A historical anecdote explains why the Macedonians and Spartans never went to war when king Philip conquered all of Greece.

The League of Corinth was an initiative of King Philip II of Macedon to unite all Greek city-states against the Persian ...

TEHRAN - Recent heavy rainfall in Fars province led to the destruction of parts of historical houses in Shiraz, the ...

W ith the defeat of the Achaemenid armies at the Granicus (334 BCE), Issus (333 BCE), and Gaugamela (331 BCE) the road to the ...

The Achaemenid Persians initially designated this region, watered by the Sindhu, as Hidhu (in the Behistun Inscription) or Hendu (in the Vendidad). The Hapta-Hindu or Sapta-Sindhu of the Zend ...

Dr. Mitchka Shahriyari's presentation, Achaemenid and Hellenistic Taxation in the Aramaic Ostraca from Idumea, explores the fiscal structures of the Southern Levant during the transition from ...

A multinational Nowruz remembrance was held at the UNESCO World Heritage site of Persepolis, bringing together ambassadors ...