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ACHAEMENID EMPIRE By share of population, the largest empire was the Achaemenid Empire, better known as the Persian Empire, which accounted for approximately 49.4 million of the world’s 112.4 million people in around 480 BC – an astonishing 44%. Originating in modern-day Iran, the empire was first established by Cyrus the Great and included parts of Central Asia, the Mediterranean, ...

Forouzan (Persian: Foruzan, Foroozan‎‎; 9 August 1937 – 24 January 2016) was an Iranian actress, producer, and dubbing artist.She started his cinematic activity by film dubbing. In 1964 she starred in Siamak Yasemi’s Sahel-e Entezar, but it was Ganj-e Qarun, another film by Yasemi, that made her very famous. She co-starred in this film with Fardin. After Ganj-e Qarun Fardin ...

Candice Swanepoel $5 million/£3.2 million Age: 27 Hometown: Mooi River, South Africa Angel since: 2010 Discovered: Scouted in a local flea market when she was 15. This South African model became an Angel in 2010. She has been the cover model for eight different Vogue magazines and was featured in the 2010 Victorias Secret, SWIM, catalogue, among others

This is one in a series of Iranian anti-harassment ads. Each of the ads in the campaign blames sexual harassment on women who do not properly wear their Hijab.The hijab is an incredibly complex cultural artifact full of social meanings all over the political spectrum.  This poster shows some of the social pressures exerted on women in Iran to wear ...

The date of the Chinese New Year, also called Spring Festival or Lunar New Year, varies each year. It can fall between 21st January and February 10th, depending on the first full moon of the lunar calendar. This year it felt on