Xerxes sat on the throne of Persia, he began to actively prepare for war, vowing to definitely conquer the entire Greece! The shame of defeat in the bloody Marathon.

From here it is not difficult to see that in fact the bloody war between Persia and Greece has not stopped at all and is still continuing. However, the Persian Empire still needs to continue to develop, so Xerxes did not immediately launch an attack on Greece.

And Greece did not immediately launch an attack on Persia, because to put it bluntly, both empires were severely weakened at this time.

But don't worry, because the war between Persia and Greece is not over. They will fight again soon, and it will be a bloody storm of a super nature.

But now let's talk about other things and let Greece and Persia continue to develop for a few more years.

So let’s first talk about India. Although India was beaten by the Persian Empire and became slaves, although Darius I made them slaves, they still preserved their cultural beliefs and did not destroy India.

The cultural system of India was not even destroyed. Therefore, the culture of India at this time was very complete. Let’s take a systematic look at it.

We mainly understand that the Vedic scriptures in India can be roughly divided into four categories: "Vedas", "Brahmastra", "Forest Book", and "Upanishads". There are four types of Veda, namely "Rig"

"Veda", "Yajur Veda", "Sama Veda", "Atharva Veda", the Vedas contain a large number of myths and legends, including reasonable speculations about the formation of the entire world.

The "Brahmastra", the Vedas, and the documents of various sects record the ritual methods, and there are also some myths and legends in them.

The "Forest Book" describes various methods of worshiping God and spiritual practice. It is said that these books can only be taught secretly in the forest, so they are called Forest Books.

"Upanishad", there are probably more than a hundred Upanishads of various schools. In addition to mystical preaching, these books also contain many philosophical thoughts. We can also say that this is the essence of the Indian Vedas.

Now in India, at every annual temple fair, artists have to read the ancient poem "Mahabharata". But because "Mahabharata" is too long, the artists can only read part of it.

There are some wonderful clips, and the audience will often be moved to tears.

This ancient poem is our famous "Mahabharata" today. Mahabharata means: the story of the great Bharata family. It is said that the author is Vyasa, the great sage in Indian legend. This ancient poem is also as long as
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