The Persian forces were primarily light and heavy infantry consisting of swordsmen‚ spear men and archers with a measure of lightly armed and armored calvary. The average soldier was very lightly armored in so that they could move rapidly. The Persian army relied heavily on calvary and archers Persian soldiers were career soldiers unlike most Greeks who were citizen soldiers‚ only performing their military duties when war was upon them. The notable exception to this was‚ of course‚
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Jonathan Michael Farmer The American Revolutionary War was the conflict between the people of Great Britain and the thirteen colonies‚ but grew into a world war later on. Factors that led to British defeat in this war were British arrogance‚ and over confidence. Also‚ the French Military and finance played a huge role. Furthermore‚ George Washington’s contribution to this war was of great importance. In Europe British soldiers were trained in an old-fashioned style. The routine was three
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Broken Spears Hernan Cortés was a Spaniard who defeated the Mexica Confederation in many different ways. The most successful tactic he used to defeat the Aztecs were by European Weapons‚ but he also had different ways. Cortés had different advantages that the Aztecs didn’t‚ the Spanish brought over small pox. Many of his people were immune to it while the Mexica Confederation was not. Many people thought the Spanish were gods and gave them many gifts. Motecuhzoma thought Hernan Cortés was Quetzalcoatl
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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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B.C. Persian leader‚ darius I‚ sent 25‚000 men to fight 10‚000 Greeks. The Persians were light armored and lacked training‚ they were no match to the Greeks disciplined phalanx Athens won a crushing victory killing more than 6000 men and only losing less than 200 men The battle took place in a plain north east of Athens called marathon Ionia of the coast of Anatolia is a place where Greeks have been long settled‚ however around 546 B.C. the Persians conquered the area. Later the Ionian Greeks revolted
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Barack Obama`s victory speech The just reelected president‚ Barack Obama enters the stage a few hours after he announced his victory‚ supported by his family. He is going to deliver his victory speech which turns out to be one of his best speeches ever. It seems to be no ending to the cheering‚ but when the audience finally stops clapping‚ the first thing Obama says is thank you. He says that the task of perfecting the union moves forward‚ and that it moves forward because of the people of the
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the war effort by planting victory gardens‚ buying war bonds‚ and women working at jobs previously employed by men. Citizens were known as the backbone of ww2.The resources we take for granted the citizens back then conserved those resources. Citizens contributed to the war effort by the planting of victory gardens. Victory gardens were also known as war gardens. The government encouraged citizens to plant victory gardens. Almost 20 million Americans planted victory gardens. Gardens were planted
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THE STRUGGLE OF THE CYPRIOTS AGAINST PERSIAN RULE IN ANTIQUITY INTRODUCTION: In 650 B.C Cyprus was left free from the Assyrians. The following years was a time of great prosper for Cypriots. The time of freedom for Cyprus though was interrupted by the Egyptian conquer in 569 B.C. Egyptian rule though was not depressing at all so the Cypriot civilization continued to grow. In 564 B.C the great king of Persians ‚ Cyrus‚ conquered East Asia so the plans for rule of Cyprus were inevitable. Cypriot
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ENGL 2‚ MWF 12:10 Jordan Morgan November 9‚ 2012 “A Pyrrhic Victory” Analysis For years there has been the never-ending controversial issue regarding condom being distributed within the United States high schools. January 8‚ 1994‚ Anna Quindlen publishes her article‚ “A Pyrrhic Victory‚” in the New York Times‚ where she states that not allowing condoms to be distributed in high schools is self-defeating‚ harmful to students‚ and inconvenient for parents. Quindlen attempts to persuade readers
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in New York. If Washington was to lose this battle there would be no second chance. The Continentals Army needed a victory and all success depended on the battle of Trenton. In the midst of the American crisis‚ forces joined together hoping to achieve a surprise attack. The victory of the battle of Trenton contributed to the war and country’s history by leading the forces to victory and ultimately winning the Revolutionary War. The
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