Achaemenidians after Cyrus
It is said in a tradition that Cyrus the Great was killed by barbarians who attacked Iran from the north in 528 BC. At that time, he had two sons named Kemojie and Bardia, the eldest son being Kambojie. Kourosh That is why he became king after his father's death. After coming to power, he decided to finish his father's half-finished work and attack Egypt. He knew that the attack on Egypt might take years due to the long way and the difficulties of the war.. Cambodia was afraid that in his absence, his brother would take the government from him, so he did something ugly before attacking Egypt.! He ordered to kill his brother secretly.
He turned the government into a mag (Zoroastrian priest) He entrusted him because he trusted him a lot and he himself went to Egypt with his troops. Cambodia was able to conquer all of Egypt in several wars and make it part of Iran's territory. Now it has become 15 countries. Egypt's occupation made Cambodia proud, so it decided to attack other African lands as well..
But his work was very wrong because he trapped Iranian soldiers in the deserts of Africa and many soldiers perished in those deserts. After many years, he decided to return to Iran, but it was too late.! The return of Kamboja to Iran took too long. Maghi, who ruled Iran in Kamboja's absence and was from the Medes, was tempted to wrest the government from Kamboja. The people announced that because Cambodia took a long time to come to Iran, and because it is possible that he will not return to Iran, that is why he is leaving the government in the hands of Cambodia's brother.. Geomat (false bradya) As soon as he came to power, in order to satisfy the people, he would forgive the taxes for several years. Cambodia was returning to Iran when the news of his brother's accession to the kingdom reached him. It is said that he committed suicide out of anger, but there are other stories that he was killed by accident on the way back.. In any case, when the news of Kamboja's death reaches Iran, Goemat is very happy and considers his kingdom certain, but some Persian elders, who are at the head of them Darius the great They should have known that Kambojie killed his brother and that this person who came to power in the name of Berdia is definitely not his brother.. They share the matter with many people, when the truth is revealed, a rebellion starts, which is led by Dariush.. By attacking the royal palace, Darius killed Guomat and because he was no longer The Great Cyrus There was no son left to take over the kingdom. Dariush He came to the throne and because he was a relative of Cyrus the great Achaemenid dynasty continues. Sultanate's turn Darius the great From 522 to 486 BC Kourosh And Darius the Great The most Achaemenid kings And it can even be said that they were the greatest kings of Iran throughout history. when Dariush He reached the kingdom and had many opponents. He fought many wars with his opponents and suppressed all of them. Even against the ruler that Cambodia had appointed for Egypt Dariush He rebelled, that's why Darius the Great He attacked Egypt and killed its ruler and again Egypt came under the command of the central government of Iran. Dariush In the Bistun inscription, which was carved from the wall of the mountain and is still standing, he wrote in cuneiform how all these wars and his victories were..
Dariush After recapturing Egypt, he ordered to connect the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea with a canal so that Iranian ships could access different parts of Egypt more easily.. It was one of the strangest things that had been done in the world that day, by order Darius the Great They had installed a stone inscription next to this canal, on which was written how to dig the canal. Later, this inscription was buried. When the French were digging the Suez Canal in its present form, they dug up this inscription and it is currently kept in one of the French museums..
But the main work Dariush What made him famous was not because of his wars, but because of the way he ruled the country. Darius the Great He ruled a country that was the largest country in the world at that time! And until then, there was no such great country! Certainly, the administration of such a country, which today has become 15 countries, seemed to be a very difficult and impossible task in the world of that day.. But Darius the great made this possible. Many things that Dariush he did in the field of state management, it was his own invention and until then there was no precedent and later all the countries of the world learned the way of state management from him and the Iranians, that is why the civilization of Iran during the Achaemenid period was the best civilization in the world and many of the world's They imitated things from Iran. In order to manage the country better, Darius the Great divided it into different provinces and a mayor for each province(Governor)chose(like The Great Cyrus).
Then he connected all the provinces with roads and built an inn at a distance of one day's walk on the roads. He ordered to live with his family inside every military inn. A fast horse was also available to that soldier. Whenever something important happened in a corner of the country, its governor or secret agents Dariush The news was given to a horseman, who, without a moment's delay, made his way to the first inn, and while he and his horse were very tired, they gave the letter to the soldier who lived at that inn.. He takes the letter and jumps on his horse and speeds to the next inn, so that the letter should be received in a few months. Dariush It would reach him within a few weeks! And Darius the great It was known from all corners of the country. Later, many countries imitated this work of Darius.
In the age of Dariush To the organization that carried the letters “attack” And to those who carried the letter “chapar” And to those inns, “Printing House” They used to say. with command Darius the great in a city called “پارسه” The biggest palace Achaemenids that's mean “Persepolis” it's gonna be built. Thousands of architects, artists and workers worked in the construction of this palace. But according to history, no slave worked there and all those who worked there were paid. Achaemenids In addition “Persepolis” They also had two other capitals, named Susa, which they used in winters and Akbatan, which they used in summers
