ancestry and lineage. Later in the inscription‚ Darius provides a lengthy sequence of events following the deaths of Cyrus the Great and Cambyses II in which he fought nineteen battles in a period of one year (ending in December 521 BC) to put down multiple rebellions throughout the Persian Empire. The inscription states in detail that the rebellions‚ which had resulted from the deaths of Cyrus the Great and his son Cambyses II‚ were orchestrated by several impostors and their co-conspirators in various
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Mustafa Kemal: Muslim Modernity Mustafa Kemal (March 12‚ 1881 - November 10‚ 1938)‚ was a Turkish nationalist and political leader who was instrumental in the fall of the Ottoman sultanate and in the creation of modern Turkey‚ was also the founder and first President of the Republic of Turkey. Kemal devoted his life to freeing Turkey from foreign domination. Under his benevolent dictatorship as president of the republic‚ he instituted lasting reforms that earned him the
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William Bonin‚ also known as “The Freeway Killer”‚ is classified as a serial killer. One way to describe him as a serial killer is as a homosexual rapist. Due to Bonin’s parents both being complete alcoholics‚ he was raised by his grandfather. He was raped by his own father at a very young age. This was a major contribution to why he later did the same to innocent teens. Bonin was a resident of the state of California‚ and has raped and murdered 14 teenagers. He was sentenced to death and died of
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Zoroastrianism is religion founded by the prophet Zoroaster in ancient Iran approximately 3500 years ago. For a lengthy period of time Zoroastrianism was one of the most powerful religions in the world‚ today it is one of the world’s smallest religions. At one point in time it was the official religion of Persia from 600 BCE to 650 CE. Zoroastrianism is one of the world’s oldest monotheistic religions which I will compare to Hinduism in things such as sacred writing‚ beliefs and worships. Out of
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empire ruled from 559 to 330 BCE founded Cyrus the great. Cyrus was very tolerant towards religion and explored alternative cultures as well as allowing the conquered people to join him. In 550 BCE‚ Cyrus defeated Astyages (his grandfather) and took over Assyria‚ Mesopotamia‚ Syria‚ Armenia and Cappadocia. In 539‚ Cyrus became the ruler of the largest empire to ever exist after conquering Lydian‚ Median‚ and Babylonian. Cambyses took over the empire after Cyrus died and ruled from 530-522 BCE‚ expanding
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usChristina Bramanti October 5‚ 2012 CLAS 20105 The Role of Oracles‚ and Dreams in Herodotus’ The History Throughout Herodotus’ The History‚ Oracles‚ and dreams play an important role. While the gods have almost no presence throughout the book‚ the Oracles and/or dreams are linked to many of the major events. We first encounter the Oracles in Book I‚ when Croesus asks the Oracles at Delphi if he should attack the Persians‚ the Oracle replies telling him (in a very ambiguous way) that if
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Zoroastrianism‚ Judaism‚ and Christianity share so many features that it seems that there must be a connection between them. Does this connection really exist? If so‚ how did it happen? And how much of the similarity between these faiths is due simply to parallel evolution‚ rather than direct contact and influence? The simplest answer I can give you for the first question is‚ yes‚ there is a great deal of Zoroastrian influence on Judaism and Christianity‚ but the problem is that it is hard to document
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earliest hyper-power of the world‚ ruling as many as 42 million people. The story of the Achaemenid began with Cyrus the Great. Cyrus‚ remarkably complete in religious tolerance‚ not only spiritually freed people‚ but also restored them. Cyrus did not establish new kingdoms through conquering by strength‚ but instead‚ he did so by respecting the people and their freedom and human rights. Cyrus serves as a prime example of ruling people by serving them rather than coercing them through fear and force
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upon which all states are built. Machiavelli praises Alexandar the Great‚ Cyrus‚ Scipio and Caesar as leaders who gained power through their conquering wars. “Anyone who reads Xenophon’s life of Cyrus must realize how close Scipio modeled himself on Cyrus‚ how much that imitation contributed to his glory‚ and how closely he conformed‚ in temperance‚ affability‚ humanity‚ and liberty to the thing that Xenophon wrote about Cyrus” (Machiavelli 42). In contrast‚ More shows his views on war through the
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All the days that it lay desolate it kept sabbath‚ to fulfill seventy years. In the first year of King Cyrus of Persia‚ in fulfillment of the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah‚ the Lord stirred up the spirit of King Cyrus of Persia so that he sent a herald throughout all his kingdom and also declared in a written edict: “Thus says King Cyrus of Persia: The Lord‚ the God of heaven‚ has given me all the kingdoms of the earth‚ and he has charged me to build him a house at
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