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The Connections of Darius I
The fourth and greatest Achaemenid emperor (522–486 BC) Every person recorded alongside Darius I in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside Darius I in the ledgers of the archive.
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 550 BCE to 486 BCE.
Ancient era
Gautama Buddha
563 BCE – 483 BCE
Founder of Buddhism whose teachings on suffering and liberation endure worldwide
Ancient era
Confucius
552 BCE – 479 BCE
Chinese philosopher whose ethics shaped East Asian civilization for 2,500 years
Ancient era
Laozi
604 BCE – c. 500 BCE
6th-century BC semi-legendary Chinese philosopher, founder of Taoism
Ancient era
Cyrus the Great
600 BCE – 530 BCE
Founder of the Achaemenid Empire (559–529 BC)
Ancient era
Xerxes I
519 BCE – 465 BCE
Fifth Achaemenid emperor (486–465 BC)
Ancient era
Themistocles
524 BCE – 459 BCE
Athenian politician and general (c. 524–459 BC)
Ancient era
Pericles
494 BCE – 429 BCE
Athenian statesman, orator and general (c. 495 – 429 BC)
Ancient era
Thales of Miletus
c. 650 BCE – 548 BCE
Ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician
Ancient era
Pythagoras
c. 550 BCE – c. 490 BCE
Greek mathematician and mystic of number and harmony
Ancient era
Heraclitus
535 BCE – c. 470 BCE
Greek philosopher (late 6th/early 5th-century BC)
Ancient era
Cincinnatus
519 BCE – c. 430 BCE
Two time Roman dictator
Ancient era
Sun Tzu
544 BCE – 496 BCE
6th century BCE Chinese general and military strategist