portraying Xerxes in a positive light. Herodotus Herodotus was an ancient historian born just after the reign of Xerxes. In his book The Histories‚ Herodotus doesn’t attack Xerxes but describes him in two ways. Firstly‚ a typical King whose subjects feared him and secondly‚ a ruler punished by the gods for his arrogant use of power. Herodotus uses the bridging of Hellespont and destroying the Greek temples as examples of Xerxes arrogance. Herodotus also writes about instances of Xerxes being
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Behind Olivia Crooker Ancient Medieval‚ Orange 7-8 January 7th‚ 2014 Cyrus the Great‚ one of the most insightful leaders of his time‚ according to Ancient Greek historians such as Xenophon and Herodotus it was because of his ability to create a lasting empire. He was able to use political‚ military‚ and trade powers to establish stability within his rule. Historians have recognized this and his tactics are still used to this day. Cyrus was able
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against the Persians in the years 490BC-479BC. The three main points of view on the matter is that they were not united at all‚ which can be seen from the accounts of Herodotus‚ that they were united‚ which can be seen in the Themistocles Decree and that it was Themistocles himself that made them unified. It is on the research of Herodotus that we rely most heavily on for our information of the Persian War period. He is often criticised for his inaccuracy‚ bias and failure to evaluate events properly
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of the existence of the organization at the first place. 4) The most critical stage in maintaining the quality is the manufacturing of the products. The materials and resources supplied by the supplier are manufactured accurately and effectively (Qian‚ Agarwal & Hoetker‚ 2012). 5) It is necessary for the company to maintain such system so that their systems and processes will move in a smooth way. If the raw materials are not sufficient to manufacture the products‚ it will create harm to the processes
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Although the Chinese were a hated minority‚ the aerial attack on Pearl Harbor created a significant shift. American culture became more tolerant and accepting of Chinese Americans as “over 13‚000 Chinese Americans were serving in all branches of the Army Ground Forces and Army Air Forces.”‚ which made it the highest percentage of any other American ethnic community (McNaughton). One of these men was Captain Francis B. Wai. During the recapture of the Philippines from the Japanese‚ American troops
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million years ago. Short chronology proponents argue for colonization after 730‚000 years ago. This corresponds to the Brunhes-Matuyama boundary‚ when the Earth’s magnetic poles switched from a Reversed to Normal polarity. Sites such as Orce and Sima del Elefante in Spain are equivocal evidence for early human presence and have dating problems. Pleistocene Period of time 1.8 mya to 10‚000 years ago Characterized by the Ice Age Actually there have been over 50 “ice ages Ice ages -latest
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emperor Han Wudi sent an envoy named Zhang Qian on a mission to lands west of china. The emperor’s purpose was to find allies who could help combat the nomadic Xiongnu‚ who menaced the northern and western borders of the Han empire. From captives he had learned that other nomadic peoples in far wester lands bore grudges against the Xiongnu‚ and he reasoned that they might ally with Han forces to pressure their common enemy. The problem for Zhang Qian was that to communicate with potential allies
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China kept it’s basic institutional framework but dramatically changed resource allocation and the relationship between government and business. With a change in resource distribution‚ the nations GDP‚ and living standards all dramatically improved. Qian and Wu (2000) say that: During this period‚ China’s GDP grew at an average annual rate of about 9 percent‚ or 7.5 percent on a per capita basis. The living standard of ordinary Chinese people improved significantly. The per person living space has
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discussed in class is “how much influence does religion have on politics”. After reading a section from Herodotus’ The Histories and Aristotle’s The Constitution of Athens it is apparent that religion is very influential in the political realm. I base my argument off of two instances‚ The Liberation of Athens from the Pisistratidae and the return of Peisistratus back into Athens. In The Histories‚ Herodotus explains how Athens becomes freed from tyrants with the help of the Spartans. He wrote that the
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