Over 2,300 years have passed since the death of Alexander the Great, but he remains one of the most famous historical figures ...

When Alexander the Great visited the tomb of Cyrus of Persia, he found it ransacked and ordered that the tomb be restored.

The inscription, measuring 80 centimeters in length and 35 centimeters in width, features the phrase: "To the Savior and ...

Catherine II, or Catherine the Great , (ruled 1762 Ü1769 ... which continued through Alexander III and Nicholas II, the last tsar. Alexander III (ruled 1881 Ü 1894) began a web of railroads ...

In 1811, Tsar Alexander I, supposedly allied with Napoleon, refused to be part of the continental blockade of British goods any longer. Napoleon’s edict barring trade with Great Britain was ...