TEHRAN, Aug. 16 (MNA) -- Iran’s Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization (CHTO) is currently preparing a map of the Persian Empire of the Achaemenid era, which will also illustrate the diversity of ...

Over a 10-year period, fighting across modern-day Turkey, the Middle East, and as far away as Afghanistan and Pakistan, Alexander routed Persian king Darius III, taking the empire for his own.

The Persian Empire, founded in the 6th century BCE by Cyrus the Great, became one of history’s most powerful and influential empires. At its height, it spanned three continents,covering parts of ...

RECREATING PERSIAN EMPIRE: Jimmy Mistry has planned colossus sets, depicting the grandeur of the empire (TOI Photo) MUMBAI: As a prelude to eight-day Persian festival in Mumbai, the grandeur of ...

The empire, he said, boasts of great scholars, philosophers, physicians and poets including Ibn Sina, Al Razi, Firdausi and Omer Khayyam. a talk on the history of persia discussed the rulers ...

One of the maps was drawn by Gerardus Mercator (1512-1594), a cartographer from Holy Roman Empire. There is also a map drawn by Flemish cartographer and geographer Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598).