Over a 10-year period, fighting across modern-day Turkey, the Middle East, and as far away as Afghanistan and Pakistan, Alexander routed Persian king Darius III, taking the empire for his own.

He conquered land across three continents, ruled over states from Egypt to modern-day India, and never lost a battle – before ...

Much of what we know today about this ancient Persian route that crosses modern-day Iran has been reconstructed from the writings of Herodotus ... These protected caravanserais ensured that in the ...