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513 BCE

Western India, which includes the Indus Valley, becomes the Persian satrapy Hindush. Darius the Great subdues the Getae and east Thrace in his war against the Scythians. To accomplish this, he builds a massive pontoon bridge across the Bosphorus Strait. Amyntas I of Macedon submits to Darius and offers women as concubines to a Persian embassy. His son, Alexander I, objects to this and tricks them by substituting the women with clean-shaven men (or 512 BC).

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • Western India, which includes the Indus Valley, becomes the Persian satrapy Hindush.source
  • Amyntas I of Macedon submits to Darius and offers women as concubines to a Persian embassy. His son, Alexander I, objects to this and tricks them by substituting the women with clean-shaven men (or 512 BC).source

Exploration & Expansion

  • European Scythian campaign of Darius Isource

Technology & Infrastructure

  • Darius the Great subdues the Getae and east Thrace in his war against the Scythians. To accomplish this, he builds a massive pontoon bridge across the Bosphorus Strait.source