Alexander the great wasn’t Alexander the fake. Alexander great was only 20 when he started to rule Macedonia(BGE). Around 336 B.C.E is when Alexander the great started to rule in place of his father Philip and rule Macedonia(BGE). When Alexander started to rule his main goal was to take down Persia and he succeed on doing that. Even though Alexander was able to take down Persia was he actually great? Alexander had great courage‚ leadership‚ and intelligence. These are shown by him being able to
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happily risking his life in the heat of the conflict alongside the men he commanded and not asking any of them to do anything that he would not do himself. Alexander had no equal in terms of bravery. Keegan said that “There is no hint‚ in any ancient biographies‚ that he ever showed fear at all‚ or that he appeared to feel it”. Alexander personally led his elite cavalry in the battle of Granicus even though the risks were high. Some sources say that his horse was killed almost immediately‚ his
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hate history rather than to keep‚to respect‚ or to love it. History made by the winner of interest and focused on one side activities. For all that we have been hate history. My first reading for this Summer II class of History II was very interesting in title "The Betrayal of History" by Alexander Stille that reviewed on New York Review of books in 1998 and he was raises a lot of issues according to the American history. The first thing that I found an interesting reading was about the mistaken of publishing
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Ancient history is full of conquerors that can be attributed as excellent commanders‚ but none can compare the might of Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar. For one conquered the whole of the then known world and the other laid the foundations of the mighty Roman Empire. Although Alexander and Caesar had contrasting early part of their lives‚ reason being that one was a ruler and the other politician. It is generally the later part of their lives which signifies and compares them; they made great
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In Robert Alexander The Kitchen Boy Alexander reveals that characters in the novel use deception and lies to harm the people closest to him. In Misha’s mindset he believes it was better for Kate to known and be disappointment‚ then to never know and always wonder. Unfortunately‚ for Misha Kate still had to make sure she had all the facts. Therefore Kate traveled to Russia in hopes of making sense of what her grandfather had told her‚ she then found Novice Marina as she reveals the events that truly
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The Amazing Planes of World War II Planes played a very important role in World War II. Most attacks in World War II were from planes in air attacks. “Air superiority is a condition for all operations‚ at sea‚ in land‚ and in the air‚” said Air Marshal Arthur Tedder (“World War 2 Quotes”). After World War II‚ planes became more common and popular. Today‚ many people use planes for travel. The planes in World War II had a huge impact on history and all of the countries that used planes. First‚
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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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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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