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The Assassins Who Helped Establish the Persian Empire
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The descendants of the Persian assassins were considered to be a creme de la creme within the existing oligarchy of the Persian Empire. Historians are divided on whether Darius' rise to power was a result of an oligarchic coup or a strategic move by a startup-like assassination team.

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