across different times‚ but two of the more famous one that rose up fairly close together are Cyrus the Great and Alexander the Great. These men came at two different times‚ but they are remembered for similar reasons. From Cyrus the Great expanding an empire to Alexander the Great spreading a culture both accomplished many daring and courageous acts. Even though they both were great‚ Alexander left a lasting legacy of Hellenistic Culture on Western Civilization that still has an impact on the world today
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Alexander of macedon was great in both senses of the word‚ amazing and terrible. He showed great military skill and intelligence and also had the resources he needed. He was known to show mercy on occasion but he was also known to some for his great apathy towards their people. He also set out to conquer the world in his early twenties‚ a very young age. He was so committed to his dream of world domination he spent the rest of his life fighting. Alexander was great in many ways. He was a military
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effects‚ did the Tsar Alexander II Emancipate the Serfs? “The existing condition of owning souls cannot remain unchanged. It is better to begin to destroy serfdom from above than to wait until that time when it begins to destroy itself from below” After the defeat in the Crimean war Alexander II knew that he had to make new choices if he wanted Russia to get its reputation back‚ since it had lost its great martial power‚ which the country took pride in. Alexander II learned that the system
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Michelle Alexander who was born in 1968 is an associate professor of law at Ohio State University also a civil rights advocate and a writer. She is a highly acclaimed civil rights lawyer‚ advocate‚ and legal scholar. In recent years‚ she has taught at a number of universities‚ including Stanford Law School‚ where she was an associate professor of law and directed the Civil Rights Clinics. Alexander published the book The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness. In it‚ she argues
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Hellenistic Kingdoms The Hellenistic period is said to extend from the reign of Alexander the Great to the throne of Macedon in 336 B.C. to the death of Cleopatra VII of Egypt in 30 B.C. Its beginning is marked by Alexander’s successful invasion of the Persian Empire and its end by the division of the Middle East between Rome and the new Iranian-ruled kingdom of Parthia. For much of the intervening three hundred years the territory of the former Persian Empire was dominated by a series of
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in class‚ we have been learning about Alexander the great‚ specifically whether he was a villain‚ or a hero. I lean more towards the side of villain to most‚ except for Macedon‚ because the land was all for them. He could be thought of as a villain because he enslaved 30‚000 and killed 6‚000 in Thebes‚ attempted to force all people into one culture and strip them of their own‚ and he also treated those who tried to escape horrendously. First of all‚ Alexander the great took control of Thebes after
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has developed over time and we are able to see this through the Alexander Mosaic found in the House of the Faun. The human form is depicted in an effective way in this work and gives the viewer an insight of classical society. There is a clear development of the artistic skill portrayed through techniques such as opus vermiculatum and opus regulatum‚ as well as using colour to show human form in a natural way. The forms of Alexander and Darius as well as others in the piece are depicted as accurate
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carving is an import part of human’s traditional culture since the human has the desire and techniques to create on woods. Recently‚ I’m attracted to a wood carving piece from one of the most brilliant wood carvers all over the world‚ Alexander Grabovetskiy. Alexander Grabovetskiy is a Russian-American‚ who won the first place of the 2012 International Wood Carver. The artifact I chose is his award-winning work named Wall Decoration. It measures 915mm wide and 150mm thick‚ which is quite light but
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with poise and grace drawing back her bow and arrow in preparation for release. Due to its size‚ color‚ and placement this piece is the focal point in the room. Directly across from the statue suspended above the open space and staircase below is Alexander Calder’s Ghost. This sculpture is not well lit and the area on the second floor in which is hangs is an almost empty space that doesn’t have other gallery entrances near it and almost feels closed off. Hung from the ceiling‚ Ghost is a thirty-four
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Alexander McQueen FEMME FATALE From victimization to femme fatale‚ Evans(2004) notes the progression of “prey” to a more powerful image of “predator”. Evans(2004) examines the differences between the 1890’s Femme Fatale and McQueen’s representation in his Dante collection1996. A key point made by Evans(2004) in terms of fin-de-siècle femme fatale is “the woman whose sexuality was dangerous even deathly‚ and whose terrifying allure would tinge the male desire with dread” 100 years later
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