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Major Events

Battle of Salamis
Greco-Persian Wars
Pompeii: mosaic of Alexander the Great
Battle of Gaugamela
David, Jacques-Louis: Leonidas at Thermopylae
Battle of Thermopylae
Alexander the Great at the Battle of the Granicus
Battle of the Granicus
Battle of Marathon
Battle of Marathon
Spartan hoplite infantry at the Battle of Plataea, 479 bce
Battle of Plataea
Battle of Nahāvand
Battle of Salamis
Battle of Issus
Battle of Issus
Battle of Cunaxa
Ionian revolt
Battle of Artemisium
Corinthian War

Related Places

Iran
Iran
Ephesus, Turkey: Temple of Artemis
Ephesus
ancient city, Turkey
Susa archaeological site, Iran
Susa
ancient city, Iran
Caria
Caria
ancient district, Anatolia
Arachosia
ancient Persian province
Clazomenae, ancient city, Turkey
Clazomenae
ancient city, Turkey

Key People

Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great
king of Macedonia
Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan
Mongol ruler
Xenophon, statue in front of the parliament building in Vienna.
Xenophon
Greek historian
Herodotus, detail of a Roman herm probably copied from a Greek original of the first half of the 4th century bce; in the National Archaeological Museum, Naples.
Herodotus
Greek historian
Cyrus II
Cyrus the Great
king of Persia
Coin depicting Ptolemy I Soter
Ptolemy I Soter
Macedonian king of Egypt
Darius I
Darius I
king of Persia
Xerxes I
Xerxes I
king of Persia
ʿAbbās I
ʿAbbās I
Ṣafavid shah of Persia
Seleucus I Nicator
Seleucus I Nicator
Seleucid ruler
Jamal al-Din al-Afghani
Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī
Muslim journalist and politician
Khosrow I, crystal medallion, 6th century; in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris
Khosrow I
king of Persia
Khosrow II
Khosrow II
king of Persia
al-Kāshī
Persian astronomer and mathematician
Shāpūr II, gold coin, 4th century; in the British Museum, London.
Shāpūr II
king of Persia
Artaxerxes II
king of Persia
Kavadh I
king of Persia
Cambyses II
king of Persia
Ardashīr I, coin, 3rd century; in the British Museum
Ardashīr I
Sāsānian king
Cyrus The Younger
Persian prince

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Ancient Greece