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H. H. Rowley's 1935 study of the question (Darius the Mede and the Four World Empires in the Book of Daniel, 1935) has shown that Darius the Mede cannot be identified with any king, [21] and he is generally seen today as a literary fiction combining the historical Persian king Darius I and the words of Jeremiah 51:11 that God "stirred up" the ...
Articles related to Darius the Mede, a mythological King of Babylon depicted in the Book of Daniel. Pages in category "Darius the Mede" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
In 1957, Wiseman proposed the identification of Darius the Mede in the Book of Daniel with Cyrus the Great. [12] Daniel 6:28 says "So this Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and the reign of Cyrus the Persian" . This could also be translated, "So Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius, that is, the reign of Cyrus the Persian."
Darius conquered the lands surrounding the Indus River in 515 BCE. Darius I controlled the Indus Valley from Gandhara to modern Karachi and appointed the Greek Scylax of Caryanda to explore the Indian Ocean from the mouth of the Indus to Suez. Darius then marched through the Bolan Pass and returned through Arachosia and Drangiana back to Persia.
In Lange's commentary, Otto Zöckler named Gesenius, Hengestenberg, and other more recent writers who equated Cyaxares II with Daniel's Darius the Mede. [9] These commentaries noted similarities between Cyaxares II as portrayed by Xenophon and what may be inferred about Darius the Mede from the sparse statements about him in the Book of Daniel.
The Battle of Marathon. Year 490 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar.At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Camerinus and Flavus (or, less frequently, year 264 Ab urbe condita).
In 330 BC when Darius III faced Alexander, Ecbatana was in ruins, but Darius III ordered the construction of hundreds of hiding places in the middle of the city for treasures and assets. [19] Some weeks before Darius III was killed in a coup in July 330 BC, Ecbatana was conquered, and Persepolis destroyed by Alexander.
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