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Ruins of the ancient, infamous city of Babylon ... human civilization and organized religion. The Dilmun civilization controlled vital Persian Gulf trading routes, creating a commercial empire ...

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Archaeologists believe they have found the site where Alexander the Great and his forces fought the Battle of Granicus against the Persian Empire in Çanakkale, Turkey.

Unlike ancient conquerors who took rape and pillage ... The clue, he says, is in what Alexander did: conquer the Persian Empire. “You can’t speak of Alexander alone as if he were a kind ...

Researchers may have finally identified the site where Alexander the Great fought the Battle of the Granicus against the Persian Empire ... the remains of the ancient city of Hermaion, which ...