Darius took personal command of his army for this encounter and led them to a resounding defeat....
Persia
It was here, against all odds, that Alexander defeated the forces of the Persian satraps of Asia...
The conquest of Persia was not preordained and those living within its vast empire could never foresee...
The Persian Army became a multi-cultural force consisting of a fusion of soldiers from Persia or the...
During the years 550 to 330 B.C.E., the name “Pars Sea” was widely written in the compiled...
Alexander the Great pushed east into Mesopotamia with the intention of bringing Darius to battle. Introduction After...
Even if a treaty by this name was never drawn up, it is true that there was...
The battle was won through a very unusual strategy on Cambyses II’s part: the use of animals...
The attack had been six years in the making, and still, the Persians were not fully prepared....
A masterful militarily astute and diplomatically strategic queen. Halicarnassus was a Graeco-Carian city that belonged to the empire of...
Persian gained prominence as a literary language and a lingua franca—a common cultural language—about a thousand years...
Throughout history, Iran was always a cradle of science, contributing to medicine, mathematics, astronomy and philosophy. Introduction...
The Mongol invasion of Iran began in 1219, after two diplomatic missions to Khwarezm sent by Genghis...
After looting its treasures, Alexander burned the great palace and surrounding city to the ground, as Xerxes...
The author would have constructed the narrative to place the events in the past in order to...
Zoroaster is the name by which this prophet is known in the west (Greek Zoroastres), which is...
Susa began as a small village in the Neolithic Age around 7000 BCE. Introduction Susa was one of...
A trilingual inscription has been discovered on the hillside around the tomb of Darius in Naqshe-Rustam. Two...
Seljuk art and architecture is a fusion of Persian, Islamic, and Central Asian (Turkic) elements. By Dr....
A discussion of Avicenna’s 11th-century points of view on rabies and compare them with modern medical knowledge....
Among the first three manuscripts written in Persian, Akhawayni’s Hidayat al-muta’allemin fi al-tibb was the most significant work compiled...
The earliest remains of Persepolis date back to 515 BCE. It exemplifies the Achaemenid style of architecture....
Darius was the ruler of a multicultural empire, and he was willing to accept the gods of...
An overview of Zoroastrianism, a religion that influenced Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. A precursor for Christianity? The Zoroastrian faith...