Cyrus the Great, also known as Cyrus II or Cyrus the Elder, was the founder of the Achaemenid Empire, the first Persian Empire. He ruled from 559 BC to 530 BC and his reign is considered one of the most important in ancient history....Read more

Assal Rad received her PhD in Middle Eastern history from the University of California, Irvine, and currently works on US-Iran policy. She has written for Newsweek, the Independent, Foreign Policy, and more, and appeared on BBC World, BBC Persian, Al Jazeera, and NPR....Read more

Lebanese Civil War, (1975-90) Civil conflict resulting from tensions among Lebanon’s Christian and Muslim populations....Read more

Kandovan is an ancient village in Sahand Rural District in the Central District of Osku County, East Azerbaijan Province....Read more

Every aircraft is different... every airline is different. It all depends on what the airline has sent up with their maintenance plan....Read more

Strength can be physical, mental, emotional, or psychological. During the last 50 years, women almost caught up to men in education....Read more

Train travel is a great option for cutting down time between destinations, especially throughout Europe....Read more

The 46-year-old actor, Pejman Jamshidi, recently opened up about his desire to start a family in an interview with Adel Ferdosipour. ...Read more

We all have our ideas about what makes an artist. Society has reinforced certain ideas about how artists live their lives and attain their artistic abilities....Read more

From Background Actors to series leads, there are a variety of acting roles on TV sets....Read more

Staying silent can often be beneficial to you, and other times it can be beneficial to those around you.” Expressing your opinion is a valuable skill....Read more

The report said authorities were investigating and gave no speculation on a motive, though the wife had complained about a knife threat on social media in recent weeks....Read more

Leprosy is a chronic, progressive bacterial infection caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae....Read more

This centuries-old tradition has survived many iterations of the Turkish state and celebrates the 'union with God' of Sufi mystic Jalaladdin Rumi....Read more

In the summer of 1988, the Iranian regime summarily and extra-judicially executed tens of thousands of political prisoners held in jails across Iran....Read more