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OTL, the Farsi Plateu has been host to a wide array of powerful civilizations, but few of them ever spread beyond its borders. But, doing some browsing, i found this weird alternate history map of a "Persian Empire," supposedly founded in the collapse of the Medians. The map is supposedly around...

The Battle of the Halys, described by Herodotus, was a battle that took place between the Medes and Lydians around 585 BC. It was largely inconclusive, despite Herodotus saying that a solar eclipse caused it to end in a draw, that is disputed. What is known is that territorial boundaries did not...

Cyrus the Great was undoubtedly one of the greatest and most influential people in all of human history, known for his innovations in human rights, politics, and military strategy, and for his influence on both Western and Eastern civilizations. His empire encompassed all of the previous Near...

Greetings to the board, My question, is a several part question regarding Ancient Greece in the Archaic period and how it related to the nearby Middle East and surrounding world. Before someone asks, yes this is in regards to my current tl, where I would like to expand upon Europe, an area...