❝ Heavy is the head that wears the crown. ❞
--William Shakespeare, Henry IV, original version: "Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown."
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THE ACHAEMENID EMPIRE: covering some 5.5 - 8 million square kilometers and made up of 7, three-tier satrapies, it was founded by Cyrus the Great and existed from c. 550 - 330 BC. in AHDTS, the leadership of the empire is under the control of the shah en shah, or king of kings.
language(s) spoken: Old Persian, Aramaic, Babylonian, Median, Greek, Elamite, Sumerian, Egyptian, etc.
climate: vast and inclusive, ranging from semi-arid to Mediterranean
capital(s): Babylon, Pasargadae, Ecbatana, Susa (or Shushan), Persepolis
current ruler: Xerxes I
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and he drank the sun | of wives and women
Historical Fictioncover by the talented ellis ( @rubyruins ) ❝ is this what i have bred in the shah's harem? a girl that disregards every precept of his law and presumes to bring him to his knees with nothing but a smile? ❞ | IN WHICH A GIRL AND A CROWN AND A THRONE...
