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The sun sets on the ruins of Persepolis burnt by Alexander the Great in 330 BC (Pav-Pro Photography / Adobe Stock) — 07 Oct 2022

The Aftermath Of The Achaemenid Empire

By micki pistorius

Archaeology & Science

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Between 550 and 520 BC Cyrus the Great had unified the Medes and the Persians and founded an empire that stretched from the Indus River to North Africa and from the Aral Sea to the Persian Gulf. Professor Richard Frye, of Iranian Studies, Harvard...
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The sun sets on the ruins of Persepolis burnt by Alexander the Great in 330 BC (Pav-Pro Photography / Adobe Stock) — 07 Oct 2022

The Aftermath Of The Achaemenid Empire

By micki pistorius

Archaeology & Science

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Between 550 and 520 BC Cyrus the Great had unified the Medes and the Persians and founded an empire that stretched from the Indus River to North Africa and from the Aral Sea to the Persian Gulf. Professor Richard Frye, of Iranian Studies, Harvard...
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Detail of the Alexander Sarcophagus located in the Istanbul Archaeology Museum. Here Alexander fights the Persians at the Battle of Issus. (CC BY-SA 2.5) — 03 Oct 2022

Alexander Of Macedon And His Nemesis Persian Darius III

By micki pistorius

Archaeology & Science

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Ironically, Xenophon’s Cyropaedia, written around 370 BC, a narrative describing the education of the ideal ruler centred on Cyrus the Great founder of the Achaemenid Dynasty, was a great inspiration to Alexander of Macedon who 40 years later,...
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Detail of the Alexander Sarcophagus located in the Istanbul Archaeology Museum. Here Alexander fights the Persians at the Battle of Issus. (CC BY-SA 2.5) — 03 Oct 2022

Alexander Of Macedon And His Nemesis Persian Darius III

By micki pistorius

Archaeology & Science

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Ironically, Xenophon’s Cyropaedia, written around 370 BC, a narrative describing the education of the ideal ruler centred on Cyrus the Great founder of the Achaemenid Dynasty, was a great inspiration to Alexander of Macedon who 40 years later,...
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Aristotle and Alexander the Great by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris (1754) (Public Domain) — 04 Jul 2022

The Problem With Labelling Alexander, The Macedonian King With A Mercurial Character

By david grant

History & Tradition

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‘It is a naive belief that the distant past can be recovered from written texts, but even the written evidence for Alexander is scarce and often peculiar,’ says Robin Lane Fox in Alexander the Great (2004). Over the centuries, historians have...
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Aristotle and Alexander the Great by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris (1754) (Public Domain) — 04 Jul 2022

The Problem With Labelling Alexander, The Macedonian King With A Mercurial Character

By david grant

History & Tradition

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‘It is a naive belief that the distant past can be recovered from written texts, but even the written evidence for Alexander is scarce and often peculiar,’ says Robin Lane Fox in Alexander the Great (2004). Over the centuries, historians have...
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Cyrus the Great’s Last Campaign: Who Killed Cyrus? - Part II — 05 Oct 2016

Cyrus the Great’s Last Campaign: Who Killed Cyrus? - Part II

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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According to the popular Greek historian Herodotus, Cyrus went on his last campaign to subdue the Massagetae, a tribe located in the southernmost portion of the steppe regions of modern-day Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan around 530 BCE, where he would...
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Cyrus the Great’s Last Campaign: Who Killed Cyrus? - Part II — 05 Oct 2016

Cyrus the Great’s Last Campaign: Who Killed Cyrus? - Part II

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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According to the popular Greek historian Herodotus, Cyrus went on his last campaign to subdue the Massagetae, a tribe located in the southernmost portion of the steppe regions of modern-day Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan around 530 BCE, where he would...
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Cyrus the Great: Conquests and Death! – Part I — 03 Oct 2016

Cyrus the Great: Conquests and Death! – Part I

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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Cyrus the Great or “Cyrus II” was King of Anshan from 559-530 BCE and known as the King of Four Corners of the world and founder of the Achaemenid Empire. Cyrus was the son of King Cambyses I of Anshan 580 to 559 BCE and his mother Mandane was...
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Cyrus the Great: Conquests and Death! – Part I — 03 Oct 2016

Cyrus the Great: Conquests and Death! – Part I

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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Cyrus the Great or “Cyrus II” was King of Anshan from 559-530 BCE and known as the King of Four Corners of the world and founder of the Achaemenid Empire. Cyrus was the son of King Cambyses I of Anshan 580 to 559 BCE and his mother Mandane was...
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Kings of the Umman Manda (Media): Warnings and Omens – Part II — 14 Sep 2016

Kings of the Umman Manda (Media): Warnings and Omens – Part II

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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[Read Part I] Once Cyaxares had finalized the conquest of Urartu, he handed it over to a certain tribe of Scythians who had inhabited the region of Armenia beforehand and thus extended their domain. Kingdom of Urartu 715–713 BC (Sémhur/CC...
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Kings of the Umman Manda (Media): Warnings and Omens – Part II — 14 Sep 2016

Kings of the Umman Manda (Media): Warnings and Omens – Part II

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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[Read Part I] Once Cyaxares had finalized the conquest of Urartu, he handed it over to a certain tribe of Scythians who had inhabited the region of Armenia beforehand and thus extended their domain. Kingdom of Urartu 715–713 BC (Sémhur/CC...
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