Persian Achaemenid Architecture

The Achaemenid Persians established the greatest land Empire in the ancient world commanding vast wealth and power. This brought about the development of Persian architecture that blended the architectural ideas from its diverse population and merged it to its own unique style that inspires awe from then and now.

Rise and Fall of the Seljuk Empire

The Great Seljuk Empire emerged in the midst of division and chaos in the Islamic world. From migratory people, they transformed into conquerors that gave unity in the Middle East for a time. Some settled in a land they called their home even to this very day – Turkey.

Rise and Fall of the Phoenicians

From obscure and mysterious origins, though they never ruled over a vast land empire nor even united into a single powerful state, the Phoenicians made a name in history as talented merchants and navigators.

Rise and Fall of the Persian Achaemenid Empire

One of the earliest largest contiguous land empires in history of the world, the Achaemenid ruled dominated the Middle East, Anatolia, and Northern Africa from their rise in 559 BCE until their downfall in 330 BCE. it became a source of pride and identity that reached to this very day of modern day Iran.

Rise and Fall of the Maurya Empire

It dominated India from 321 BCE to 185 BCE becoming the subcontinent's earliest Empires. Inspired by Alexander the Great or not, the Mauryan Emperors held sway over vast lands. At its center, Pataliputra, a center of wealth, sophistication, and piety of the powerful Empire.

Rise and Fall of the Dahomey Kingdom

In the west coast of Africa, a kingdom rose that defied European ideas of African civilization as disorganized, chaotic, and unsophisticated. The Kingdom of Dahomey left us the Royal Palaces of Abomey as a testament to its achievements as a kingdom – powerful, artistics, and wealthy. Wealth powered by men and women sold to slavery and shipped to the New World powering the Triangular Trade of the Atlantic.

Victims for Sacrifice in
The History of Dahomy, An Inland Kingdom of Africa, 1793

Rise and Fall of the Mughal Empire

The Taj Mahal continued to dazzle millions of tourist with its white marble, minarets, and perfectcly shaped dome – a monumental reminder from one of India’s greatest Empire, the Mughal Empire.