Articles and resources on the Persian Empire.
The city of Shahr-e-Sookhteh (Shahr-i-Sokhte) covers 151 hectares in east Iran near the Afghanistan border. It has been excavated by Iranian and Italian archaeologists since the 1970s. There is a possibility that it points to another prehistoric civilization east of Persia.
Colorful leaders and impressive conquests characterized these Eastern people whom Alexander the Great conquered.
Pre-Achaemenid Iran, the Medes and the Persians
Maps of the Ancient Near East.
The largest organised rival of the Romans was the Persian Empire to the east, occupying modern Syria, Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan.
The reality behind the apparent longevity of the Persian Empire, with notes on the confusion between Parthians and Persians.
Timeline of the battles and chronology of the Persian Wars between Greece and Darius and Xerxes of Persia
Bulleted points about the Persian Wars. Includes the Ionian migrations, Croesus, Darius, the Delian League, and Herodotus.
Persian Achaemenid dynasty of kings.
Persian and Greek Influences In the ninth century B.C., the seminomadic Scythians settled in areas of what is now Azerbaijan. A century later, the Medes, who were related ethnically to the Persians, established an empire that included southernmost Azerbaijan.
The Parthian Empire existed from about 247 B.C. – A.D. 224.
A catalogue of photographs from the University of Chicago's Oriental Institute.
From 500 B.C. to Alexander's victory, a detailed history of the conflict between Persians, greeks, and Egyptians.
Aspects of Darius' government, summary of religion, articles on the archaeological excavations and the 80's discovery of ancient silver.
