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Alexander The Great Epic Poem
844 words
Why should one study the Ancient Greeks? There
exist almost countless contributions that Greek
culture has made to western society in the areas
of art, literature, philosophy, drama,
architecture and politics. Lasting visions of
thought and inspiring intellect helped shaped
today's western culture with notions of democracy
and personal freedoms. Greek scientists made
revolutionary discoveries in medicine,
mathematics, physics, and astronomy. It was the
Greeks who, through philosophy, instilled t...
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19 Th Century Robinson Crusoe
2,946 words
... : religion. But, in a way, religion is also
work and possession, working and possessing the
minds. The island is transformed or civilised by
Robinson. This does not even change when Robinson
sees the first human beings, the cannibals. The
cannibals or the savages play the same role as the
island; they represent both savagery and a point
zero of civilization. From this point zero they
can be tamed (in Robinson's own words) and turned
into a copy of European civilization. This process
is repre...
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Shatt Al Arab Iran And Iraq
1,109 words
"Saddam Hussein, the Iraqi dictator is a ruthless
despot who has brought enormous misery on his own
people. It is a pity he remains in power... "
(Finley). The tension between Iran and Iraq had
deep roots. Long-standing major problems included
rivalries between the minority Sunni Muslims who
dominated Iraq and the majority Shiites and
disputes over borders that confined Iraq to its
narrow access to the Persian Gulf by way of the
Shatt al Arab waterway. In 1969, when Britain
announced its intent ...
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Iran Iraq War Iraq And Iran
1,070 words
... it responded to Iranian attacks on its
shipping by asking the superpowers for protection,
the United States was eager to provide assistance
and reassurance of its support. To restore its
position in the Gulf, the United States agreed to
re-flag and convoy Kuwaiti ships. Protection of
the flow of oil was in any case still a paramount
American interest, and President Reagan affirmed
his commitment to safeguard Gulf exports. Along
with the re-flagging, went a major American naval
deployment to ...
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Alexander The Great Asia Minor
1,325 words
Alexander the Great Born Late July 356 BC in
Pella, Macedonia Died June, 10 323 BC in The
Palace of Nabukodonossor, Babylon Alexandros III
Philippou Makedonon, (Alexander the Great,
Alexander III of Macedon), King of Macedonia, was
born in July 356 BC in Pella, Macedonia. He was
one of the greatest military geniuses in history.
His father, Philip II of Macedon, was a brilliant
ruler and strategist. His mother was Olympias,
princess of Epirus, daughter of King Neoptolemus.
Arixstandros Telmisy, a...
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First Persian Gulf War 1990 1991
1,564 words
... Iraqi ground forces in Kuwait followed by a
strong ground-attack (Richie, 30). Two days after
the UNs deadline for Saddam's troops evacuation,
the war to evict Iraqi forces began. Almost
immediately after this, the central control system
of the air defense network became useless. All of
the antiaircraft guns, surface-to-air missiles,
and Iraqi airplanes patrolling in the skies over
Baghdad were blinded (Richie, 30). After these
main systems were down, any Iraqi radar turned on
could be targe...
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Greek City States Persian Wars
491 words
Both Sparta and Athens were Greek city-states.
Sparta was a strict military ruled city-state
where the people established themselves as a
military power early. However Athens was more of a
political city-state that was more involved with
their economical stature than their military
forces. Still changes from the Persian wars would
change the powers of the city-state and somewhat
unite them. Sparta was a strict military
city-state. The people were Dorians who conquered
Laconia. This region lies i...
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Rest Of His Life Spartan Society
1,211 words
... on through Spartan military training, and
seeing his friends die in battle while he remained
alive. While my life has been event free and
relatively good. When Xeones parents were killed
he devoted his whole life to vengeance. I have
never experienced such a powerful, driving form of
vengeance, hopefully I never will. After the
destruction of his country Xeones joins the
Spartan military and spends the rest of his life
undergoing going rigorous training. He fights in
dozens of campaigns in h...
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The Indian Carpet Industry
1,419 words
India, like many other countries, has always used
wool as the basic material of the carpet. Other
materials commonly used are silk and cotton. Silk
carpets are particularly high quality pieces. In
the beginning of the carpet making century, only
natural dyes were used to color the wool. Madder,
as well as other wild vegetables, was the most
important element of this dying process. "Other
natural elements used to make dyes are turmeric
root (light yellow), pomegranate skins (darker
yellow), rhuba...
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Issues Surrounding Huessin And The Iraq Invasion
563 words
It is believed that Huessin hoped to gain complete
control of Kuwait and make millions of dollars
controlling the market price of oil without the
rest of the world getting involved (Desert Storm).
This invasion led to United Nations, United States
and many other countries military involvement and
ultimately sanctions that would cost Iraq billions
of dollars. Hussein's actions caused Iraq to be
put into a situation that limited their only
money-producing export, oil. Oil has been the only
profita...
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Iran Iraq War Point Of View
1,713 words
Kuwait: The Past and the Geography Introduction
Geographically, Kuwait is considered to a
relatively small country, covering the territory
of 6, 880 square miles, with a population of just
over two million people. It is located at the head
of the Persian Gulf, which is strategically a
crucial area in the geopolitics of our time, in
world affairs. This tendency is caused with the
countrys geographical position, vulnerable and
economically exceptional. The advantages of its
wealth have also brough...
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Roman Civilization Persian Empire
860 words
Of course, Rome has always been known for its
government, the republic. This was not how Rome
was first ruled. As stated earlier, Rome started
out being ruled jointly within the myth, but the
successor of the joint rule was the Sabine king,
Numa Pompilius, who was indeed a proven historical
figure. Although Rome enjoyed many years of peace
under the rule of Numa Pompilius, his successors
were very much war-like and proceeded to lead Rome
into an expansive campaign. It wasnt until Servius
Tullius...
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Persian Gulf War World War Ii
3,990 words
Die Wende and Reunification Tracy Barrett For
nearly forty-five years the now-unified country of
Germany was divided into two separate countries,
each with its own currency, political system, and
social structure. For twenty-eight of those years
a physical barrier, the Berlin Wall, enforced the
separation of Berlin and stood as a symbol of the
separation of Germany into East and West. More
than just separating Germany, however, the wall
also divided the world into East and West sectors,
serving ...
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7 Th Century Justinian Military
574 words
? Luttwak suggests grand strategy? military
installations result grand planning and second
from Diocletian onwards defence in depth with
mobile field army units. ? Careful imperial
announcements? gap between alleged motivation and
practice stated aims and actual practice? studies
show claims of huge defensive system wrong. ?
Could they have carried out the work? ? ? Trajan?
s Persian war 106? marked? beginning of an
obsession? ? 3 r century faced with Sasanian
strong military force. ? Shapur and...
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Ancient Greeks Ancient Greece
1,869 words
For a long time peace was understood in negative
fashion, simply as the absence of war. -Yvon
Garden Kendrick Pritchett in the introduction to
the book? The Greek State at War? points out that
in order to write history of Greek Warfare one? ?
would require a knowledge of many aspects of Greek
life. The would-be investigator would have to be
familiar with terrain in the case of any given
battle, have an acquaintance with the
archaeological artifacts of various types, close
familiarity with the wr...
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Persian Gulf War Monroe Doctrine
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The United States as a World Power: How long will
we be the policeman? The United States has been a
super power for decades, and since America has
always involved themselves in other countries
problems. Instead of isolationism, the country has
practiced getting involved. Since the Monroe
Presidency, America has been named the World s
police force. Dispelling anarchists, and stopping
coos, the united states portrays itself as the
world protector. Since Monroe, some Americans have
felt that isolat...
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Persian Gulf War Armed Forces
702 words
The idea of women in combat is not unusual
anymore. They should be able to hold combat
positions because although physical strength
matters, the military still needs the intelligence
that women can bring. Also, banning women from the
combat hurts their military careers. Although
women account for only ten percent of the enlisted
personnel (Time, 8 / 21 / 95 / Pg. 31), they are
still a major part in the armed forces. Their
performance recently has generated support from
Congress and the public fo...
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Persian Empire B C
286 words
The Persian Empire The Persian Empire, started in
539 B. C. , stretched from the Indus River all the
way to Egypt. They are considered a model for the
future empires because of their justice, simple
religion, and roads. Unlike some of the pharaohs
in Egypt, who collected any amount of tax, anytime
they wanted to, the Persian rulers collected the
taxes fairly. Fairly means no sudden increasing in
tax amounts and no sky-high tax amounts. Even
though the Persian kings has the same power as a
pharao...
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18 Th Century Jean Baptiste
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The supermarket of history The Siege of Isfahan
Jean-Christophe Rufin, trans Willard Wood 373 pp,
Picador In Letter 72 of Montesquieu's Lettres
Persanes, which was published in 1721, a Persian
nobleman who has travelled from Isfahan to Paris
meets a Frenchman who was extremely satisfied with
himself. In a quarter of an hour he had decided
three questions of ethics, four problems of
history, and five scientific matters. I mentioned
Persia to him, but I had hardly uttered four words
when he contra...
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Mycenaean Civilization Minoan Civilization
790 words
The Greek civilization was the first European
civilization. At this point in time religion is
not prevalent or influential. The European
religion was borrowed from the Middle East. There
are two main contributions from the Greek
civilization. They were politics and secular.
Polis the Greek word for city state is where
politics came from. They had modern politics with
the first democracy. It was divided into
city-states that rule themselves in a democratic
fashion. With this they have the majorit...
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