One of the most memorable images by Greek historian Herodotus depicts Persian King Xerxes ordering the sea to be punished ...
BC. The Persian Achaemenid Empire, established half a century earlier under Cyrus the Great, stretched from Northern India to Southeast Europe. The Achaemenid Empire controlled a vast area with ...
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