"The conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great features in the second part of ""The Shahnameh,"" which is made up of three parts and called the ""heroic period."" ""The Bier of Iskandar (Alexander the Great),"" Tabriz, Iran, circa 1330-1136, from ""The Shahnameh"" (Book of Kings) by Firdawsi Photos courtesy of the Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C."
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