Why was the country of Iran formerly called Persia? What has this got to do with the conquests of ancient Middle Eastern ...

According to Greek mythology, Perseus was the ancestor of the Persians through descendants who went by the names Perses and ...

The Achaemenid kings of Persia ruled between the sixth and fourth centuries B.C., but much of what we know about them today comes from Greek rather than Persian sources. The various Greek authors ...

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 ...

“If you speak of conquests, you have to speak about the Achaemenid Empire. The Persian king had conquered Persia 200 years earlier, so when Alexander came to conquer the Middle East he had to ...

The Achaemenid Persian Empire, which conquered Ionia in 546 BC, maintained Croesus’s gold-based monetary system, later introducing their own currency.

“Let not the one who girds on his armor boast like the one who takes it off” ( 1 Kings 20:11 ) ...

The relationship between Jews and Persians is one of human history's most fascinating and enduring sagas. It is characterized by mutual influence, cultural exchange, and pivotal moments that ...

Before it ever was called Iran, this storied nation was known to the world as Persia, an identity stretching back more than 3 ...

Ottoman imperium eventually ended in ignominy, with defeat in World War I and the Armenian Genocide – an appalling ...

He swept across Asia beginning in 334 B.C., leading a combined Greek and Macedonian army, and in a series of three brilliantly managed battles defeated the vast and incredibly wealthy Achaemenid ...

“If you speak of conquests, you have to speak about the Achaemenid Empire. The Persian king had conquered Persia 200 years earlier, so when Alexander came to conquer the Middle East he had to ...