He conquered land across three continents, ruled over states from Egypt to modern-day India, and never lost a battle – before ...

But Cartledge also says Alexander was a great propagandist ... Alexander if you don’t understand Darius, the last king of the Persian Empire.” Not for nothing is one of his books “Darius ...

Alexander the Great established himself as Emperor of Asia and urged his generals to marry Persian women in the Susa weddings.

persian empire stock illustrations Medieval Asian Mongol or Turkic warrior Medieval Asian Mongol or Turkic warrior horsemen fighting with spears, swords and bows. Flat cartoon vector illustration ...

Cyrus’s son Cambyses II (ruled 530–522 BC) added Egypt to Persian territory, and under Darius I, "the Great" (ruled 522–486 BC), the Achaemenid Empire—named for his ancestor Achaemenes—reached the ...

Only from the hill overlooking the entire site is it possible to take in the vast expanse and incomparable grandeur that made Persepolis the prized gem of the Achaemenid Empire. Persepolis, conceived ...

The ancient Greek ideal of World Unity is manifested in the conquests of Alexander the Great aiming to unite the world through Hellenization.