Twenty-five hundred years ago, trade caravans came from every direction to Persepolis in what is now Iran, the heart of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, which spanned from the Indus to the Mediterranean and from the Lybian desert to the steppes of Central Asia. The empire reached its greatest extent under Darius I, who reigned in the gleaming palace complex of Persepolis, regarded by many as the eighth wonder of the world. In this program, students will explore the monumental challenges faces by the Persian Empire in the fourth century BCE from the military genius of Alexander the Great of Macedonia whose victorious troops hastened the fall of what had been the center of the ancient world.

Teacher's guide laid in disc container. DVD features: Discussion questions & activities; chapter selection.