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Without elephants, the ancient Library of Alexandria might not have existed. Every war has, as a byproduct ... impressive creatures while invading the Persian Empire. It was 331 BCE, at what ...

War elephants were also used in the Roman ... developed in the Median and Persian kingdoms of ancient Iran at about the same time. Horses and mounted cavalry have played a major part in almost ...

The story of the Graeco-Persian wars has been often told, by ancients and moderns alike. But early in this book Shepherd, a classicist with several works on Ancient Greek history under his belt, ...

I found an astonishing variety of ancient acoustic weapons while researching ... B.C., when Alexander the Great’s successors brought war elephants from India, the animals’ trumpeting threw ...

In India, the process of training an elephant has changed little since ancient times ... The fearsome 6,000 war elephants of the Nanda Army led to mutiny among Alexander the Great’s battle ...