Assess the reasons for the victory of the Greeks in the Second Persian War (480–479 BC). The Greeks were victorious in the Second Persian War because of a number of factors. These include the superior leadership from commanders such as Themistocles and Leonidas‚ the effective Greek strategy and the cooperation of all the Greek city states to unite against a common threat. Ancient historians such as Aeschylus in his play ‘The Persians’ and Herodotus attribute the Greek victory to the so called ‘hubris’
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Persia Argumentative Essay The Persian war was not caused by Persia. The Persian war was a result of the ignorance of Athens. Athens caused the war by helping the Ionians revolt against Persia. They caused the war by burning Sardis. Which was unprovoked and caused the citizens of Sardis to lose their homes. Athens caused the Persian war because they helped the Ionians fight Persia. As states‚ “The Greeks had helped the Ionians to revolt against the Persians”. Athens sent weapons to the Ionians
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Summary of the Film and Research “No one knows Persian cats” is an Iran rap art firm‚ and this film depicts Iranian city life with a variety of music language. Meanwhile‚ the film also shows how two young people struggle with their dreams‚ even though the way to reach their ambition was really hard. Since the Islamic revolution‚ the government forbade the all movies and music that inconformity to the Islamism. Hence‚ “No one know Persian cats” expressed the thinking of music culture. Under the advocacy
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Asia Country Official and national Languages Other spoken Languages Afghanistan Pashto (Pashtu‚ Pushtu) an Eastern Iranian language‚ it is the native language of the Pashtun people. Dari Persian (Fārsī-ye Darī) also known as Afghan Persian. other Turkic and minor languages. Armenia Armenian (Hayeren) is an independent‚ one-language subgroup within the Indo-European language family. The unique Armenian alphabet‚ which consists of 39 characters‚ was created in 405 AD by a monk named
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UNIT 5 Unknown Language Journal: Arabic Contents 1 Lesson Objectives (Functional‚ Grammatical & Lexical) Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3 2 Teaching Methods and Techniques Class Management Interactive Patterns & Activities Use of Materials 3 Contrastive Analysis 4 Summary Lesson Objectives: (3 lessons – 90 mins.) Lesson 1 The aim of this first class was to provide a very general introduction to the Arabic language‚ how it is written‚ how it is pronounced‚ and
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------------------------------------------------- To what extent was Themistocles responsible for the Greek victory in the Persian Wars? Daniel Ashby Themistocles was responsible for the Greek victory in the Persian wars to a considerable extent. The key to Athens’ strength in the 5th Century BC was in this general and statesman and therefore‚ as Greek victory relied so heavily on Athens‚ Themistocles vitally contributed to the outcome of the Persian king’s invasion of 480-479 BC. His early life reflects the character and skills developed
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relation to the Samanid and Buyid Dynasties. The synthesis of Persian culture and Islam was not an immediate result of the Arab expansion into Iran and there is certainly a lack of research on the subject. However‚ in this essay‚ I will attempt to explain the contributions of the Samanid and Buyid dynasties to this synthesis with a focus on the attempts of the Samanid Dynasty at centralization and a unified identity through religion‚ language and culture. The Islamization of Iran occurred as a result
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been involving and impoverishing their people in wars‚ pretending generally‚ if not always‚ that the good of the people was the object” – Abraham Lincoln. The Persian Wars were a series of destructive and malevolent battles which occurred in the time frame of 490B.C and 480 – 479B.C. The Greek victory over the Persians in the Persian Wars cannot be attributed to only one factor‚ more it was a commixture of factors. Such factors include unity‚ leadership‚ strategy‚ tactics and the pre-eminence
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America as long as she did not speak because of her accent‚ this abled her in many ways. After living in America for some time Firoozeh realizes that no one can really say her name the right way because the English language does not use the same sounds that are in the Persian language. Also by taking an America name she would no longer have to spend endless amounts of time trying to explain to people how to say her name. Since she looked like a young American girl with an American name she could
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The current Tajik Republic harkens to the Samanid Empire (AD 875–999). The Tajik people came under Russian rule in the 1860. Tajikistan became an autonomous Soviet socialist republic within Uzbekistan in 1924; Basmachi resistance in the wake of the Russian Revolution of 1917 was quelled in 1925‚ and Tajikistan became one of the component Soviet socialist republics in 1929 called Tadzhik SSR from 1936 to 1991. Tajikistan gained independence in 1991‚ and has experienced three changes in government
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