The Achaemenid Empire rose from a small Persian kingdom to the largest empire the ancient world had ever seen. Through ...

The ancient Persian capital of Persepolis, in a vast and arid plain 40 miles from Shiraz in southern Iran, is the greatest ancient site between the Holy Land and India. This is a rare place that ...

The term Persia has been used for centuries, chiefly in the West, to designate a region of southern Iran formerly known as Persis or Parsa; the name of the Indo-European nomadic people who migrated ...

The department introduced language courses and coursework in Persian literature, cinema, art, history and cultural studies as ...

New research uncovers how ancient tides shaped the rise of Sumer. A newly released study questions established beliefs about how urban civilization first emerged in ancient Mesopotamia, proposing that ...

Just recently, Firaxis Games has announced its decision to incorporate Persia as the next empire within the sixth installment of its turn-based strategy series, Civilization 6. The news of the Persian ...

Salehi said that nearly 40,000 individuals have studied the Persian language in Turkey over recent decades, indicating strong ...