ALEXANDER THE GREAT Alexander the Great was born in the Pella region of Macedonia on September 20‚ 356 B.C. to parents King Philip II of Macedonia and Queen Olympia‚ daughter of King Neoptolemus. The young prince and his sister were raised in Pella’s royal court. Growing up‚ the dark–eyed and curly-headed Alexander hardly ever saw his father‚ who spent most of his time with military campaigns and extra-marital affairs. Alexander received his earliest education under the tutelage of Leonidas. Leonidas
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Alexander McQueen Born in the east end in 1970‚ Alexander McQueen was to become the most influential designer in British fashion. Influencing the high heeled shoe right through to suit tailoring‚ his extensive knowledge changed the face of contemporary fashion. Growing up in a council flat in Stratham‚ Lee McQueen lived with his taxi driver father and science teacher mother. Dropping out of school at age 16‚ McQueen devoted himself entirely to British fashion. Saville Row tailors Anderson and
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Alexander Hamilton was born as a British subject on the island of Nevis in the West Indies on the 11th of January 1755. His father was James Hamilton‚ a Scottish merchant of St. Christopher. His grandfather was Alexander Hamilton‚ of Grange‚ Lanarkshire. One of his great grandfathers was Sir R. Pollock‚ the Laird of Cambuskeith. Hamilton’s mother was Rachael Fawcette Levine‚ of French Huguenot descent. When she was very young‚ she married a Danish proprietor of St. Croix named John Michael Levine
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Alexander the Great was one of the greatest military leaders in history. He vastly expanded the Greek culture through the many cities he acquired. Though he died at a young age he had many accomplishments that greatly inspired his legacy. Alexander the Great was born in 356. B.C‚ in Pella‚ which was once Macedonia’s capital. He was the son of Phillip II‚ whom at the time was King of Macedonia. King Phillip the second was assassinated in 336 B.C‚ when Alexander was forced to take over the crown
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Petition of Slaves to the Massachusetts Legislature On January 13‚ 1777 seven African-American men in Massachusetts came together to go to the courts and their goal was to gain freedom. These men were slaves and in order for them to be set free they had the choice of running away‚ with the possibility of getting caught‚ or gathering a petition to take to the Massachusetts court. Just because these men had a petition does not mean that it would be passed. The Massachusetts colonial government had
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CELIA‚ A SLAVE. A MIRROR TO SLAVERY AND INJUSTICE? A critical overview Celia‚ a Slave was a factual interpretation of one isolated incident that depicted common slave fear during the antebellum period of the United States. Melton A. McLaurin‚ the author‚ used this account of a young slave woman’s struggle through the undeserved hardships of rape and injustice to explain to today’s naive society a better depiction of what slavery could have been like. The story of Celia illustrates the root of
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Arrian The Campaigns of Alexander 9-23-13 2nd Block The book called “Arrian- The Campaigns of Alexander” is the book I have chosen to do my report on. I chose this book because it relates to what we have learned in our history class and I have found this book very interesting. In this essay I will inform you about the book‚ how it relates to important events in world history‚ and my personal opinions about the book. The Campaign of Alexander is a book is in a point of view of a man named
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Alexander Pope Born: May 21‚ 1688‚ London Died: May 30‚ 1744‚ Twickenham Books: The Rape of the Lock‚ An Essay on Criticism‚ Eloisa to Abelard‚ Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot‚ Elegy to the Memory of an Unfortunate Lady‚ Alexander Pope‚ Scriblerus‚ Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Alexander Pope‚ The Odyssey Of Homer Libretti: Acis and Galatea Alexander Pope (21 May 1688 – 30 May 1744) was an 18th-century English poet‚ best known for his satirical verse and for his translation of Homer
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Compare and Contrast the domestic policies of Alexander II‚ and Alexander III Tsar Alexander II and his son Alexander III were two different minded leaders who both sought for the best of Russia by changing the ancient ways of Russian beliefs and modernising them to allow Russia to become a world power once again. The father and sons ways of thinking where completely different as the father went for a more liberal approach for Russia‚ while his son had a conservative view when changing Russia. But
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Li-Shin Lin AP American History/Richards Hour 1 9-29-12 Alexander Hamilton‚ a founding father and United States Secretary of the Treasury had many thoughts bout America when he first came to America. Alexander Hamilton’s experience in the Revolutionary War drove him to press for political equality‚ but his conservatism kept him from encouraging social and economic equality. Hamilton’s experience in the Revolution War drove him to press for political equality. Hamilton didn’t really agree
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