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    Inc. McCloud‚ S.‚ & Slavador‚ M. (2002). Carl. Retrieved April 15‚ 2006‚ from the World Wide Web: http://www.baciamistupido.com/html/index.asp?page=Carl Nakazawa‚ K Sacco‚ J. (1993). Palestine. Seattle: Fantagraphics Books. Satrapi‚ M. (2003). Persepolis: The story of a childhood (L’Association‚ Trans.). New York: Pantheon Books. Speigelman‚ A. (1986). Maus II: And here my troubles began. New York: Random House. Spiegelman‚ A. (1980). Maus I: My father bleeds history. New York: Random House. Ware

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    Cyrus . This was the start of the Greeks. The Persian respected the religious practices of other people in their society. The first kings tolerated everything because that was the key to succeed and grow the empire. Darius contributed to build Persepolis. He also set a currency and taxed everybody. Some people would pay him not in money but in different goods. Most of the emperors had their group of elite s that gave advice to the emperors how to govern their empire. The roman empire was a

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    I. PRE-HISTORIC and WEST ASIATICARCHITECTURE 1. The earliest form of dwelling developed by man is the ROCK CAVE. 2. A pre-historic burial mound is called TUMULUS. 3. Monoliths or menhirs are prototypes of the Egyptian PYRAMID. 4. The Stonehenge is an example of STONE CIRCLE. 5. The smallest among the famous pyramids at Gizeh is the PYRAMID of MYKERINOS/MENKAURE. 6. The Egyptian gateway to temples is called PYLON. 7. The Egyptian ornament symbolizing fertility is PAPYRUS. 8. Pillars that

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    Events Accomplishments Ancients Management Thought The Great Wall in China‚ Pyramids of Egypt‚ Monoliths on Easter Island‚ Mayan Temples in South America‚ Stonehenge in England Chinese emperors (2350 B.C.) Constitution of Chow (1100 B.C.) Persepolis in Persia (500 B.C.) Sun Tzu (500 B.C.) Alexander The Great (336-332 B.C.) India (321 B.C.) China (120 B.C.) Involved management practices of coordination‚ control‚ and monitoring of many people over extended periods of time. (No records

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    Alcohol Abuse: Alexander the Great Alexander the Great is a well know figure in Western civilization. He was admired and praised by others‚ but nonetheless cursed by many. Some say he was even a decedent of Achilles himself. However‚ who is Alexander the Great? What is this controversy about his alcohol addiction? What role has alcohol played in his conquest? Alexander the Great‚ or Alexander of Macedon‚ was the son of King Philip II of Macedon. Since birth‚ Alexander was bred to be a successor

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    of Atossa‚ the daughter of Cyrus the great. Hence‚ Herodotus tells us that the solution was provided by Demaratus‚ an exiled Spartan king‚ who pointed that xerxes was the first-born son after Darius became king. Xerxes is shown in the reliefs at Persepolis as the heir standing behind his enthroned father suggesting he was next to the throne. Herodotus tells us that xerxes was being prepared to be king from a young age as he was taught‚ “to ride‚ to use the bow‚ and seek the truth” three fundamental

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    I am writing my essay about Alexander the Great and of how his rule affected Macedonia and its people. I am going to discuss his territorial expansions‚ how Alexander was rather lucky and why Alexander the Great was a bad ruler. I am not trying to make Alexander “not-great” because there is no doubt that what he achieved was outstanding‚ rather I want to show that some things just went his way. Alexander the Great expanded Macedonia’s territory further than it had ever been or has ever been since

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    Alexander the Great‚ king of Macedonia‚ accomplished much in his lifetime. He added many new lands to his vast empire including Asia Minor‚ Syria‚ Egypt‚ Mesopotamia‚ Persia‚ Sogdiana‚ and part of India. He became the conqueror of the world he knew. Alexander the Great was the son of Princess Olympias of Epirus (Cinderella) and King Philip II of Macedonia (Popovic). His parents hated each other and had an unstable marriage (Cinderella). Philip’s relationship with Alexander was also poor. He once

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    Austin Drabik Mr. Plush English 10 Honors 8/26/2014 Iran’s Misty Wonders In Persepolis‚ by Marjane Satrapi‚ both the movie and the book were able to portray the main idea of Marjane Satrapi "Marji’s" life. The main idea being for us to look at how Marji evolved into a grown women with struggles along the way. Throughout both we were able to clearly understand what a difficult childhood she lived and we were able to get a sense of what her life was like back then. Like in many cases‚ the book

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    was the largest in the world at that time. • Known as the second founder of the Persian Empire‚ after Cyrus. (His father - Cambyses) • Darius was divided into 20 provinces (States) and supervised by a Persian satrap‚ or governor and immortals Persepolis- Place where records‚ documents and writings were kept • Democracy in Athens • Athens had a form of taxes. • Sophists – traveling teachers • Socrates‚ Plato‚ and Aristotle C. Inequality in Classical Greece • Slaves were non-Greek who were

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