A 20-year-old king, an unstoppable army, and an empire waiting to be conquered. This is how Alexander the Great launched his legendary invasion of Persia!

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Firaxis knows this, which is presumably why the Persian paragon has two alternate ... leaders who cultivate happiness throughout their empire. His food production also increases with excess ...

In this adventure game, you must explore the massive, ever-changing map ... Created by Evil Empire, the team behind the incredible Dead Cells DLC, The Rogue Prince of Persia puts a new spin ...

Before our modern borders, the oldest countries in the Middle East were out here building pyramids, writing the first laws, ...

Dr Butalia, who wrote Lahore Fort during the Sikh Empire ... a distinguished scholar. This map, widely regarded as one of the most comprehensive and accurate representations of the Lahore Fort during ...

He travelled to the Zagros Mountains, where there was a trilingual inscription in old Persian cuneiform, Elamite, and Sumerian. Risking his life, Rawlinson managed to climb the sheer cliff and ...

After the Arab invasion of Iran and the destruction of the several millennia-old Persian Empire, the Islamists pillaged Iran to access power and wealth. Different Islamic caliphates came and went ...