Astonishing details of Alexander the Great's personal armory as he prepared for the Battle of Gaugamela against the Persians ...

Born about 600 BCE in what is now southwestern Iran, Cyrus “the Great” is considered the founder of the Persian Achaemenid empire. He is remembered as “the Great” to distinguish him from his ...

What does it mean? Well, we here at Official Charts are always here to help. Azizam is a Persian term, derived from the word Aziz (or 'beloved'). The suffix '-am' is a possessive term in the ...

It’s tied to the spring equinox and has roots in the Persian Empire. Here’s what to know. By Aimee Ortiz Nowruz, the Persian New Year, began on Thursday, kicking off a celebration of life ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. An Iranian man holds up a firework celebrating Chaharshanbe Souri, or Wednesday Feast, an ancient Festival ...

So, it’s a happy 7047 (based on Mitrai Aryan calendar), 3763 (based on the Zoroastrian calendar) or happy 2584 (based on the unification of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great). Nowruzetan ...

Languages: English and Chinese. You can get in touch with John by emailing [email protected] A map by Newsweek has outlined the extent of the decline of American shipbuilding, which President ...

The league’s purpose was to form a combined military force to campaign against the Persian Achaemenid Empire. Philip’s plan would secure his hegemonic position and fulfill his ambition to conquer ...

None of his recent films are as strange and bewildering as “The Empire,” a science-fiction epic, where the action is split between a galactic void and the Opal coast in Northern France. After the ...