History, in effect, had been brought to a glorious close. The Persians' empire was both its end and its summation - for what could a dominion be that contained within it all the limits of the horizon, if not the bulwark of a truly cosmic order?"
It is interesting to note how man has viewed history. History is what has gone before. Our view, or opinion, of that history is what the dominate social group chooses to make of it. Manipulating the populous' view of History through propaganda campaigns, the dominate groups have been able to create a history that benefits their own agendas. This is a pessimistic view, yes, but I believe it is true.
King Darius campaigned that "History" had been working toward perfection, towards truth, and the empire had finally reached that perfection under his leadership.
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