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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is Street Art? Street art is arguably classed as Urban Art and also known as Contemporary Art. This form of Art represents the voice of the lower class in debate with the political class‚ they express themselves with sprays on plaster and endure ’A life spent scribbling in books scrambling over walls and fences‚ scrawling on any available surface’. It is today accepted by designers and artists who also are influenced by these contemporary visualised forms‚ this form of contemporary art has changed
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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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subject. It is consist of the visual arts‚ literature‚ drama and theater‚ music‚ and dance. 1. Visual Arts The visual arts sre those that we perceive with our eyes. It involve not only painting and sculpture but include such things as clothes‚ household appliances‚ and furnishing of our homes‚ schools‚ and buildings. They may be classified into two groups; graphic arts (flat or two-dimensional surface) and plastic arts (three-dimensional). a. Graphic Arts Broadly‚ this term covers any
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Perspectives of the death of alexander the great On june 10th 323 bc alexander the great died . The actual cause of his death remains unknown to this day. There are many different perspectives on the death of alexander the great died. Some say he was murdered and some say he died of natural causes but from evidence from his diary entry’s there are very few perspectives that could be right. There two perspective’s that I believe are the closest too the truth is other that he died from being
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Why was Alexander the Great Important? Who was Alexander the Great? Alexander the Great was born in Pella‚ the ancient capital of Macedonia in 356 BC. His parents were Phillip II of Macedon and his wife Olympia’s. Phillip was assassinated in 336 BC and Alexander inherited a powerful yet volatile kingdom. He came to the throne at just the young age of 20. On the day Alexander was born‚ his father Phillip was preparing a siege on the city of Potidea on the peninsula of Chalcidice. This implies that
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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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King Alexander at only 25 years old‚ his reputation already one of greatness had led his men into Asia. To his soldiers‚ their invasion of Persia was to fight back after half a century of devastation brought onto Greece during the Persian wars between 499 and 448 BC. Alexander’s private desire‚ however‚ was to cast a shadow on the large Persian empire by winning all its lands and bringing it under his rule. Gaugamela‚ named after the village it was fought by‚ was the decisive battle in the struggle
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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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Alexander II: Liberator or Traditionalist? During the Tsarist reign of Alexander II (1855 – 1881)‚ Alexander implemented a number of reforms that were destined to change the Russian social system. These reforms were the result of Russia’s humiliating military defeat in the Crimean war‚ as it awakened Alexander to the need for far reaching reforms in order to bring Russia up-to-date with the rest of Europe. However as these reforms were implemented a number of social and political issues arose
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