As winter fades in the Northern Hemisphere and the days grow longer, millions of people prepare to welcome Nowruz, the ...

But that is not the only point of comparison between the story of Purim and modern-day times. Just as ancient Persia’s leadership was infected with hate and antisemitism, so, too, is the modern ...

Persians make up an ethnic majority of modern day Iran, according to the United States Institute of Peace. Many foreign governments used to refer to Iran as Persia prior to the country changing ...

Since his death in 323 BCE, the world has been obsessed with Alexander the Great, who set out from his kingdom of Macedon (in modern-day Greece) at the age of 20 to conquer the mighty Persian Empire.