Greek Colonisation in the Archaic Period Rachel So-Mahng Truong Yr11 Ancient History The city states of Cyrene and Sicily were founded by the Greeks in ancient times‚ circa 7th century BC. These colonisations were due to the land hunger‚ need for trade‚ overpopulation and political and civil disputes that were prevalent during the time period‚ making it necessary to colonise other parts of the Mediterranean such as the Italian islands and northern Africa. This colonisation also led to changes in
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Katy Carlin Professor Lipkin HISTO 1110 June 21‚ 2013 The Battle of Thermopylae According to the essay Herodotus: Xerxes Invades Greece‚ from The Histories‚ Herodotus was a very famous historian‚ who gave his account of the battle of Thermopylae. It is significant though to recognize that Herodotus was Greek and giving an account of what happened when the Persians defeated them. In the text Xerxes has many incidents that portray him as superstitious and tyrannical. Some examples of
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Ying would arrive‚ ‘fearful that the Qin troops would march against his state‚ in desperation sent Jing Ke (assassin) to assassinate the king of Qin. When the king learned of the plot‚ he had Jing Ke torn limb from limb to serve as a warning.” (Siam Qian‚ Basic Annals‚ 4th Century BC) This source supports the idea of Ying’s tyrannical nature by implicitly stating‚ that Qin Shi Huang felt very self-entitled‚ and in the entitlement would stop at nothing to gain his empire thus becoming a tyrannical leader
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Sardis according to Herodotus (5.102-5.103). This lead Darius to want be reminded of the Athenians so he could seek revenge as shown by Herodotus with the quote (6.94) “exhorted by his servant ‘remember the Athenians‚’”. In 490 BC Darius
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this logistical exercise took nearly four years to prepare. Hearing of Xerxes planned invasion in just 481 BC simultaneously resulted in a quick development of the Greek war force‚ instructed mainly by the Hellenic League and Themistocles. As Herodotus
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devastating effect. According to the article The Columbian Exchange: A History Of Disease‚ Food‚ And Ideas by Nathan Nunn and Nancy Qian‚ the Old World shared many
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Hart Benton Dr. Levey HI/Hon 282 26 November 2010 Neo-Confucian History and its Application to Government Neo-Confucianism arose in China during the Song Dynasty as a vehicle to reapply Confucian teachings and morality to an era in which Buddhist and Daoist followers were all but competing with Confucianism. Such competition found Confucianism becoming more and more related to the state as an official religion‚ reducing the true existence of Confucianism as predicated by Kung T’zu’s own canonical
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evidence‚ such as annals or king lists‚ and pragmatic epigraphy. Herodotus is widely known as the "father of history": his Histories are eponymous of the entire field. Written between the 450s and 420s BC‚ Herodotus’ work reaches about a century into the past‚ discussing 6th century historical figures such as Darius I of Persia‚ Cambyses II and Psamtik III‚ and alluding to some 8th century ones such as Candaules. Herodotus was succeeded by authors such as Thucydides‚ Xenophon‚ Demosthenes‚
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Lycurgus was an important figure throughout Sparta as he was responsible for setting up a large amount of the Spartan’s social and political institutions. In source A Herodotus shows just how effective Lycurgus was “Later he reorganised the army…by these changes Spartan Government was put upon a sound basis.” He was responsible for introducing laws and advice or prophecies received from a god through the medium ship of a priest or priestess. As Plutarch‚ on Sparta explains: “Lycurgus . . . brought
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The Collapse of Qing Dynasty The Qing dynasty (1916-1912) is the last imperial dynasty of China‚ it was consider as the most powerful country during the “golden age” ruled by Kang Xi and Qian Long‚ and it has over 400 million population and has the 1st ranked GDP in the world at the moment. The Qing has the supreme power at the time and has the significant influence in East Asian. However‚ the collapse of the Qing Dynasty made a humiliate history of China. The Qing dynasty doesn’t fall suddenly
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