Alexander the Great was‚ as the name entails‚ great in some ways. In other ways though‚ he was not so great. How great was Alexander? Alexander was great in many ways. He was an excellent strategist‚ and was able to conquer almost anything he set out for. He usually was merciful as well‚ and honored all cultures and religions. He tried to learn about hinduism from the Brahmin in India. When he conquered Persia‚ he still let some Persians rule‚ as long as they answered to him. In India‚ whenever
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Leadership qualities that motivates and influences Motivation is the cause of behaviour that arouses and directs attention and energy for behaviour. It is manifested in the choice or direction‚ strength and persistence of the behaviour. For example‚ whether a soldier chooses to direct his energy to help or ignore another fellow soldier also the amount of effort the soldier puts in to help and having to give up when the situation gets difficult‚ all this will reflect the motivation of soldier. Motivation
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and/or the injury and death of noncombatant civilians.” Together‚ these two perspectives coupled with identity theory and will serve as the basis for an evaluation of the Haqqani network and their interrelationships and interactions with known terrorist groups such as the Taliban and al-Qa’ida as well as with Pakistan’s military and government intelligence agencies. The Haqqani Network: Who Are They and Why do We Care? The Haqqani network is an Afghan and Pakistani group of fighters that operates
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Shinrikyo is a Japanese ‘New Religious Movement Organisation’ but they are also labelled as a terrorist organisation in many countries across the world. The group originated in 1984‚ in Japan. It started as a cult where the founder and leader‚ Shoko Asahara‚ promised followers that they would have the power to hover or levitate if they joined. Since its establishment in 1984‚ it has committed at least two terrorist attacks. The group was popular in the 1990’s and had many members (10‚000 in Japan and approximately
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responsible for these terrorist attacks‚ no ethnic or religious community should be collectively blamed. Blaming ethnicity and religion as the root of this catastrophe only drags countless more innocents into a cycle of hate. Grouping Muslims or Arabs with terrorists is unjust and prejudiced. Even as the unscrupulous criminals behind this tragedy cloak themselves under a veil of religion‚ we in the civilized world should distinguish between religious beliefs and murderous terrorists. Indeed‚ all Muslims
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American Revolution: What Were they Really Fighting For? I: Introduction A superficial understanding of the Revolutionary War may lead to believe that it was struggle in which the purpose of the colonists was to rid themselves of the cruelty and tyranny associated with the British colonial regime. This is simply not true‚ or at the very least‚ it is not the whole truth. For the most part‚ the inhabitants of the colonies took pride in calling themselves Englishmen‚ and under the so-called tyrannical
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Bible talk about wisdom Intro: Good morning class and fellow students today I am going to talk wisdom‚ and how we can use it in our daily life. But first let me ask a question to the class. What is Wisdom? What is the purpose of wisdom? Knowledge guided by insight and understanding. Reverence for God is the source of wisdom (Proverbs 9:10). In order to receive wisdom we must ask God for this guidance in our time of need. For example‚ if we are being pressured by our peers‚ asking God for wisdom
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An Analysis of the 9/11 Terrorist Attack On September 11‚ 2001‚ 19 Al Qaeda terrorists hijacked four United States commercial airliners travelling from the east coast to California. The hijackers forcibly took control of four planes. Two planes were purposefully crashed into the World Trade Center (WTC) in New York City. The third aircraft was flown into the Pentagon building in Washington DC. The fourth plane landed in a Pennsylvania field. All of the people on board the aircrafts were killed
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group is disputed. The Basque nationalist party Batasuna (Unity) has often been viewed as the political wing of ETA (the party was banned in Spain in 2003 for failing to condemn ETA’s violent tactics. but not in France. It is on Europe’s list of terrorist organizations). Subsequent political parties have arisen in the place of Batasuna in Spain‚ and managed to gain parliamentary seats. Historical context
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Hezbollah is a Shi’a Islamic terrorist organization. They had emerged in Lebanon in the early 1980’s as a consolidation of other Shi’a militias. Their early activities in the 1980’s had mainly focused on the Lebanese civil war acting against American and Israeli forces. This came about due to the Israeli’s occupying Lebanon for eighteen years up until 1990. Hezbollah waged an asymmetric war using guerrilla tactics such as suicide attacks against the Israeli Defense Forces. Hezbollah is regarded
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