The Persian Empire and Its Leaders

The acumunae persian empire is on the upswing, and leadership is a large part of it. And darius may be the best they ever had in terms of total competency over all. He's very famous for instituting maybe the first metal coinage in the region outside of lydia. In that region, the gold coins will be called derricks after him. The wealth of theem re will become an absolutely hallmark element of it. They are known for having a lot of money, and they use it. That goes back to time immemorial. There's an ancient line that money is the sinew of war,. and the Persians were not dominant milit