and before there was Alexander the Great, a Persian king made his name as a conqueror of the world. Even the descendants of his enemies had nothing but respect and admiration for Cyrus the Great.

Around 535 BCE, the Persian king Cyrus the Great initiated a protracted campaign to absorb parts of India into his nascent Achaemenid Empire. In this initial incursion, the Persian army annexed a ...

For me, as an Iranian Christian coming from an Islamic background, Christmas and also Hanukkah have special and deep meanings ...

Explore the largest empires in history which not only changed the political and cultural landscape of their eras but also ...

Donald Trump’s fans and critics alike have compared him to some of history’s most famous rulers: Cyrus the Great, Adolf Hitler, King David and ... ruler of ancient Persia, who served as ...

The world we live in might be unrecognizable if Alexander the Great had been defeated by ... who became the self-proclaimed Persian king after Darius III was killed — then history would also ...

In May 334 BCE, Alexander the Great won his first victory against the Persian Achaemenid Empire in his campaign to conquer Asia Minor. The Battle of Granicus was the first of three major battles ...

Cyrus called himself the Shahanshah - the King of Kings - making clear ... Britain), and so our chariot tells us a great deal about imperial Persia. Public order was so secure that people could ...