The curse of Mesopotamia: Persia's eternal challenge and its lessons for today

For 2,500 years, influential rulers have been trying to defeat Persia. But neither Croesus, nor Alexander the Great, nor Rome's emperor succeeded. The story of these defeats reads like a lesson. Donald Trump could be next to receive it.

Isfahan in Iran with the Jameh Mosque in 2016. Credit: Tuul & Bruno Morandi/Getty Images

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