The Hittites: The Story of a Forgotten Empire
By A.H. Sayce. One of the first books to reveal in detail the history of the Hittites—a people once thought…
Stories of the East from Herodotus
By Alfred J. Church. Herodotus, the “father of history,” is possibly the most famous historian of all—and perhaps the most…
History of Xerxes the Great
By Jacob Abbott. The story of Xerxes the Great (circa 519–465 BC), the fourth king of the Persian Achaemenid Empire,…
History of Darius the Great
By Jacob Abbott. The story of the founder of the Achaemenid, or the First Persian Empire, Darius I (c. 550–486 BC) is…
History of Cyrus the Great
By Jacob Abbott. Cyrus II of Persia (c. 600–530 BC) was the founder of the Achaemenid Empire, which expanded to…