A crisis turned Artasata/Codomannus into a king. Artaxerxes III (359/8-338/7 BCE) had rebuilt the Persian Empire by suppressing rebellions and reconquering Egypt, but he died unexpectedly.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Persian ruler Cyrus the Great.

Ancient Athens was sacked four times, starting with the Persian invasion in 480 BC and ending with the Visigoth destruction ...

That said, however, you do not conquer a vast empire without spilling an immense amount of blood, and there was no question that if you dared to stand up to the Persian kings then you would be ...

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.

The Mughal Empire, spanning from the early 16th to the 18th century, left a lasting legacy through its blend of Persian, ...

After Alexander the Great conquered Egypt, he embarked on a perilous journey to the Oracle at Siwa to seek answers to his questions.

Europe: In 510 BC, after a protracted struggle with its Etruscan kings, the nobility of ... the Greek city-states into its own empire in 146 BC. The Persian Empire: Asia & Egypt: Originally ...

A rare 2,500-year-old inscription, bearing the name of the Persian king Darius the Great ... the Persian Achaemenid Empire expanded, reaching its greatest extent under his son Ahasuerus, Xinhua ...