With President Donald Trump ’s decision to intervene in the Iran- Israel war, Iran, a country 6,500 miles away from ...

I don't know." Ask a Persian? "Why no, my friend! I hate poetry! It's so antiquated!" "Oh. Do you know any good poems?" "Yes, ...

The history of Iranian-Israeli relations shows how ancient alliances can turn into modern conflicts, but maybe now is the ...

And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea. And all the acts of his power and of his might, ...

It's now largely forgotten that in the early 1900s, nearly a third of the Arabian Peninsula was under British India.

On Shattered Lands, his book about the five partitions of the Indian Empire and the many forgotten stories attached to them ...

Map of the Persian Empire, centered on Iran, from Historical Atlas, William R. Shepherd, 1911. Credit: Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain This region is roughly equivalent to the ancient land of Persis.

He also names Persia, unequivocally understood as modern-day Iran, which even in Ezekiel’s time was a formidable eastern empire. Persia’s inclusion in the Gogian alliance is striking in its clarity.

Portrait of the king of Pontus Mithridates VI as Heracles, a mythical association that Alexander the Great often touted. Marble, Roman imperial period (1st century), Credit: Musée du Louvre, Paris, ...

The incredible story of Alexander the Great and his conquest of the known world is brought to life with animated maps, images from Osprey Publishing and Total War game footage. In Part 1, we look ...

Antique Map from 1862 of the Persian Empire, the time of Alexander the Great. Maps text is written in Latin. Royalty-free licenses let you pay once to use copyrighted images and video clips in ...

God used Cyrus, the first King of the Persian Empire, to return the Jewish people to the Land of their fathers after 70 years of exile, rebuilding the Temple, and restoring their ancient prosperity.