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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Amongst many other countries during the Cold War‚ Hungary was a satellite nation of the Soviet Union. Hungary had been under the control of the Soviets since 1949. They lived under harsh Stalinist rule until around 1989 when the people of Hungary rose up in rebellion to demand the rights they believed they deserved. This uprising is considered to be the first rip in the "Iron Curtain‚” or the post-WWII "barrier" between the Soviet Union and the non-communist areas in the West. In November of 1944
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have to be a soldier to in the war in the war to assist in the war effort .American civilians contributed to 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
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around 190 BC.[2] It was created to not only honor the goddess‚ Nike‚ but to honor a sea battle. It conveys a sense of action and triumph as well as portraying artful flowing drapery through its features which the Greeks considered ideal beauty. Modern excavations suggest that the Victory occupied a niche in an open-air theater and also suggest it accompanied an altar that was within view of the ship monument of Demetrius I Poliorcetes (337–283 BC). Rendered in white Parian marble‚ the figure[3]
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During a mission to Vietnam‚ hunger spread in the Chinese navy like a virus. Vietnam was having a war with the US‚ and food supply just wasn’t enough. Fortunately‚ a soldier faced this challenge with a positive attitude and changed the situation significantly. This soldier is my grandfather. Unlike all those soldiers that complained‚ and moaned endlessly‚ my grandfather faced this inevitable challenge with a positive attitude. Not only did he fixate his eyes on positive things‚ he also changed the
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new type of political ruling‚ empires which are groups of different ethnic groups or states under the control of a single ruling power. The two prime examples of these new empires and ways in which political ruling changed are the Assyrian and the Persian Empires‚ both viewed as political models as well as models of the effective use of ideology. The Zhou Dynasty‚ although not politically centered enough to be considered an empire‚ also mastered the efficient and effective working of ideologies and
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Victory Stele of Naram Sin-2250 (2-13) According to Artlex Art Dictionary‚ iconography is the pictorial representation of a subject or the collected images illustrating a subject. It can refer to both content and subject and‚ in art history‚ can represent a visual record of subject matter or historical events (“Iconography”). One of the most significant examples of royal iconography is the Victory Stele of Naram-Sin (figure 1). A stele is a carved stone block or pillar used to commemorate
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System Introduction The Persian alphabet‚ like the alphabets of many Muslim nations‚ is based on the 28letter alphabet of Arabic. It has 32 letters and is written from right to left. Four of these letters are devised exclusively for Persian. We shall see these letters later. The Persian alphabet does not use capital letters. It does‚ however‚ use a modified version of the Western punctuation system. Unlike the alphabet‚ the Persian numbers are written from left to right. Persian uses the same figures
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Myths Shaping Greek Identity Greek myths helped the people who composed and listened to them shape their identity through a variety of ways. During the Archaic period‚ writing began again. During this period of history‚ there were a variety of communities and each Greek community developed into a city-state or polis. Each polis had classes or social ranks which were the aristocracy‚ the poor‚ and the middle. They also didn’t have kings which lead to politics. During this period‚ women did not have
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Rationing During World War II 30 March‚ 2012 Rationing During World War II Rationing is defined as a fixed allowance of provisions of food‚ especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage (dictionary.com). In 1942 a rationing system began to guarantee minimum amounts of things people needed. During World War II‚ people couldn’t just walk into a store and buy whatever they wanted. Ration books are books that contained coupons where shopkeepers could cut out the coupon for
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