Darius the Great: The Great King of Persia 

*I thought the names of kings in Game of Thrones were long.* But then I met "Darius the great, king of kings, king of countries containing all kinds of men, king in this great earth far and wide, by the favor of Ahura Mazda these are the countries which I seized outside of Persia; I ruled over them; they bore tribute to me; they did what was said to them by me; they held my law firmly; Media, Elam, Parthia, Aria, Bactria, Sogdia, Chorasmia, Drangiana, Arachosia, Sattagydia, Gandara, India, the haoma-drinking Scythians, the Scythians with pointed caps, Babylonia, Assyria, Arabia, Egypt, Armenia, Cappadocia, Lydia, the Greeks, the Scythians across the sea, Thrace, the petasos-wearing Greeks, the Libyans, the Nubians, the men of Maka and the Carians."

Ancient Persia does not get nearly enough credit as it deserves.

Darius was the ruler of thee greatest empire ever existed. 44% of the living population on earth lived under his rule. The infra structure he planned are still the basics for now days. But history shows that every thing has its ups and downs.

Simon should start a channel where we can learn about all his new channels

but we all know simon is just darius in disguise... how else would anyone rule over so many youtube channels?

This man is getting a channel for every hair in his beard

Darius is even mentioned in Daniel chapters 5 & 6 and also in the book of Ezra ch 5

I love how some of the people he conquered were separated by the ones that drink this stuff, the hat wearing Greeks and the guys that wear the pointy hats. 🤣

Been waiting for this one. Now just need Darius III and Xerxes I

Everybody gangsta til the general cuts his own nose and ears off.

“Whether men lie, or say true, it is one and the same object.” Darius the Great

2:00 - Chapter 1 - The lineage of darius 4:10 - Chapter 2 - Ascension to the throne 8:45 - Chapter 3 - Early reign & revolts 12:35 - Chapter 4 - Inside the empire 15:00 - Chapter 5 - Strife with scythia 18:30 - Chapter 6 - The Lonian revolt

Whenever your mind craves for knowledge or stories you go to this man.

Yes more like these biographies!

This story is near and dear to me, I lived in modern day Iran. Interesting af!

would you do one on Gilgamesh?

Drangiana is such a cool name. Feels like straight out of some fantasy world.

In fact Darius Saved Acheamenian House When Cambyses II tried to conquer Egypt, a traitorous swindler named Geomat conquered the capital, but Darius was able to kill him and take back the capital.

Simoooooon! There you are my bold guy. Happy to see you 😭. Im addicted to your voice

Lovely. I finally know the details about the accomplishments of King Darius the Great.

I love these video, i learned more from your videos than from my history class. Greetings from Croatia.

the dislikes are the Scythians trying to lure us into the desert!

Cyrus getting killed by Tomyris is one of the 3 stories Herodotus has written on cyrus! Which is the most unlikely given the way he is buried and his testament is!

I’ve been waiting sooo long for this one! About time!

I love you're content so much! I watch/listen to something daily. I'd really like to hear your rundown of Maurice Hilleman. Be safe out there!

Darius the Great become the king he won like 20 battle against 9 or more different rival Darius won more battle he also won war vs Greeks , Scythians and others

Last time I was this early the Greeks were at war with the Trojans.

Would you ever consider doing a video on Sir John A. MacDonald? Look forward to your vids every week best wishes from Canada.

Loved the presentation Simon gives to all hosted websites he does. Thank you for sharing and i hope theses websites stay so much one can learn. Take care, stay safe and God Bless.

You make an excellent point about Darius's rise, which is how he tried to make himself related to Cyrus the Great. Cyrus left such an effect on not only the Empire he created, but also on Persia itself. For 2,500 years all the way up to the last Shah of Persia, the many various rulers of Persia enforced their legitimacy by claiming to be descended from Cyrus the Great, and that they were continuing his legacy. And as we learn in this video, Darius was the first to do that. As for another detail about his rise, the good news is that the Persians had soap back then so after fondling Darius's horse, at least Oebares could wash his hands.

It was not Phidipedes who inspired the Marathon race. It was another anonymous runner. Phidipedes was the most famous Greek runner who at the time of the battle was trying to convince the Spartans for help and for this reason run from Athens to Sparta. This run has inspired the modern ultra-marathon race of Spartathlon.

Who here remembers Shane madej’s retelling of darius’ rise to power on ruining history?

They where prolly like “dam Darius why your hand smell like that “

Biographics: Edgar Cayce (the mystic) MegaProject: Washington Monument (the missing collonade and the KGC)

We proud of him. Thanks for video

Why the 5 thumbs down? People do not understand what no matter the amount of new learning one gets, it is all for our own benefit and mental advancement. To me, Simon does a very good job when he presents these videos and I will always enjoy watching them (plus his sarcasm here and there, those are bonuses!). Keep up the good work Simon!

Light of my day, love Biographics

Tigranes the Great would be great if you did an episode, love this channel

*Please do one on Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, last Shah of Iran.*

what ever the way, Darius became Great King, he was a great ruler

Please do videos on the following people: 1. Dennis Rader 2. Jack London 3. Upton Sinclair 4. Jack Ketchum 5. Jane Austen 6. Anton LaVey

Your content is so professional

The world needs people like you. Thanks.

You do beautiful work my brother

Do a Biography for Simeon The Great of Bulgaria please

Well...Darius' not gonna be happy to learn of his son's obsession with bedazzling an entire jewelry store on his face and body...

Could you do a video on Quanah Parker? I grew up in Comanche Nation and wish more people knew the fascinating story of his life.

You are the David Attenborough of history! Keep up the great vids Simon!! 🙌🏻👍🏻

As usual, very interesting, beutifuly made. thank you.

Fantastic stuff. Thank you

Ever thought of covering Darius III? Dude was basically Alexander the Great's archenemy.

Horatio Nelson?

We should make one on Ramses The Great

Great topic on a phenomenal ruler. Keep up the good work Simon. Recommended next video Ludwig Von Mises, and Joseph Pilsudski. 👍

Short wishlist (Persia): Shapur I Shapur II Khosrow I Timur Ulugh Beg Ismail I Abbas the Great Nader Shah Ahmad Shah Durrani

Good stuff! Simon you da man!

Very interesting thank you dear

Very nice Simon I loved it.. Syrus and darius the great 👍

I love you , bud. I’m a historian and I’ve been watching you for years.

Could you make a Biographic of Justinian II of Constantinople, please? He had his nose cut off after being overthrown, as a precaution against his reclaiming the throne, then exiled. He regained his throne, perhaps after having his nose reconstructed. Facial deformities were seen as anathema, apparently.

Imma continue begging for Pedro II of Brazil

Fascinating historical figures. I'm glad I subscribed to this channel. Just about everything episode has captured my attention. Interesting since I'm distancing myself from everyone 6ft....

You do a fabulous job on everything you put out. Thank you!!

Hi, thank you for the video. Your reference to Cyrus's killing and eventual death by the Massagetean Queen, Tomyris, is only one of the stories Herodotus had heard (in total 4 i believe) as he himself explains.

Loving your content simon the great; am exhausted with producing content for just one channel and you are running multiple channels; share the subscribers but keep up the fire; online is the future+

Love my king Darius

And it was in Miletus that Kassandra of Sparta caught up with Kleon of Athens and killed him slowly, by drowning him in a puddle of seawater on the beach. Or at least that's how it happened in my playthrough of AC Odyssey.

Excellent video as always, can you do a video on Michael Collins

Now do Artaxerxes the Great. I learned them all in 7th-grade history and it made me happy.

Literally can never get first people are on these faster than I get the notification. Great work!

I can spend all week on different channels of yours and be completely content! AND so I have 🙂 Thank you and your team of geniuses for all your hard work! ❤🛐❤🛐❤✝️

Absolutely splendid! Slack jawed watching this. Well done.

Cyrus, Darius, and his son Xerxes we're certainly my favorite Achaemenid King's! 🛡️🗡️

Still waiting for a Bio on Nathaniel Greene, or one about the infamous “Swamp Fox”. BTW, love your Megaprojects channel, good stuff! 👍🏻

All the important points were covered here, Simon! Thank you!

My favorite King, really admire him ❤

He was mention in Quran as zulkarnaeen ( ذو القرنين) he was a believer of ALLAH (the only God exists) He was supported by ALLAH ☝🏼. His story was mention with much details.

Wow I had no idea that the Persian empire's courier system inspired the USPS slogan. Very cool!

No Shivaji Maharaj?? Simon you ought to do a video on someone who United a entire country filled with differences

Please make a video of how Arabs invaded Persia in the name of Islam and their atrocities (ISIS from 1300 years ago)

Please do Xerses

👑🐎 cyrus zulqernain 👑🐎 Persian empire 👑🐎

🎉thanku for ur great chanel in world🎉❤

Emperor Bimbisara Haryanaka of North Indian Empire (capital - Magadha Bihar) faced Darius in 518 BCE. The war probably ended in a stalemate around Khyber.

The way he says (6:40) "... And they pull out their daggers and started stabbing them" was so funny to me for some reason

I saw the Apadana in a dream and it looked like that painting.. It was beautiful...

Many thanks!

Persian and proud

That man said, “I even ruled those pointy hat wearing dudes”.

Could you do one on Alexander Hamilton?

Prince of Persia: the lost crown has a lot of King Darius fantasy side story n his empire.. Also he is a badass boss battle👍

Quran tells about a great king who stopped chinese ( Gog and Magog ) from looting a city by mean of galvanized wall, darius told in his scriptures that i build a wall to save the world. so darius was surely a nice guy and quran and darius both says what he did was ordered by God/Allah/ Ahuda mazda / creater of universe/ .

Hey Simon, never tried this but how about a video on Julian the Apostate. Man that would be great and I think alot of other ppl fee that way.

Love these videos

Darius was not Persian. He was Darius the Mede, he was Medes.

Not sure why, but the veggie tales song about Darius popped into my head. Yikes lol

Any channel you host I'm there!

❤ visited once darius palace in Iran and took pics❤but iam sad I lost that photo album❤Agnes from india.❤iam still search history and like study more until my death🎉❤

You should do Ataturk

How weird, when i studied the Persian history Darius was called " the Great" , not "the huckster" .