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Darius I The Great Reign
1,309 wordsArrogant, powerful, wise, heroic, conqueror, and a superior leader are a few words that describe Darius I reign and the life that he lived. Darius I is one of the greatest leaders of any nation to ever live. Darius was always well dressed; he was clearly distinguishable from others by his gold scepter, long square beard, fancy jewelry, and a high flat-topped tiara. He wore robes of purple embroidered in gold, fine crimson trousers, and boots. He sat underneath a purple canopy all people were to ...
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Darius I The Great Reign
1,268 words... his empires borders. He conquered new territories along the Indus River in the east and to the Caucasus Mountains in the northwest. By conquering the northwest Darius was able to control a narrow straight that connected the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. By having control over this narrow strip he successfully split Asia and Europe at modern day Istanbul. During Darius reign the Persian Empire achieved its highest peak. Persia's borders were strong and their economy was sound. Like all...
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Persian Empire Battle Field
1,486 wordsAlexander the Great, a patient and often devious man; had never struck without careful planning. The youthful, headstrong Alexander liked to settle problems by immediate action. Making decisions with great speed, he took extraordinary risks; his success was achieved by the amount of sheer force and drive to overcome these risks. Alexander was educated as a student by the Greek philosopher Aristotle. The philosopher imbued Alexander with a love of Greek art and poetry, and instilled in him a last...
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Alexander The Great King Philip
1,578 wordsIt is a lovely thing to live with great courage and die leaving an everlasting fame. " Alexander The Great Long before the birth of Christ, the land directly above what we know as Greece today, was called Macedonia. Macedonia still exists, but it is now Bulgaria, Yugoslavia and modern Greece. Macedonia was considered to be part of ancient Greece, but the people of these two countries couldn't be more different. No people in history ever gave so much to the human race as the ancient Greeks. They ...
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Nation Of Israel Mount Sinai
2,150 words... pon the princes, and health to him. (Brenton's LXX) As you can see, the Septuagint calls the coming Messiah the "Angeles (Angel) of Great Counsel. " Both the Hebrew and Greek versions of this verse link the coming Messiah to the Angel of the LORD. The evidence is substantial that the Angel of the LORD and Yeshua the Messiah are one and the same! Another appearance of the being we know as Christ is recorded in Joshua 5: 13 - 15. Here he calls himself the "Commander of the host of YHVH. " JOSH...
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Pity And Fear Point Of View
1,946 wordsIs The Persians a proper tragedy or just a piece of dramatized military and civic propaganda? Can it be both? Illustrate your answer with close reference to the text. The Persians is the only Greek tragedy to focus on a subject other than mythology, and this fact in itself should tell us something about the playwrights concerns. Why did Aeschylus not turn to mythology if he had a point to make about war? Greek mythology is full of wars and heroes, and playwrights of the time could find ample raw...
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Million Metric Tons Persian Gulf
1,919 wordsIran HIstory geography climate culture economy government Iran is a country located in the Middle East. Below it is the Gulf of Oman and to the west is the Persian Gulf. On the east is Afghanistan and to the north is Turkmenistan and the Caspian Sea. The total area of Iran is 632, 457 square miles, which is slightly larger than Alaska and about 6 times smaller than the United States. Iran has about 65, 612, 000 people which is about 100 people per square mile. That means that the United States h...
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Greek City States Won The War
2,196 words? Thucydides, an Athenian, wrote the history of the war between the Peloponnesians and the Athenians, beginning at the moment that it broke out, and believing that it would be a great war and more worthy of relation than any that had preceded it. This belief was not without its grounds. The preparations of both the combatants were in every department in the last state of perfection; and he could see the rest of the Hellenic race taking sides in the quarrel; those who delayed doing so at once hav...
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