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Why did the Persian Empire decline after darius and xerxes left the throne?
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At this time presian rulers raised taxes to pay for their luxuries. This angered their subjects and caused many rebellions. Also, the persian royal family fought over who was to be king. Sons were constantly plotting to take over the throne. As a result, six of the nine rulers after Darius were murdered. These problems weakend the Empire and led to its decline.
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Are Darius and 'Darius the Great' the same?
There is a Biblical Darius, "Darius the Mede", who assumes the throne of Belshazzar after Daniel deciphers the predictions of Belshazzar's demise. (Book of Daniel) * This is one source for the English idiom "reading the handwriting on the wall", which means seeing a future consequence. Three kings of Persia were named Darius, the first being "Darius the Great" (549-486 BC) and the other two later successors, Darius II (aka Ochus, king 423-404 BC) and Darius III (aka Artashata 380-330 BC).
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.
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how did pachacuti as the first sapa inca create and empire after he took the throhe in ad 1438
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Is Darius a king?
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King Darius. He also reorganize the Persian government and divided the empire into 20 states.
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It remained powerful until Alexander the Great defeated it and took it over.
Who seized the Persian throne with the aid of an elite group of Persian soldiers?
King Darius I (the Great).
How did the praetorian guard cause problems for the emperors?
The Praetorian Guard contributed to the empire's decline by selling the throne, they killed some of the emperors after that, resulting to more fighting for the throne.
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Belshazzar did not give up the throne of Babylon. It was taken from him when he was killed when Cyrus the Persian conqured the Babylonian Empire (Chaldean's)
What was peacock throne called in persian?
The Peacock throne is called "Takht-i Tāvūs" in Persian. The peacock throne was called Takht-i-murassa in Persian.
What led to decline of malis empire?
After Mansa Musa died, his son Maghan took the throne. Maghan was a weak ruler. Raiders from the southeast poured into Mali. Mali never fully recovered from the attack. The Malian Empire continued to weaken and decline after.This soon lead to the uprise of the new empire Songhai,which would be the new and powerful empire after Mali had fallen.
May Prince Charles decline succession to the British throne?
Yes, he could theoretically decline his title as King. At that point, Prince William is next in line to the throne.
