Darius the Great

The fourth and greatest Achaemenid emperor (522–486 BC)

inscription in Bisotun, Iranian national heritage site

Jewish Temple on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem between c. 516 BCE and 70 CE

trade route throughout the middle east

Darab () is a city in the Central District of Darab County, Fars province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.

Forerunner of the Suez Canal

campaigns by Persia against Greek city-states (492–490 BCE)

Ganjnameh () is located 12 km southwest of Hamadan (ancient Ecbatana) in western Iran, at an altitude of meters across Mount Alvand. The site is home to two trilingual Achaemenid royal inscriptions. The inscription on the upper left was created on the order of Achaemenid King Darius the Great (522–486 BC) and the one on the right by his son King Xerxes the Great (486–465 BC).

The Tachara, or the Tachar Château, also referred to as the Palace of Darius the Great, was the exclusive building of Darius I at Persepolis, Iran. It is located 70 km northeast of the modern city of Shiraz in Fars province.

building in Africa

palace in Shush, Iran

military expedition into European Scythia by Achaemenid king Darius I in 513 BCE.

tomb in Fars Province, Iran

thumb|300px|Doriscus appears on the northern shore of the Aegean Sea. Doriscus (, Dorískos) was a settlement in ancient Thrace (modern-day Greece), on the northern shores of Aegean Sea, in a plain west of the river Hebrus. It was notable for remaining in Persian hands for many years after the Second Persian invasion of Greece, and remained thus known as the last Persian stronghold in Europe.

c. 535/518–323 BCE conquest

Achaemenid inscriptions in Egypt

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ancient inscription on Darius the Great's tomb