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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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    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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    Hellenistic art was propelled and conducted under the vast expansion of the Greek world under Alexander the Great in the late fourth century B.C. During this era‚ bronze‚ cast from alloys of copper‚ tin‚ lead‚ and other elements‚ was employed tremendously for dynamic compositions‚ displays of the nudity‚ and graphic expressions of individual identities. Surpassing marble with its tensile strength‚ reflective characteristics‚ and capability of embracing the finest details‚ bronze statues were produced

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    however in some rare but lucky cases an accident leads to a greater result. Furthermore‚ Alexander Fleming was one of the few who made a mistake that lead to a lifesaving discovery was that of penicillin‚ which he discovered. He was an extremely gifted in many medical practices; he paved the way for live-saving modern medicine and became an iconic medical figure with an immense amount of achievements. Alexander Fleming was truly an intelligent man with tremendous amount of creativity. Best known

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    Gottfried von Strassburg and Marie de France‚ there are some subtle differences. With Marie de France’s representations of love‚ the characters who remain faithful and selfless in their passion of love are rewarded‚ whereas those who are selfish lovers are punished. Marie de France demonstrates that an affair is justified when one is within a loveless relationship based on social arrangement. An affair based on passion and equality is justified when within a loveless marriage. Gottfried von Strassburg

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