Thesis statement: Alexander the Great is considered to be one of the most supreme leaders of the ancient times. Treated Like A King by David Padfield The greatest battle of Alexander the Great was fought in India at Jhelum. The Indian infantry attacked with 20‚000 men and 130 elephants. The trumpeting‚ ferocious elephants were defeated at great cost to Alexander. Porus‚ the Indian rajah‚ led the final elephant charge in person. He lost more than 12‚000 troops while trying to stop the Macedonian
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different characteristics of scientists. In this excerpt from “The Great Influenza”‚ John M. Barry describes in detail about many ideas relating to this event‚ including the side of a scientist and the methodologies of research. The author analyzed the tactics and qualities of scientists of the time to paint a picture of uncertainty and certainty that faced the early 20th century affected by the flu. To convey to his audience what a scientist’s or researcher’s role consists of‚ Barry uses syntax
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much of Fitzgerald’s prose‚ it is neat and well--crafted. Fitzgerald seems to have had a brilliant understanding of lives that are corrupted by greed and incredibly sad and unfulfilled. The novel is a product of its generation--with one of American literature’s most powerful characters in the figure of Jay Gatsby‚ who is urbane and world-weary. Gatsby is really nothing more than a man desperate for love. Overview: The Great Gatsby The novel’s events are filtered through the consciousness of its
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Chapter 1 What Do We Mean by Leadership? In the spring of 1972‚ an airplane flew across the Andes mountains carrying its crew and 40 passengers. Most of the passengers were members of an amateur Uruguayan rugby team en route to a game in Chile. The plane never arrived. It crashed in snow-covered mountains‚ breaking into several pieces on impact. The main part of the fuselage slid like a toboggan down a steep valley‚ coming to rest in waist-deep snow. Although a number of people died immediately
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Based on the information in the above sources (you do not need to use all of the sources but just some of them)‚ the textbook and lecture notes‚ address the following questions: 1. Peter the Great sought to Europeanize Russia‚ but what aspects of European civilization did he admire and desire to import? 2. What aspects of European civilization did Peter ignore‚ and why? 3. Did the reign of Peter the Great bring a "revolution from above" in Russian life‚ or were these only "reforms‚" continuing
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Assignment : reflection The Great Gatsby After finishing The Great Gatsby we see a theme of what the past does to one man and his dream to obtain it. Anger is what made Gatsby‚ his wealth and power were his goals of happiness and love. Gatsby supports this when he says to Tom‚ "she only married you because I was too poor and she was tired of waiting for me." Gatsby has never forgotten that if he had had the money when he first met her‚ then she would be his. So this starts his journey to
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The Great Deluge A Brief Overview Spencer K. Jones Great Basin College‚ Course Phil-200 Fall Semester‚ 2012 Overview The story of Noah and the Great Flood is one that most of us have heard at one time or another. There are‚ however‚ different versions and beliefs based on the source of the story the person hears. I grew up in the LDS church‚ so the version I grew up with is the one told in the King James Version of the Holy Bible. Basically
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THE GREAT DEBATERS The Great Debaters (2007) - IMDb chronicles the journey of Professor Melvin Tolson (Denzel Washington)‚ a brilliant but volatile debate team coach who uses the power of words to shape a group of underdog students from a small African American college in the Deep South into a historically elite debate team. Summery Plot: Marshall‚ Texas‚ described by James Farmer‚ Jr. as "the last city to surrender after the Civil War‚" is home to Wiley College‚ where‚ in 1935-36‚ inspired by the
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Hamlet is often cited as a study of madness. However‚ there are several factors in the young protagonist’s life that contribute to his attitude and actions in the script. This leaves the door wide open‚ and lends a freedom to the character of Hamlet for someone directing the play. I believe that Hamlet is exceptionally intelligent‚ and would choose to play him in this light. Throughout the text‚ many examples and insights of Hamlet’s great mind are offered‚ and in certain film versions the actors make
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Characters .. *Alexander - He was one of the most successful military commanders of all time and is presumed undefeated in battle. *Olympias - was an Epirote princess‚ the fourth wife of the king Philip II of Macedon‚ the mother of Alexander the Great and queen consort of Macedon *Philip II of Macedon - king of Macedon from 359 BC until his assassination in 336. He was the father of Alexander the Great‚ Philip III and possibly Ptolemy I‚ the founder of the Ptolemaic dynasty
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