the Great as this victory will shortly after make him King of Persia as this battle would lead him to Persia’s capital‚ castle Persepolis‚ Babylonia‚ and Persian treasury. After Persia had lost at the Battle of Gaugamela‚ they were never able to recreate an army that was as vast as Gaugamela. In the same year‚ Alexander and his army continued marching forwards from Persepolis looking for Darius‚ but Alexander was too late and was never able to fight Darius face to face. At Caspian Gates Darius was left
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Beset with the unthinkable‚ the Islamic Revolution defines turbulent times for many Iranians (Tehran). Numerous females including Satrapi were robbed of their social rights due to westernizing and secular efforts (Tehran). In turn‚ the Islamic Revolution undermined the younger Satrapi’s ability to come to terms with her own identity; nevertheless‚ she now writes to share her experience with oppression and her later journey towards cultural integration. It is a historical dispute that woman did
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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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about the many challenges of growing up in Iran. Some of the challenges that she faced were serving time in the Evin Prison for speaking out against the Iranian government‚ escaping a death sentence and finally fleeing Iran for a new life in Canada. Persepolis is a memoir written by Marjane Satrapi‚ which is an autobiographical graphic novel that explores a childhood in Iran during the turbulent years surrounding the 1979 Iranian Revolution. It also talks about how the government was overthrown‚ the theocracy
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within Assyria and ancient Egypt‚ we see vast similarities in the use of materials and basic ornamental styles‚ that suggests that the two styles may have been influenced by one another at some point in time. Specifically‚ the Assyrian palace at Persepolis and those found at Mesopotamia‚ Megiddo and Sargon‚ are comparable to Malkata‚ the ancient Egyptian palace built for Amenhotep III‚ (Wikipedia‚ Ancient Egyptian Palaces) in that both employed the use of stacked‚ mud brick or adobe brick in the construction
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illustrates my discovery of those who inflict harm through a nightmarish memory of childhood bullying‚ and the intense suffering I endured. To depict this‚ I emulated the graphic novel Persepolis‚ by Marjane Satrapi in my work. Specifically‚ drawing upon the first person narration of a child‚ seen throughout Persepolis‚ compounded by the unrefined‚ child-like voiceover handwriting‚ forming a voice for the protagonist’s fragile‚ callow
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Killed 6‚000 Thebans‚ sold 20‚000 into slavery‚ destroyed the entire city I think that Alexander the Great‚was a villain when his dad was alive‚but when his dad died he became a hero. Spent three years killing men and selling women and children into slavery I think that it mean that Alexander the “Great” wasn’t that great to men back then.And he wasn’t nice to women and children. Military campaign was brutal and it didn’t matter how many men died I think that even though men are not
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According to Sorrells and Sekimoto‚ social justice movements or problems are “focused on single identities such as race‚ gender‚ or sexual orientation.” (Sorrells and Sekimoto 269) Intersectionality is a double discrimination against a certain group of people. In the TedTalk by Kimberlé Crenshaw‚ she explains intersectionality as an overlap of social justice problems‚ which include sexism and racism. Crenshaw brings up an interesting point that we often do not even think about. Crenshaw talks about
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Conquests of Alexander the Great At the age of 20‚ Alexander III became the king of Macedonia when his father Philip was assassinated. Before he could begin his now famous campaign to conquer Persia‚ he had to take control of Illyria‚ Greece‚ and the Thracian tribes. Once his control of the region was in place he began hi campaign to conquer Persia. Alexander had amassed a large military force that included some 48‚000 soldiers‚ 6‚000 cavalry‚ and a naval force that consisted of 120 ships
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Bibliography: Achaemenid Empire n.d. ‚Iran Chamber Society‚ accessed 24 May 2012‚ <http://www.iranchamber.com/history/achaemenids/achaemenids.php>. Bean‚ J ‚ 2012: ‘The Persian Empire’ Persepolis: A royal capital of the Persian Empire The Persian Empire n.d.‚ ‚ accessed 24 May 2012‚ <http://www.lmoskal.net/worldhistory/whtext/ch04/4.3.pdf>.
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