From ancient pagans to the Islamic Republic: The shaping of Iranian civilization
"What's quite unique to Iran is that Iran retained its civilization and its language, while other languages made way for ...
Greek Reporter4d
How a Single Word Stopped a War Between Spartans and Macedonians
A historical anecdote explains why the Macedonians and Spartans never went to war when king Philip conquered all of Greece.
Tehran Times1d
UNESCO-listed Nowruz celebrated at Persepolis with Central Asian diplomats
A multinational Nowruz remembrance was held at the UNESCO World Heritage site of Persepolis, bringing together ambassadors ...
Greek Reporter8d
League of Corinth: The First Time All Greeks United
The League of Corinth was an initiative of King Philip II of Macedon to unite all Greek city-states against the Persian ...
TheCollector on MSN6mon
Battle of the Persian Gate: An Achaemenid Thermopylae, 330 BCE
The rich capitals of the Achaemenid Empire lay exposed to a foreign invader for the first time. Yet, there were those who ...
Tehran Times8d
Ancient Achaemenid drains prevent water accumulation at Persepolis
TEHRAN - Recent heavy rainfall in Fars province led to the destruction of parts of historical houses in Shiraz, the ...
PBS8y
The Rest of the World at the time of Classical Greece
Drawing on the rich history of 'multi-national' empires that had dominated the region since the third millennium BC, Cyrus sought to make his Achaemenid Empire the greatest of them all - a true ...
BBC1y
How have written letters shaped the world we live in today?
Born in approximately 550BC, Atossa was the eldest daughter of Cyrus the Great, the founder of the Achaemenid Empire, the first Persian empire. She is acknowledged as a figure of considerable ...