The Persian Empire, founded in the 6th century BCE by Cyrus the Great, became one of history’s most powerful and influential empires. At its height, it spanned three continents,covering parts of ...

The Persian king had conquered Persia 200 years earlier, so when Alexander came to conquer the Middle East he had to conquer an organized empire. He was not the first.” ...

After Alexander’s death, Persia became part of the Seleucid Greek empire and developed a distinctive artistic and architectural fusion that helped enrich the culture that became modern Iran. 9. Iraq ...

Alexander the Great's siege of the island city of Tyre used all the innovation and cunning worthy of a conqueror still known ...

Alexander the Great of Macedon led an army of 40,000 warriors against the Persian Empire in a victory now known as Battle of the Granicus, but historians hadn’t been able to locate the site of ...

Alexander the Great was crowned king of Macedon in October 336 B.C.E.. ... Alexander managed to achieve his first of three triumphs here over the imposing Achaemenid Persian Empire, ...

The Persian king had conquered Persia 200 years earlier, so when Alexander came to conquer the Middle East he had to conquer an organized empire. He was not the first.” ...