The history of Iranian-Israeli relations shows how ancient alliances can turn into modern conflicts, but maybe now is the ...

The book has seven chapters: 1. Introduction. 2. Cyrus: A Near Eastern King. 3. Cyrus’ Birth Stories. 4. Cyrus and the Medes. 5. Cyrus as Cosmic Warrior. 6. Cyrus: An Exemplary Death. 7. Conclusion.

Under the reign of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Iran, once America and Israel's closest ally in the Middle East, became their ...

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.

Two titans of ancient conquest go head-to-head! Join us as we compare Cyrus the Great and Alexander the Great across five crucial categories: rise to power, military accomplishments, impact ...

Cyrus the Great (or the Elder) is known to many through the Cyrus Cylinder exhibit preserved in the British Museum, which tells us that he was chosen by God for his special virtues to become ‘king of ...