For nearly two ... Persian rule and crowned Pharaoh. The victory at Issus also paved the way for his legendary triumph at ...

His reign was short-lived, however; soon after becoming king he was assassinated in 522 B.C. by a Persian noble named Darius, who subsequently took the throne. The Achaemenid Empire then reached ...

Translated by Ali Katebi from English, “The Ottoman Empire” and “Daily Life in the Ottoman Empire” have been published by the Elmi Farhangi Publications in Tehran, ILNA reported. The Ottoman Empire ...

Inspired by their powerful ancestors, the Sassanian dynasty restored Persia to imperial ... Ardashir reigned for nearly two decades and brought a new vision to the empire. He began to centralize ...

Crowned king of Macedon in 336 BCE at the age of 20, Alexander spent just two years in Europe after ... Philip’s ambition of conquering the Persian Empire — the largest in the world at that ...