In modern times, other nations invaded Iran, primarily for their oil. Sadly, fighting for oil and other natural resources has ...

The Bible contains a story of how a young Jewish woman named Esther became the Queen of Persia and saved the Jews from an ...

AS tensions flare up between modern-day Iran and Israel — through drone warfare, cyberattacks and regional proxy clashes — ...

Once a thriving, tolerant empire, Persia (now Iran) has shifted under theocratic rule. Pastor Bo Wagner prays for its return to freedom, peace, and historic greatness.

And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea. And all the acts of his power and of his might, ...

Ancient Iran was home to numerous exceptionally powerful kings throughout history. This was particularly so in the era of the ...

Today, readers of the Bible are reading their newspapers and seeing history repeat itself. Centuries after Haman’s genocidal antisemitism, the ruler of Iran (the modern name of ancient Persia), Ali ...

The conflicts that followed brought the Persian and Greek worlds closer together and set the stage for a drastic reshaping of the ancient world.

Society Neither Greece nor Rome, this is the first society in which women adopted a key role 500 years before Christ The Persian empire pioneered women’s rights. Other contemporary cultures made ...

Persia was a militaristic-focused civilization that paired well with Xerxes, so I’d chosen that and started a game in no time.

Xerxes the Great was the fourth King of Kings who ruled the Achaemenid Empire of Persia. Known in the modern day for fighting the Greeks, as well as for for his battle-hardened feats and massive ...