7th-6th centuries B.C. Babylon’s golden age under Chaldean rule is ended by the Persian king Cyrus the Great in 539 B.C. To the 7th century A.D. Macedonians, Seleucids, and Sasanians control ...

Jay Xu, Director of the Asian Art Museum and ASNC board member, moderated the discussion. The Cyrus Cylinder dates to 539 BCE and marked Cyrus the Great’s conquest over Babylon. Widely considered to ...

CYRUS THE GREAT (309 pp.)—Harold Lamb—Doubleday—($4.50). The wily moneylender was puzzled by his casual conversation with the two strange horsemen who had ridden into Babylon that day in 539 ...

Cyrus the Great’s reign began with his invasion of Babylon in 539 BCE. He ruled over the entirety of the eastern Mediterranean, effectively creating the Middle East as we know it today. The empire ...

The Battle of Gaugamela, which took place on Oct. 1, 331 BC, is known for Alexander the Great's conquest of Darius III’s ...

This little known documentary short is actually the first Iranian film to compete in the Cannes festival It is one of several Iranian documentaries focused on the ancient ruins of Persepolis a ...

Ishaan Tharoor comments on the Trump administration’s weird interest in promoting Cyrus the Great to score propaganda points against the Iranian government: For the Trump administration ...

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Cyrus called himself the Shahanshah ... In his own words: "When my soldiers in great numbers peacefully entered Babylon ... I did not allow anyone to terrorize the people ...

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