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Darius the Great

550 BC - 486 BC

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Darius I (Old Persian: 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 Dārayavaʰuš; c. 550 – 486 BCE), commonly known as Darius the Great, was the third King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, reigning from 522 BCE until his death in 486 BCE. He ruled the empire at its territorial peak, when it included much of Western Asia, parts of the Balkans (Thrace–Macedonia and Paeonia) and the Caucasus, most of the Black Sea's coastal regions, Central Asia, the Indus Valley in the far east, and portions of North Africa and Northeast Africa including Egypt (Mudrâya), eastern Libya, and coastal Sudan. Darius ascended the throne by overthrowing the Achaemenid monarch Bardiya (or Smerdis), who he claimed was in fact an imposter named Gaumata. The new king met with rebellions throughout the empire but quelled each of them; a major event in Darius's life was his expedition to subjugate Greece and punish Athens and Eretria for their participation in the Ionian Revolt. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Darius the Great has received more than 3,457,500 page views. His biography is available in 90 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 85 in 2019). Darius the Great is the 105th most popular politician (down from 73rd in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Georgia (down from 2nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Georgian Politician.

Darius the Great was a Persian emperor who ruled from 522 to 486 BC. He is most famous for his military campaigns, which led to the expansion of the Persian Empire and its dominance over the ancient world.

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Among politicians, Darius the Great ranks 105 out of 19,576. Before him are Diocletian, Mahmoud Abbas, Margaret Thatcher, Ivan the Terrible, Boris Yeltsin, and Wilhelm II, German Emperor. After him are Heinrich Himmler, Angela Merkel, Franz Joseph I of Austria, Henry IV of France, Lorenzo de' Medici, and Murad IV.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 550 BC, Darius the Great ranks 1. After him are Cambyses II, Hecataeus of Miletus, Zechariah, Aristides, Haggai, Ephialtes of Trachis, Mahākāśyapa, Atossa, Kapila, Goujian, and Labashi-Marduk. Among people deceased in 486 BC, Darius the Great ranks 1. 

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In Georgia

Among people born in Georgia, Darius the Great ranks 3 out of 406. Before him are Joseph Stalin (1879), and Attila (406). After him are Aram Khachaturian (1903), Eduard Shevardnadze (1928), Shota Rustaveli (1172), Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893), Tamar of Georgia (1166), Yakov Dzhugashvili (1907), Tigran Petrosian (1929), Zviad Gamsakhurdia (1939), and Sergei Parajanov (1924).

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Among POLITICIANS In Georgia

Among politicians born in Georgia, Darius the Great ranks 3. Before him are Joseph Stalin (1879), and Attila (406). After him are Eduard Shevardnadze (1928), Tamar of Georgia (1166), Zviad Gamsakhurdia (1939), David IV of Georgia (1073), Sergo Ordzhonikidze (1886), Mikheil Saakashvili (1967), Sergei Witte (1849), Rusudan of Georgia (1194), and Pharnavaz I of Iberia (-326).

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