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As Cyrus sat on the throne, the kingdom of Medes entered a new era. Cyrus took the secrets that he shared with his late grandfather to his grave. Only his successor and a handful of his most trusted guards knew the truth: Astyages had seated Cyrus on the throne while shielding his Median identity from the public, which had made the monarchy more stable.
Cyrus’ plan of making the kingdom of Medes more stable for the future was very similar to that of his grandfather. However, it was not a simple task. Any rebellion against Cyrus would impair the solidarity of the empire. Therefore, his plan needed to be executed in more than one step. In the first step, Cyrus decided to leave the kingdom to his eldest son, Cambyses. Then, his youngest son, Smerdis, would appear to be the enemy of the state. He would rebel against his elder brother and take over the kingdom. Finally, at the decree of Cambyses, Darius would restore the kingdom and become the king.
Now that Darius sat on the throne, he had to rule without leaving any evidence that he was a Mede. Perpetuating this cover-up while preserving other truths for future generations required finesse. In order to conceal the real reason for the succession of kings and keep an otherwise accurate history, the truth was divided into two segments: One was written in the form of inscriptions that were composed by Darius in Aryan script. The other segment was The Histories, the famous work of Herodotus.
It is logical that this new form of script was invented in order to gain some type of advantage over the other forms of the written word.
In Aryan script, “Pa” and “Pe” are written in exactly the same way. Therefore, the words “Parsi” and “Persi” are written identically. They both look like the same word. This ambiguity in the script was an intentional trick. When Darius said that he was a “Parsi son of a Persi” (Naqshe-Rustam, upper inscription), it can be read as a “Persian son of a
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