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Darius's Suez canal

Darius boasted that he dug a canal from the Nile to the sea leading to Persia, a forerunner of the Suez Canal, and ships sailed as he intended.

Royal inscriptions celebrate the king.

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Such historiography centers on the king's right to rule and his account of his deeds.

Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 243

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