Family Background and status Xerxes was born a royal prince and would have had all the respect and prestige associated with his status. He was not the eldest son of King Darius I. Darius had three sons by another wife whilst he was still but a lord. For Darius to strengthen his calm to the Persian throne‚ Darius married Atossa ‚ the daughter of Cyrus the Great. Xerxes was the eldest son of this union. This made Xerxes the son of the king‚ grandson of the founder of the empire and the son with the
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History test 1 • • Question 1 0 out of 0.5 points Which of the following was not a society of the ancient Near East? Answer Selected Answer: Assyrian. Correct Answer: Indus Valley. • Question 2 0.5 out of 0.5 points The first anatomically modern homo sapiens Answer Selected Answer: first appeared in Africa about 150‚000 years ago. Correct Answer: first appeared in Africa about 150‚000 years ago. • Question 3 0 out of 0.5 points
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The Athenian Empire‚ One of the Greatest Empires and One of the Fastest to go. The Athenian Empire‚ one of the most successful and greatest empires of all of Ancient period. From its rise from the unique way of living‚ its senate‚ and its agricultural and trading power‚ Athens became incredibly powerful‚ wealthy‚ and was the main power in the Ancient world. Not only was the Athenian empire strong in its culture and money making‚ its Navy was its strongest than any other power at the time. It
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to fight‚ determined to crush Corcyra‚ and Corcyra‚ with Athens’ aid‚ won the Battle of Sybota against Corinth‚ in 433. Athens’ treatment of Potidaea Potidaea was part of the Athenian empire‚ but also a daughter city of Corinth. Athens feared a revolt because the Thraceward region‚ in which Potidaea lay‚ was rich in natural resources and had a favourable trading
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Pericles- The period of Greek and Athenian history Direct Democracy- Where people participate directly in government-decision making Ostracism- The practice of abandoning a person to protect themselves Darius- A Persian ruler who had to do with the Ionian revolt Xerxes- The leader of the Persians destroyed the Greeks Delian League- A defensive alliance
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an intriguing series of events‚ and had a huge effect on Second Persian Invasion. It all began when some of the Greek city-states such as Athens aided the Greek colonies in Persia to rebel during the Ionian Revolts in 499 to 494 BC (Miller). Darius‚ the king of Persia‚ was able to put down the revolts‚ but was furious at the Greeks city-states. To punish them‚ he set out to subjugate Ancient Greece‚ resulting in the First Persian Invasion. However‚ the Persians were defeated at the Battle of Marathon
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“They were beaten at all points and altogether; all that they suffered was great; they were destroyed as the saying is with total destruction‚ their fleet‚ their army; everything was destroyed and few out of many returned home.” (Thucydides‚ Peloponnesian War‚ 481) The Sicilian military campaign of Athens proved to be one of the most disastrous military campaigns in ancient times. The loss of thousands of soldiers and sailors‚ hundreds of vessels and vast amounts of money from the treasury reduced
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It was Richard the Lionheart‚ King of England‚ who during the Third Crusade captured the island defeating its ruler‚ Isaac Comnenos in 1191. Richard tried to sell Cyprus to the Knights Templars‚ who nevertheless‚ were not able to resist the revolt of the people of Cyprus. Thus the island went back to the English King‚ who sold it again this time to the Frankish King of Jerusalem‚ Guy de Lusignan.<br><br><i>The Frankish Period</i><br>The rule of the Franks in Cyprus lasted until 1489 and during
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girls are always looking for ways to alter their body. Body image is spoken about all over the world‚ through books‚ television‚ movies‚ and art. Here are two paintings that talk about body image: The Girl Before a Mirror by Pablo Picasso and The Ionian Dance by Edward Poynter show two girls who look at their body images differently. As shown by the depiction of the girls’ bodies and the use of color in each painting‚ Picasso’s girl is more insecure‚ whereas Poynter’s girl is more confident. Picasso
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THE PERSIAN EMPIRE Similar to the Roman Empire the Persian Empire stretched across vast lands without any serious rivalry. At the height of the empire it stretched across‚ not only‚ Asia‚ from the Aegean to the Indus River‚ but also included part of the continent of Africa. We get the word‚ Persia‚ from the Greek word Parsa meaning‚ “Above reproach”. The Persians unlike most other Empires would be ruled under a benevolent ruler. This would bring a large amount of cultural diffusion to the Empire
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