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....
The seventh book of Herodotus's Histories describes the Persian invasion of Greece led by Xerxes I in 480 BC. The book begins with the death of Darius...
The book is about the Persian Wars, a series of conflicts between the Persian Empire and the Greek city-states. It covers the events leading up to the...