CNN

How Alexander the Great redrew the map of the world

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The Palace of Darius at Susa : the great royal residence of Achaemenid Persia / edited by Jean Perrot ; introduction by John Curtis ; [translated from the French by Gérard ...

Darius I King of Persia 548 B.C.-485 B.C PALACE OF DARIUS AT SUSA : THE GREAT ROYAL RESIDENCE OF ACHAEMENID PERSIA EDITED BY JEAN PERROT INTRODUCTION BY JOHN CURTIS TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY ...
The New York Times

AN INSCULPTED STORY OF THE DEEDS OF DARIUS; Columbia Professor's Investigations in Persia -- What the Rock of Behistan Revealed.

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BBC

Darius the Great and the End of History

In the late 6th century BC, Darius was the most powerful man on the planet. King of Persia, he also ruled the largest empire that the world had ever seen. His son Xerxes led one of the most famous ...
The Washington Post

In London, Persia the Great

WHAT: "Forgotten Empire: The World of Ancient Persia" at London's British Museum. WHEN: Now through Jan. 8. HOW MUCH: About $14.40. WHY GO: Two and a half millenniums before it got lumped into the ...