From the rise of Cyrus the Great in the 6th century BCE to the vast dominion of Darius and Xerxes, the First Persian ...

The Battle of Thymbra was a pivotal moment in the history of the ancient world. It was fought between the Persian Empire and ...

Cyrus, who founded Achaemenid Empire in c. 550 BCE, stood in global memory as far more than the architect of a vast empire. At a time when conquest usually meant destruction and domination, he ...