The warrior soul of Persia: A timeline of 2,500 years of Iranian victories and the king who looted the Koh-I-Noor

Explore the 2,500-year history of Persian military prowess. From the Parthian defeat of Rome to Nadir Shah’s conquest of the Mughal Empire and the Koh-i-Noor, discover the warrior legacy behind modern ...
Greek Reporter

The Most Powerful Kings of Ancient Iran

Ancient Iran was home to numerous exceptionally powerful kings throughout history. This was particularly so in the era of the ...
CNN

How Alexander the Great redrew the map of the world

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Political memory in and after the Persian Empire edited by Jason M. Silverman and Caroline Waerzeggers

Assessing Persian kingship in the Near East: an introduction / Jason M. Silverman and Caroline Waerzeggers -- 1. THE END OF THE LYDIAN KINGDOM AND THE LYDIANS AFTER CROESUS / Eduard Rung -- 2. PERSIAN ...
The National Interest

Would Democracy Destroy Iran’s Persian Empire?

Though Iran has attempted to move towards democracy in fits and starts since the Constitutional Revolution of 1905, any genuine advance forward has been met with unending opposition, mainly ...
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Ancient Persia : a concise history of the Achaemenid Empire, 550-330 BCE / Matt Waters, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

Tracking an empire -- Forerunners of the Achaemenids : the first half of the first millennium BCE -- Persia rising : a new empire -- From Cyrus to Darius I : empire in transition -- Darius, the great ...