Behistun Inscription Essays

Have you ever felt like you were the only one that understood your feelings? That you were the only one on your side? In the book, Darius the Great is Not Okay, by Adib Khorram, Darius Kellner, a Star Trek loving high school student, constantly battles unpleasant nicknames from his classmates, feeling only half-Persian, depression, criticism from his father, and the embarrassment of working at Tea Haven. When Darius and his family travel to Iran after learning of his grandfather’s health issues,

kingly site and to take out opposition among the other Persian royalty and nobility. According to Muhammad Abdoulkadyrovitch Dandamaev, the majority of scholars, at least until recently, were of the opinion that the information contained in the Behistun inscription of the Achaemenid king Darius I attest to the fact that the ancestors of Cyrus II, the founder of the empire, did not rule in Persis. About Darius, the text reports: “[...]my father is Vishtaspa; the father of Vishtaspa is Arshama; the father

emperor of Persia, and was followed by many more powerful commanders. Specifically one warrior was able to rise above and lead this empire to greatness. He was a son of Cryus and created the Behistun Inscription. This ruler would be Darius, the great king of all four corners. His creation of this inscription had many goals, and these goals were accomplished using context and rhetorical techniques. Darius’s goals when creating this source was to prove his overwhelming military power as a leader, kindness

to the empire. At the empire, communication was shared with different types of people. Also, the stations were built on the roads leading to the empire, so important official correspondences, were received along the way. 2) According to the Behistun inscription, Darius I justifies his assumption to power by announcing the development of maritime routes and dividing the empire into twenty provinces. His relationship to Ahuramazda is significant because Ahuramazda was the one to who made Darius king

Ancient Egypt, Persia, Macedon, and Rome are all known for having prominent leaders that had enormous influence during their time in power. Specifically, Hatshepsut, Darius, Philip II, and Augustus in their respective empires all carefully tailored their personal image to their citizens and to the public in order to rule in a specific way. For Darius, it was essential that his image was one that instilled fear and commanded respect. For Hatshepsut, Philip II, and Augustus, there was a want for a

It was in Book Three where he was able to explain the story of Darius' the Great so vividly and in considerable detail. Over time, the official story of Darius' and his accession to the throne was discovered from an inscription that was found in a town west of Iran called Behistun. There is merely no difference between the two stories and they tell essentially the same story. Perhaps there was only a small detail that was different which was Herodotus having the wrong name of one of seven conspirators