The Persian Empire, founded in the 6th century BCE by Cyrus the Great, became one of history’s most powerful and influential empires. At its height, it spanned three continents,covering parts of ...

Alexander the Great's siege of the island city of Tyre used all the innovation and cunning worthy of a conqueror still known ...

He was the fourth Persian king that reigned thirty-six years and led a military campaign in Europe and Indus valley expanding his empire. King Darius 1st resided in Persepolis, the capital of Persia.

God used Cyrus, the first King of the Persian Empire, to return the Jewish people to the Land of their fathers after 70 years of exile, rebuilding the Temple, and restoring their ancient prosperity.

Doug Christie and the Sacramento Kings continue to build out their coaching staff with the possible addition of former King Darius Songaila.

This week Iran’s 60-year-old, 6-ft., grey-mustached King of Kings celebrates a coronation anniversary. Twelve years ago on April 5, the former Persian Cossack officer, born of middle-class ...

Profile of a conqueror Cyrus the Great, whose Persian Empire stretched from Turkey to India in the sixth century B.C., is pictured in a headdress in this 19th-century A.D. engraving.

During his reign, the Persian King Darius wanted to conquer the Greeks whom he felt were causing unrest within his empire. In 490 BC, Darius attacked Greece, and although he managed to capture some ...

Haras d'Etreham's Poule d'Essai des Poulains winner and second-season sire Persian King was represented with his first stakes winner at Saint-Cloud on Sunday. Yeguada Centurion's homebred Darius Cen ...

Some of the world’s oldest roadways are only memories now—but many have been preserved as historic monuments or improved to handle today’s traffic.

Over a 10-year period, fighting across modern-day Turkey, the Middle East, and as far away as Afghanistan and Pakistan, Alexander routed Persian king Darius III, taking the empire for his own.