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How are Cyrus the Second Cambyses the Second and Darius the First alike?
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They successively set out to expand and consolidate the Persian Empire.
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Which leader of the Persian Empire extended its borders to become the largest empire that the world had yet seen?
First Cyrus the Great, then his son Cambyses and finally Darius the Great.
What did people think of king Darius?
I am not sure what you are asking. If you mean "did people like him?", then the answer is some did and some didn't. If you mean who do they think he was and how did he come to the throne, then the answer is more interesting. Wikipedia gives a good account of Darius' rise to power. When Cambyses was busy in Egypt, Gaumata, a religious leader usurped the throne, claiming to be Cambyses' brother, Bardiya, whom he resembled. When Cambyses marched against the usurper, he died mysteriously. Darius claimed Cambyses was despondent and killed himself. Herodotus claimed he accidently stabbed himself and died of gangrene. This happened in 522 BC. Darius carried on, ousted the usurper and took the throne. However, in answer to the question of whether the people liked him, Darius spent the first year of his reign putting down rebellions. From a Western point of view, that of Judeo-Christianity, Darius was loved because in 519 BC he decreed the continuation of the reconstruction of the Jerusalem Temple, including financial support, according to Ezra chapter 6. Another Western point of view is that of classic Greece. Here he is not so well liked; he is remembered as the Persian king who attacked Athens and was defeated at Marathon in 490 BC. Darius is also the father of Xerxes whose 500,000 man army was held for three days at Thermopylae by 300 Spartans, giving the Athenians time to evacuate to Salamis.
First ruler of the Persian Empire during its war with Greece?
The question is confused. The first king of the Persian empire was Cyrus. The king during the punitive expedition against Athens and Eretria in 490 BCE was Darius. The king during the invasion of Greece 480-479 BCE was Xerxes.
Did king Darius the first treat his all his people fairly?
NO
What battle was it that Darius was defeated by the Greeks?
Darius the Great's commander Datis came to grief at the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC (First Persian invasion of Greece) .
Who was a king of the Persian Empire?
The king of Persia - first Cyrus, then Cambyses, Darius, Xerxes and a string of successors.
Which leader of the Persian Empire extended its borders to become the largest empire that the world had yet seen?
First Cyrus the Great, then his son Cambyses and finally Darius the Great.
What problems was Cyrus the Great trying to solve?
He had first taken over the Babylonian Empire which had insecure borders, and in setting secure borders had to extend the territory considerably to Central Asia and Asia Minor. He was killed in the process and the work was passed on to his successors Cambyses and Darius.
Who led the empire established by the persians?
The Persian king and his generals and admirals.
Who is the fierce warrior who seized Babylonia Syria Phoenicia and Egypt?
Cyrus the Great took the first three, his son Cambyses added the fourth.
Who ruled mesopatamia first?
Cyrus the ruler that led swift and deadly attacks was the first to rule the Mesopotamian Empire then Darius his son took over when Cyrus died.
What did people think of king Darius?
I am not sure what you are asking. If you mean "did people like him?", then the answer is some did and some didn't. If you mean who do they think he was and how did he come to the throne, then the answer is more interesting. Wikipedia gives a good account of Darius' rise to power. When Cambyses was busy in Egypt, Gaumata, a religious leader usurped the throne, claiming to be Cambyses' brother, Bardiya, whom he resembled. When Cambyses marched against the usurper, he died mysteriously. Darius claimed Cambyses was despondent and killed himself. Herodotus claimed he accidently stabbed himself and died of gangrene. This happened in 522 BC. Darius carried on, ousted the usurper and took the throne. However, in answer to the question of whether the people liked him, Darius spent the first year of his reign putting down rebellions. From a Western point of view, that of Judeo-Christianity, Darius was loved because in 519 BC he decreed the continuation of the reconstruction of the Jerusalem Temple, including financial support, according to Ezra chapter 6. Another Western point of view is that of classic Greece. Here he is not so well liked; he is remembered as the Persian king who attacked Athens and was defeated at Marathon in 490 BC. Darius is also the father of Xerxes whose 500,000 man army was held for three days at Thermopylae by 300 Spartans, giving the Athenians time to evacuate to Salamis.
What is Miley Cyrus second name?
Miley' first name is Destiny Hop Cyrus but den she changed it 2 miley ray Cyrus
Was Cyrus the great and Alexander the Great the same person?
Cyrus the Great was the founder and first king of Achaemenid Persia. Darius was the son-in-law of Cyrus and was the third king of the Persian Achaemenid Empire, ruling the empire at it's greatest.
What was Cyrus the Great's last word?
First, there was never any "Cyrus the great." There was Miley Cyrus, but she certainly was not great. Second, she isn't dead you moron.
Is king Cyrus the son of Esther?
Cyrus the second (great) was but not Cyrus the first
King Darius and Xerxes were leaders of what empire that was a threat to Greek freedom?
They were leaders the Persian Empire. Darius was the father of Xerxes. Darius led the Persians in the first Persian war, while Xerxes led the Persians in the second Persian war.
