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 ...

Alexander the Great is one of the best-known figures in world history. He only lived until age 32, dying in Babylon. But ...

Since his death in 323 BCE, the world has been obsessed with Alexander the Great, who set out from his kingdom of Macedon (in modern-day Greece) at the age of 20 to conquer the mighty Persian Empire.

After the murder of his father, Philip of Macedon, Alexander led the armies of Macedonia in a conquest of Greece, Egypt, the Persian Empire, and parts of India. He built several cities named ...

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

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 ...

Even though he was outnumbered, Alexander managed to achieve his first of three triumphs here over the imposing Achaemenid Persian Empire, clearing the way for eastward Hellenization.

Since his death in 323 BCE, the world has been obsessed with Alexander the Great, who set out from his kingdom of Macedon (in modern-day Greece) at the age of 20 to conquer the mighty Persian Empire.