Throughout the years of my schooling experience I’ve adapted a love for writing and have came to love writing essays. As students moan and groan I silently rejoice because I get a chance to express myself through writing. To me‚ writing is like an art people use to express things the can’t say face to face. Out of the essays I have written so far this year I definitely have my favorite little pieces. Every writer has that little ‘I really love this part’ in any of their pieces. But‚ altogether my
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Alexander the Great was one of the greatest ruler’s and conquerors of all time. He conquered the mighty Persian Empire and most of the known world at that time. Alexander was born in Pella‚ the ancient capital of Macedonia. He was the son of an excellent general and organizer‚ named Philip II King of Macedon. His mother was Olympias‚ princess of Epirus. She was brilliant and hot-tempered. Alexander inherited the best qualities of both his parents. But he was even more ambitious than his
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The authors have treated the idea of rebellion as if the people of Cairo or Muslim women have the right to go against the law because it is their right. When telling the story‚ the author used the point of view of the people and the women to give a sense of feeling on what it is like being in their position. By going against the law‚ it is a rebellious act but it is done because they want to have freedom and rights. The words the authors used have helped to mold and shape the idea that the law was
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Cyrus . This was the start of the Greeks. The Persian respected the religious practices of other people in their society. The first kings tolerated everything because that was the key to succeed and grow the empire. Darius contributed to build Persepolis. He also set a currency and taxed everybody. Some people would pay him not in money but in different goods. Most of the emperors had their group of elite s that gave advice to the emperors how to govern their empire. The roman empire was a
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I. PRE-HISTORIC and WEST ASIATICARCHITECTURE 1. The earliest form of dwelling developed by man is the ROCK CAVE. 2. A pre-historic burial mound is called TUMULUS. 3. Monoliths or menhirs are prototypes of the Egyptian PYRAMID. 4. The Stonehenge is an example of STONE CIRCLE. 5. The smallest among the famous pyramids at Gizeh is the PYRAMID of MYKERINOS/MENKAURE. 6. The Egyptian gateway to temples is called PYLON. 7. The Egyptian ornament symbolizing fertility is PAPYRUS. 8. Pillars that
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Events Accomplishments Ancients Management Thought The Great Wall in China‚ Pyramids of Egypt‚ Monoliths on Easter Island‚ Mayan Temples in South America‚ Stonehenge in England Chinese emperors (2350 B.C.) Constitution of Chow (1100 B.C.) Persepolis in Persia (500 B.C.) Sun Tzu (500 B.C.) Alexander The Great (336-332 B.C.) India (321 B.C.) China (120 B.C.) Involved management practices of coordination‚ control‚ and monitoring of many people over extended periods of time. (No records
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Alcohol Abuse: Alexander the Great Alexander the Great is a well know figure in Western civilization. He was admired and praised by others‚ but nonetheless cursed by many. Some say he was even a decedent of Achilles himself. However‚ who is Alexander the Great? What is this controversy about his alcohol addiction? What role has alcohol played in his conquest? Alexander the Great‚ or Alexander of Macedon‚ was the son of King Philip II of Macedon. Since birth‚ Alexander was bred to be a successor
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of Atossa‚ the daughter of Cyrus the great. Hence‚ Herodotus tells us that the solution was provided by Demaratus‚ an exiled Spartan king‚ who pointed that xerxes was the first-born son after Darius became king. Xerxes is shown in the reliefs at Persepolis as the heir standing behind his enthroned father suggesting he was next to the throne. Herodotus tells us that xerxes was being prepared to be king from a young age as he was taught‚ “to ride‚ to use the bow‚ and seek the truth” three fundamental
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I am writing my essay about Alexander the Great and of how his rule affected Macedonia and its people. I am going to discuss his territorial expansions‚ how Alexander was rather lucky and why Alexander the Great was a bad ruler. I am not trying to make Alexander “not-great” because there is no doubt that what he achieved was outstanding‚ rather I want to show that some things just went his way. Alexander the Great expanded Macedonia’s territory further than it had ever been or has ever been since
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According to the perspective of Marjane‚ both the Shah and the Islamic fundamentalist regime are characterized as bad rulers of the Iranian people and it is difficult to say which was worse for the Iranian people. Satrapi seems to say that each regime is one side of the same coin. The Shah was brutal to his people‚ imprisoning many of the political revolutionists‚ in his attempt to maintain power and to serve Western interests. The Islamic regime used the same brutality for the same reasons in order
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