In the first known interaction between the two nations, the ancient Persians freed the Jews from captivity in Babylon.

When reflecting on the ancient world, historians often break societies down into groups of people such as citizens, slaves, nobility or soldiers ... to sabotage the mooring ropes and anchors of ...

In 1849, archaeologists discovered 14 clay tablets with cuneiform writing in Iraq that narrate the story of the Anunnaki, meaning "Those who from heaven to Earth came." According to Zecharia Sitchin, ...

“In Georgia I wear it as a scarf, but in Iran this is my chador, my obligation” – An Iranian girl told me, as I queued to ...

Ottoman imperium eventually ended in ignominy, with defeat in World War I and the Armenian Genocide – an appalling ...

Purim is a festive holiday, also without a work restriction, near the end of winter. It commemorates the narrow Jewish escape from destruction recorded in the Book of Esther. Haman, an early Hitler in ...

At Opis, Alexander the Great confronted a mutiny of his army, caused by simmering tensions between the Macedonians and ...

It was a most remarkable wedding. Vanessa grew up in our United Methodist congregation. Marwan was a native of Damascus and a ...

On his latest work, India; A Linguistic Civilization that explores how the diversity that defines the Indian mind space emerges out of India’s multilingualism ...

It is not hard to conceive that the prime minister of Israel is a serial liar. He is masterfully adept at fooling some of the people, some of the time.

Would the end of U.S. and Western dominance really be so bad?” ventures one scholar of international relations. “It need not ...