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

The Cyrus Cylinder is often considered the first charter of human rights, inscribed with the words of King Cyrus the Great, the founder of the Achaemenid Empire.

Iranians have never been themselves since they ceased to be Persians, but it's never too late to reverse history. Now is the ...

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

Ancient Iran was home to numerous exceptionally powerful kings throughout history. This was particularly so in the era of the ...

He was the fourth Persian king that reigned thirty-six years and led a military campaign in Europe and Indus valley expanding his empire. King Darius 1st resided in Persepolis, the capital of Persia.

Darius the Great, the fourth king of the Persian Empire, distorted or entirely made up a lot of Cyrus’s history. In his writings, he described the Achaemenians, Cyrus’s original dynasty, as a powerful ...

During his reign, the Persian King Darius wanted to conquer the Greeks whom he felt were causing unrest within his empire. In 490 BC, Darius attacked Greece, and although he managed to capture some ...

He defeated the Persian King Darius III, seizing control of his empire. It is noteworthy that, at its peak, Alexander’s domain stretched from the Adriatic Sea to the Indus River.

Over a 10-year period, fighting across modern-day Turkey, the Middle East, and as far away as Afghanistan and Pakistan, Alexander routed Persian king Darius III, taking the empire for his own.