The Anabasis is an account of Xenophon's experiences as a Greek mercenary in the Persian Empire during the 5th century BC. The text chronicles the tum...
Herodotus's Histories is the first work of Greek historiography that has come down to us in its entirety. It is divided into nine books, each of which...
The Book of Ezra is a historical account of the return of the Jewish people from exile in Babylon to Jerusalem. It tells the story of the rebuilding o...
Nehemiah tells the story of how a Jewish official named Nehemiah, who served in the Persian court, returned to Jerusalem to rebuild the city's walls a...
Sohrab and Rustum is a tragic poem that explores the themes of fate, identity, and the consequences of war. It tells the story of Sohrab, a young Tart...
The Cyropaedia is a historical work written by Xenophon, an Athenian general and historian, which presents a fictionalized account of the life and edu...
The Book of Esther, often referred to as the 'Megillah' (scroll) in Hebrew, recounts the story of Esther, a Jewish woman who becomes queen of Persia....
This book, the fifth volume of Herodotus' *Histories*, focuses on key events in the early 5th century BC, particularly the growing tensions between th...
El libro de Ester cuenta la historia de una joven judía llamada Ester, que se ve obligada a participar en un concurso de belleza para elegir a la nuev...
El libro noveno y último de las Historias de Heródoto, titulado "La Musa Calíope", narra la culminación de las Guerras Médicas entre griegos y persas....
This book delves into the life and reign of Cyrus the Great, the renowned founder of the Persian Empire in the sixth century BC. It chronicles his mil...
Jacob Abbott's 'Xerxes, Makers of History' delves into the life and reign of the Persian king Xerxes I. It chronicles his rise to power, his ambitious...
First Chronicles is a historical book of the Old Testament in the Bible. It details the history of the Kingdom of Judah, which was the southern kingdo...
The History of Vartan and the Battle of the Armenians is a historical account of the religious wars between the Persians and Armenians in the 5th cent...
