The Scythians (Sakans to the Persians)lived in the Steppes, from the 7th to the 3rd century B.C., displacing the Cimmerians in the area of Ukraine. Scythians and Medes may have attacked Urartu in the 7th century. Herodotus says the language and culture of the Scythians were like that of...
The fourth century produced one of the greatest Christian poets in history, Ephrem the Syrian, who worked first in the border town of Nisibis and then moved to the somewhat more centralized Syriac city of Edessa when Nisibis was surrendered to the Persians in 363 and the Christian communities...
Most people believe the race was inspired by an ancient Greek courier, who ran 26 miles to declare victory against the Persians. They’re wrong.
In general, though, he continued to write within the very strict bounds of Greek drama: his plays were written in verse, no violence could be performed on stage, and the works had a strong moral and religious emphasis. Major Works Back to Top of Page “The Persians” “The Suppliants...
The last mention of Daniel himself is in the third year of Cyrus (Daniel 10:1). The first century Jewish writer Josephus reported that Daniel’s body lay in a tower in Parthia, Iran, alongside the bodies of the kings of the Medes and Persians. Later Jewish authorities said he was buried...
Pheidippides, a foot messenger, is said to have run from Marathon to Athens to bring the news of victory against the Persians at the Battle of... Learn more about this topic: Battle of Marathon | Map, Summary & Significance from
The Macedonians invaded northern Syria, left their wounded at Issus and marched south to fight the Persians but Darius took Issus and cut Alexander’s army off from its supply line to Greece. Darius led the Persians over a mountain pass and killed the Greek wounded in Issus. ...
We can give the half-Greek some slack because they and the Spartans kept the East (Persians and their allies) out of Europe. Basically saved European civilization before it really got off the ground. Right? For centuries following the collapse of Rome, North Italy was part of the Holy Roman...
Thus saith Cyrus king of the Persians: The Lord the God of heaven hath given to me all the kingdoms of the earth, and he hath charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judea. Catholic Public Domain Version“Thus says Cyrus, the king of the Persians: The Lord, the ...
Qin Shi Huangordered construction of the Great Wall around 221 B.C., the labor force that built the wall was made up largely of soldiers and convicts. It is said that as many as 400,000 people died during the wall's construction; many of these workers were buried within the wall ...