Iran, one of the world’s oldest and most influential civilizations, has a rich history that spans over 5,000 years. Located ...

At Opis, Alexander the Great confronted a mutiny of his army, caused by simmering tensions between the Macedonians and ...

Ottoman imperium eventually ended in ignominy, with defeat in World War I and the Armenian Genocide – an appalling ...

Making of an empire. As a bold young man, Chandragupta Maurya, the future king of the Mauryan Empire, allegedly offered some brash advice to Alexander the Great, who had crossed the Indus River ...

“Let not the one who girds on his armor boast like the one who takes it off” ( 1 Kings 20:11 ) ...

EMERGING from a carpet shop in Iran’s beautiful and ancient city of Esfahan, I was engulfed by a group of jostling young men.

In the first known interaction between the two nations, the ancient Persians freed the Jews from captivity in Babylon.

Some of the best examples of Portuguese architecture can be found in its stunning palaces. They are known for their grandeur ...

No crystal ball here. Just some wishful thinking from a person who tries to see the glass half-full rather than half-empty.

Isfahan, one of three cities targeted in American military strikes, is home to a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a mosque that ...

The scope of the work is enormous. The premise is that as recently as 1928, 12 modern nations - India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, ...

Cyrus the Great, the compassionate and tolerant Babylonian who unified Iranian tribes in 549 BC to create the Persian empire, ...