KnowraBehistun InscriptionLinked fromLinked fromThe 25 pages that link to Behistun Inscription, each with the reason it gives.All 25Broader topic 8Related 14Compared with 3Achaemenid EmpireRelated: Its account shows how Darius legitimized his rule across a multilingual empire.Persian languageRelated: Its Old Persian text is a central source for deciphering the language’s early form.Persian EmpireRelated: It offers an imperial account that can be compared with later Greek narratives.Ahura MazdaRelated: Darius invokes Ahura Mazda in this major royal account of his rule.MedesRelated: Its Old Persian text names the Medes and records their revolt against Darius.Aramaic alphabetRelated: Its Aramaic version illustrates the script’s role in Achaemenid imperial communication.ElamRelated: Its Elamite version documents the language’s use under Achaemenid rule.Median EmpireRelated: Its account of the Medes offers a Persian imperial perspective on their political status.Royal RoadRelated: The inscription illustrates the empire's need to communicate royal authority across distant regions.Cambyses IIRelated: It is the principal source for Darius’s account of the succession after Cambyses.Twenty-seventh Dynasty of EgyptRelated: It records the revolt of an Egyptian satrap during Darius's consolidation of power.Psamtik IIIRelated: Its account of Egypt’s revolt offers a Persian royal perspective on events after conquest.Achaemenid royal roadRelated: Its location beside a major route shows how royal monuments occupied strategic corridors.DeiocesRelated: Its account of the Medes offers evidence independent of Herodotus but does not name Deioces.