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 ...

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

The young conqueror fell suddenly and fatally ill at an all-night feast. Now, a Stanford historian has found a potential ...

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Darius I, or Darius the Great (c. 550 - 486 BCE) - Persian ruler who served as the third King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire. Wood engraving after an antique relief from Persepolis (Iran, today in ...

Darius I Negotiates with Greek Chiefs, Ancient Civilization King of Persia, Darius I, forms an alliance with Greek chiefs in 513 B.C.E. Illustration published 1846.

The Assyrian Empire shaped the ancient world for centuries. At its height, it stretched from the Persian Gulf to Egypt, ...

In the Versus Universe, Darius is the god-king of chaos and carnage who seeks to cast the world into endless war and strife where only the strongest will survive.