Was Asoka a Ruthless Conqueror or Enlightened Ruler? Asoka‚ a serious prince of Mauryan Empire‚ had many different characteristics. After he conquered Kalinga‚ he was seeking Guru to find enlightenment. Asoka took leadership of the Mauryan Empire in 268 B.C. All those things show that he was an enlightened ruler. On the other hand he was defiantly not a ruthless conqueror because he went to seek Buddha‚ the Asokan edicts‚ and cared about the misfortunate. Asoka was converted to Buddhism as a
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Picture Montezuma was an aztec ruler. He is often referred to Cortez. Montezuma opened the aztec empire to Cortez in open arms. He believed Cortez was basically a god because the aztecs believed a god will come with white skin with new advancements. Montezuma opened the city to Cortez only to be betrayed. Cortez and his men ended up destroying the aztec capitol city of Tenochtitlan and one year later renaming it "Mexico City‚ New Spain." Montezuma was a very harsh ruler‚ and also perceived as a fool
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Madeline Chapman ENGL 2210 Mrs. Laredo October 17‚ 2012 The Ideal Roman Ruler The Aeneid was written during a time of great political change in Rome. Civil conflict had brought about the fall of the republic and its replacement with a strong executive that was given the title of emperor. In 31 B.C.E.‚ the emperor Augustus‚ who controlled the western half of the Roman empire‚ would win a decisive victory over Mark Antony‚ the ruler of the eastern half of the empire‚ and unite Rome under one authority
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Eurasian Rulers of 1500 to 1800 In the time from 1500ad to 1800ad there were a few countries with powerful leaders. Spain‚ France‚ England‚ Russia and a few smaller countries of central Europe. They may not be well known but they were there. Spain Phillip II was the ruler of Spain. He lived from 1527 to 1598. Because he was the defender of Catholicism he was the most powerful ruler in Europe at the time. Phillip demanded reports from his advisers and would conduct discussions in his office
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The 10-unit length ruler shown below with 11 markers (at every unit) allows us to measure any integer distance between 1 and 10 units . To measure 4 units‚ you can measure from 0 to 4‚ 1 to 5‚ 2 to 6‚ and so on. A Golomb ruler is a ruler constructed in such a way that no two pair of marks on it measure the same distance. For example‚ the ruler to the right is a Golomb ruler; it is a 3-unit length ruler with 3 numbers (marks) on it (0‚ 1 and 3). You can use the ruler to measure lengths
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ALEXANDER THE GREAT: THE DIVINE RULER By Mansour Shukoor 1) Alexander the Great has been known as a man of many titles throughout his life. He has been known as an adventurer‚ a King‚ and a conqueror. However from the time of his reign and all the triumphs in-between‚ up to his death‚ Alexander claimed ‘divine’ status. Most historians would agree with his divine status. Alexander the Great was a man who achieved great feats when he began his kingship in 336 B.C. From conquering a majority of
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Kenneth Wolfe: “Elizabeth and Akbar: The Religion of the Ruler” Kenneth Wolfe states that in 1530‚ the people of the country would follow their rulers religion in order to bring peace. This brought conflict among the country dividing it into states. How important was following your rulers religion? Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603) and Emperor Abu-ul-Fath Jalal-ud-Din Muhammad Akbar of Muhgal India (1534-1606) answer that question. Elizabeth and Akbar‚ once in power‚ were determined to bring peace
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QUESTION 1 The most obvious idea concerning history in the play is that history is fiction. History is usually interpreted as ‘his story’ and thus implies the idea that everyone will have their own versions of history. It all depends on who is conveying the history and who is receiving it. The conveyor can just manipulate the facts and pass around a false message. In the case of this play‚ the history presented is based on Kee’s point of view. He himself admits that there is no particular truth but
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Muammar Gadaffi was a brilliant ruler when he had seized power in 1969 he had deemed himself colonel from captain after his role model Gamal Abdel Nasser whose beliefs and philosophy inspired him as a leader and found him very close to the Egyptian president for this reason (Source K). Colonel Nasser response to the western countries in the Suez Canal crisis that took place in 1956 when the western powers were blocked access through the Suez canal due to their previous dominance of it when the western
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and the Kingdom of God There are 3 books of the Bible that include the Parable of the Rich and the Kingdom of God. Mathew‚ Mark and Luke‚ are listed to have the detailed dialogue between the rich man‚ Jesus and His disciples. When the rich young ruler came to Jesus asking what he could do to inherit eternal life‚ Jesus told him to sell all that he had and follow Him. The scripture goes onto to say that the young man went away sorrowing (Mark 10:17-31‚NIV). Jesus used this confrontation to express
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