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    “Themistocles should be remembered forever as the hero of the Persian Wars.” Discuss this statement. Themistocles should be remembered forever as the hero of the Persian Wars; although‚ there were other important individuals and factors which also contributed to the Grecian success during the time period of 490BC – 479BC. Themistocles began his successful heroism during the Battle at Marathon. His contribution (although rather small at this point in history) can be discussed as helpful. Themistocles

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    Between the Romans and the Persians they both have their different outlooks on women but‚ they also share some things whether it be politically‚ cultural or just their beliefs in general. Also‚ having values and power privileges about their sexuality in two different ways such as emphasizing or de-emphasizing. When dealing with the Romans in the time period of (c. 150 or 164-235 CE) Dio Cassius the Roman senator wrote his eighty-volume history of Rome in Greek. “His political position gave him personal

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    The rise and fall of the Persian Empires The Achaemenid Empire Medes and Persians migrated from central Asia to Persia before 1000 B.C.E. Indo-European speakers‚ sharing cultural traits with Aryans Challenged the Assyrian and Babylonian empires Cyrus the Achaemenid (the Shepherd) (reigned 558-530 B.C.E.) Became king of Persian tribes in 558 B.C.E. All of Iran under his control by 548 B.C.E. Established a vast empire from India to borders of Egypt Cyrus’s son‚ Cambyses (reigned 530-522 B

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    the Greek city-states of Athens and Sparta‚ from 431 B.C. through 404 B.C.The Persian war was a series of battles between the Greek city states and the Persians. Both of these wars were significant to the unity and disunity of the Greeks during the fourth century. Throughout these wars‚ it at times brought city states together and other times created turmoil within Greek society. Between 490 and 479 B.C.E the Persians wanted to place their own tyrants to rule over Athens. Athenians did not want their

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    The First Persian War

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    Introduction: The founding father of Daoism was Lao Zi (600-520bce). Dao – meaning way to live. Daoism believes are heavily based on the idea of Yin and Yang‚ forces that have to be in balance. Yin is the moon‚ darkest‚ female and passive. Yang being the sun‚ light‚ male and aggression .Meditation is the key form to keeping inner balance. Stress is the most common sing of yin and yang unbalance .The unbalance can be caused by the conflicts of between what you want and what is happening‚ leading to

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    The Persian Empire was successful in expanding to become the largest empire up to their time. Cyrus became ruler of the Perisan Empire in 559 BCE and clamed control of all regions stretching from the Persian Gulf to the Halys River. Threatened by this‚ the Lydians‚ led by their king Croesus‚ attacked the Persians before they even attempted to conquer them. The Persians emerged victorious‚ and their expansion began. They then invaded and took over the Mesopotamian region. Cyrus was unlike previous

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    January 21‚ 1991. This is the day the Persian Gulf suffered from possibly the largest oil spill to date. However‚ the oil spill did not only affect the gulf. Animals‚ humans‚ ecosystems‚ and biodiversity were all impacted as a result. This act‚ inflicted as a war strategy by the Iraqi’s‚ is the cause of mass deterrence to the environment in the area. Although tremendous progress has been made in an effort to clean the Gulf War oil spill‚ there are still several efforts that must be made in order

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    ORIGIN Parsi or Persian was the language of the Parsa people who ruled Iran between 550 - 330 BCE. It belongs to what scholars call the Indo-Iranian group of languages. It became the language of the Persian Empire and was widely spoken in the ancient days ranging from the borders of India in the east‚ Russian in the north‚ the southern shores of the Persian Gulf to Egypt and the Mediterranean in the west. Over the centuries Parsi has changed to its modern form and today Persian is spoken primarily

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    continents. The great Persian empire of the yore‚ also endured invasions from the Greeks‚ Arabs‚ Turks and the Mongols. Islamization in Iran took place during 8th to 10th century and that led to the eventual decline of Zorastrian religion in Persia. Although‚ Persians adopted Islam‚ after being ruled by Muslim conquerors‚ yet they protected their distinct culture‚ heritage and customs. . According to Bernard Lewis‚ “Iran was indeed Islamized‚ but it was not Arabized. Persians remained Persians”. The Mongols

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    In harmony with the rebirth of nature‚ the Iranian New Year Celebration‚ or NORUZ (norooz)‚ always begins on the first day of spring. norooz ceremonies are symbolic representations of two ancient concepts - the End and the Rebirth; or Good and Evil. A few weeks before the New Year‚ Iranians clean and rearrange their homes. They make new clothes‚ bake pastries and germinate seeds as sign of renewal. The ceremonial cloth is set up in each household. hagi firooz‚ is someone who disguises themselves

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