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9 matches to Darius I
Darius I. 550-486BC. Persian King 522-. Defeated by the Greeks at Marathon after expanding empire. Great builder and administrator.
Darius II. Persian King, 423-404BC. Allied with Sparta vs Athens. Lost Egypt.
Darius III. Last Persian King, 335-330BC. Beaten by Alexander the Great.
Granicus, Battle. 334BC. Alexander’s First victory; defeats Darius III of Persia.
Issus, Battle. 333BC. Alexander the Great defeats Persians under Darius III.
Suez Canal. 1850BC First. 600BC Necho II. 500BC Darius I. 250BC Ptolemy II. 100 Trajan. 1859-69 Built by Lesseps. 1875 Britain buys 44%. 1956 Egypt Nationalizes.
Milhaud, Darius. 1892-1974. Modern French polytone composer. Creation of the World 1923. Christopher Columbus 1930. Les Six.
Neoclassical. 17-18C. French-originated revival of classical order of arts, architecture. Order, balance, simplicity. Poussin. David. Molière. Adam. 1920-. Music based on 18C style + popular taste. Milhaud. Stravinsky. Les Six.
Six, les. 1917-74. French composers initiated Neoclassical. Milhaud. Honegger.