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The Behistun Inscription: Darius I's Ancient Propaganda
In this episode of The Achaemenid Empire: Persia's Golden Age of Power, Lucas and Luna explore the Behistun Inscription, a monumental rock relief carved into the Zagros Mountains in modern-day Iran. Commissioned by Darius the Great around 520 BCE, this trilingual inscription tells the story of how Darius seized the throne after the death of Cambyses II and crushed a series of rebellions that threatened to tear the empire apart. Lucas explains how the inscription, written in Old Persian, Elamite, and Akkadian, served as both a political manifesto and a historical record, legitimizing Darius's…
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