From the King James Bible, Daniel Chapter 6, verse 8: "Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth ...
The world we live in might be unrecognizable if Alexander the Great had been defeated by the Persians. When his empire fell apart after his unexpected death, his officials and generals took over ...
And this chariot was found in a very distant province, right on the far eastern edge of the empire, somewhere on the borders of modern Tajikistan and Afghanistan. It's part of a huge hoard of gold and ...
“The king of the Medes” in the tenth year of Nabonidus’ reign can be no other than Cyrus the Persian, for he had incorporated the province of Media in what became the greater realm of Persi ...
When is The Rogue Prince of Persia release date? Two Prince of Persia games in one year — yes, that’s the world we’re living in. After years of silence, the legendary side-scrolling series ...
Persian, and local styles from the 1st to the 2nd century [Getty] Back in Iraq, Nineveh was the cradle of the ancient Assyrian Empire, adorned with gates, sculptures, and temples. Nineveh was first ...