His suggestion to call the body of water the “Arabian Gulf” has apparently done the impossible: Unite Iranians.

Cyrus vs. Alexander: Battle of the Greats Welcome to WatchMojo, and in today’s installment of Versus, we’re pitting Cyrus and Alexander — two of history’s greatest conquerors ...

Never before had women enjoyed as much freedom and authority as in the Persian Empire around 500 BC. Founded by Cyrus the Great, the Persian Empire, although patriarchal, was centuries ahead of ...

Before Julius Caesar or Alexander the Great, there was Cyrus the Great. The king of the Persian Empire inspired several leaders for centuries to come, including Founding Father Thomas Jefferson. But ...

Wikimedia Commons / DiegoColle CC BY 4.0 Cyrus the Great was a Persian king who controlled a vast empire. This empire stretched beyond the Persian Gulf in the east to the limits of Anatolia in the ...

He admired the conquerors of past generations. His admiration was such that Alexander once visited the tomb of Cyrus the Great, the founder of the Persian Empire. Cyrus the Great was a powerful ...

The First World Empire and the Battle for the West (2005) 10,925 ratings In Persian Fire, Holland recounts the Greco-Persian Wars, beginning with the rise of Cyrus the Great and ending with the ...

The Persian Empire, under Cyrus the Great, was the first known empire to issue a declaration of human rights—the Cyrus Cylinder—which emphasized tolerance and cultural freedom. Iranians have ...