Killed 6‚000 Thebans‚ sold 20‚000 into slavery‚ destroyed the entire city I think that Alexander the Great‚was a villain when his dad was alive‚but when his dad died he became a hero. Spent three years killing men and selling women and children into slavery I think that it mean that Alexander the “Great” wasn’t that great to men back then.And he wasn’t nice to women and children. Military campaign was brutal and it didn’t matter how many men died I think that even though men are not
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What is the role of women in the story of Persepolis? Compare and contrast the various women in some detail using at least three examples: you might include Marji‚ her mother‚ her grandmother‚ her school teachers‚ the maid‚ the neighbors‚ or the guardians of the revolution. In the story of Persepolis‚ each female character had a designated role that they could not escape from. Marji’s role was to show the reader how the Iranian Revolution truely affected her life. An example of this was when
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According to Sorrells and Sekimoto‚ social justice movements or problems are “focused on single identities such as race‚ gender‚ or sexual orientation.” (Sorrells and Sekimoto 269) Intersectionality is a double discrimination against a certain group of people. In the TedTalk by Kimberlé Crenshaw‚ she explains intersectionality as an overlap of social justice problems‚ which include sexism and racism. Crenshaw brings up an interesting point that we often do not even think about. Crenshaw talks about
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Conquests of Alexander the Great At the age of 20‚ Alexander III became the king of Macedonia when his father Philip was assassinated. Before he could begin his now famous campaign to conquer Persia‚ he had to take control of Illyria‚ Greece‚ and the Thracian tribes. Once his control of the region was in place he began hi campaign to conquer Persia. Alexander had amassed a large military force that included some 48‚000 soldiers‚ 6‚000 cavalry‚ and a naval force that consisted of 120 ships
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Bibliography: Achaemenid Empire n.d. ‚Iran Chamber Society‚ accessed 24 May 2012‚ <http://www.iranchamber.com/history/achaemenids/achaemenids.php>. Bean‚ J ‚ 2012: ‘The Persian Empire’ Persepolis: A royal capital of the Persian Empire The Persian Empire n.d.‚ ‚ accessed 24 May 2012‚ <http://www.lmoskal.net/worldhistory/whtext/ch04/4.3.pdf>.
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City descriptions: Uruk – Temples: Ishtar/Inanna‚ Goddesses of Love and War Capitol and largest city of Arkadia‚ located where the two major rivers meet. The palace was located in the center of the city with the temples to Ishtar and Inanna on either side of it. The temple of Ishtar was there before Gilgamesh took the throne but after he saved Inanna from the demon attack‚ Gilgamesh built a temple to honor her. Uruk was built from clay and is the main cultural city of Arkadia. They were the ones
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Informational Literacy Assignment: Esther David Laylock Humanities 102: Biblical Revelations Dr. Meng Due: April 16‚ 2014 Intro Esther is about the girl who came to be the queen of Persia. It is a book that gives her story of how she became sovereign‚ starting out during a banquet that lasted one hundred and eighty days. This banquet was put on by the wealthy King Xerxes to show off to people the power and fortune that he held. The queen‚ at the time‚ denied to appear at this
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westernization of cultures. It has led to stereotyping created by people in relation to various communities. It is important for people to eliminate these negative stereotypes by embracing their culture. The two novels i.e. The Reluctant Fundamentalist and Persepolis were all written for the same purpose. They both highlight the culture conflict of Muslim people because of a Western culture that is affecting the dynamics of their lives in various ways that they cannot be able to comprehend. In the Reluctant
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slavery. A lot of women and children in Thebes were sold into slavery‚ but they were not the only people sold into slavery by Alexander. Along his entire conquest he sold people into slavery. He also let his soldiers burn down the great city of Persepolis in Persia. He also destroyed an entire city due to rebels in Persia. During his conquest‚ he and his men killed hundreds of thousands of people. He also wasn’t always merciful‚ as evident by his treatment of the Brahmin in India. The Brahmin in
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the case of the Monmouth College Faculty as well. The class is essential to mine and my fellow students’ developing intellect. Within my individual Introduction to Liberal Arts class‚ we focused on three main readings: Curious‚ Eating Animals‚ and Persepolis. We also addressed the three required articles: Master of Many Trades‚ Interest as the Missing Motivator in Self-Regulation‚ and “Only Connect…”. These together allowed myself and my class to be engulfed in the initial liberal arts experience.
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