The battle—which occurred in 334 B.C.—is considered "one of the most pivotal moments" in world history, one archaeologist ...

More than 2,300 years ago, one of Alexander the Great's most major battles took place at a site near the Biga River in ...

Phrygia had been absorbed as a province of the Achaemenid, or first Persian Empire under its founding ruler Cyrus the Great. Unlike the Babylonian seal, much of the iconography of the seal from ...

By 550 BC, forty years after the Assyrians themselves were defeated, the Achaemenid Empire had conquered the major centres of the Near East and catapulted the Persians into position as a regional ...

RESEARCHERS in Turkey have identified the long-lost site of the legendary battle where Alexander the Great secured his first ...

Researchers have finally pinpointed the exact location of the Battle of Granicus, where Alexander won his first battle in ...

Alexander the Great, former King of Macedonia, is regarded as one of the greatest military leaders in history as he was ...

Persepolis: a UNESCO World Heritage gem At the heart of this route is Persepolis, the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid ...

The empire was also sometimes called the Achaemenid Empire. It became the hub of art, religion, science, art, and technology for over a century. The empire was conquered by Alexander the Great in ...

The Battle of Granicus was Alexander's first major victory during his campaign against the Achaemenid Persian Empire | ...