Dariussaxon

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=Persia's greatest king and Cambyses's successor, Darius= ===Before Darius became the king of Persia, he was nobleman of the ruling dynasty, beginning his career as a member of the king's bodyguards. Then after the king died, an elite group of Persian soldiers, known as the Ten Thousand Immortals, helped Darius take the throne somewhere around 522 B.C. He spent his first three years on the throne putting down revolts. Then he spent the next few years making an organized and very efficient administration. After he brought peace and prosperity to the Persian Empire, he turned his mindset to the conquest of neighboring countries, he led his army eastward across the mountains of modern day Afghanistan and down the valleys of India. The massive Persain Empire spread over 2,500 miles, having Egypt and Anatolia to the west, and a bit of India to the east, and having the Fertile Crescent dead center. His only failure as the king was not being able to take Greece.===