Cyrus the Great (r.550-530 BCE), founder of the Achaemenid Empire captured it around 540-539 BCE, and under his son Cambyses ...

A historical anecdote explains why the Macedonians and Spartans never went to war when king Philip conquered all of Greece.

However, Persepolis successfully drained a significant volume of water thanks to its underground channels, originally constructed during the Achaemenid era and known as the Achaemenid water channels, ...