Alexander Selkirk

Alexander the Great was a king of a country called Macedonia and was born around 365 BC, he was thought of the greatest military leader of his time. He spent his childhood in hopes of becoming his father, his father was a conquer like him conquering many countries. He showed his skills as a child and one of the famous stories of him showing his skills is him taming Bucephalus(his horse) he then later used this horse to conquer the country. His late father was assassinated by the Pausanias, he…

successors, Seleucid Empire. The Seleucid Empire was a Hellenistic state ruled by the Seleucid dynasty, and existed from 312 BC to 63 BC. It was formed and founded by Seleucus I Nicator, following the division of Macedonian empire created by Alexander the Great. The result of the Macedonian Empire division gave Seleucus Babylonia, from where he expanded to much of Alexander's near Eastern terrorites. At the dynasties height of power it included Central Anatola, Perisa, the Lewant, Mesopotamia…

Success of the Macedonian Empire Previous ruler Philip II, third son of Macedonian king Amyntas III, was last in line for the throne when his father died. His eldest brother, Alexander II died shortly after taking the throne so his other brother, Perdiccas III became king. During this time Philip was held hostage by the Greeks, where he watched and learned from the fighting tactics of the Greeks for almost three years before returning home to assist his brother in bringing back Macedonia to its…

In Herodotus’ The History, Herodotus states the purpose of his writing as giving a report to the reason for why the Greeks and Persians went to war. After briefly reporting an account from Persian scholars, Herodotus notes that he neither believes or disbelieves the account. Instead, he rather finds fault with the man that he thinks first wronged the Greeks, Croesus of Lydia. Croesus, after succeeding his father in the rulership of Lydia, subdued and ruled the Greek city-states of Western Asia…

are larger than life. One of these figures from history is Alexander the Great: conqueror of the Persian Empire, unrivaled on-field military tactician, and the distributor of Greek culture to the much of the known world. That being said, it would be difficult for a film to accurately depict all the major events that occurred in such a remarkable, individual’s life. This was the task undertaken by director Oliver Stone is his film, Alexander. Stone faced the problem that many directors face when…

Leadership Throughout the Years A point guard yelling and making plays to win. And a New York legislature leading the government. All of these examples of leadership show that one person is willing the take charge and lead a group/person the success. An example of leadership is when a student is falling behind in their school work and the teacher is pleased to stay after school and give the student extra help on their assignments. Another way leadership could be defined is that someone is…

Main Idea: The Greek city-states were not united until King Philip II of Macedonia united them with his kingdom. Subtopic: A Plan to Win Greece-Macedonia was a land that lay North of Greece. The Macedonians raised sheep and grew crops in the river valley. Their army fought on horseback, and around 400 B.C. became a large empire. In 359 B.C. Philip II rose to power in Macedonia. The new leader had lived in Greece as a young man and was still obsessed with the Greek culture, which is why his…

1. participatory democracy Process that gives importance to the large participation of voters. 2. constituencies an assortment of voters in a specific location who choose a delegate to a legislative branch 3. Federalists One of the first political parties to come into being (for America). From the mid 1790s to 1816, Federalist held the majority, and the party itself would endure until the 1820s. The Federalists controlled the central government until 1801…

The first trading posts in Lybia were established by Phoenicians when the merchants of Tyre (current Lebanon) developed commercial relations with the Berber tribes and made treaties with them to ensure their cooperation in the exploitation of raw materials. By the 5th century B.C.E., Carthage, the greatest Phoenician colony, had extended its hegemony across North Africa, where the distinctive civilization of Punic came into being. Punic settlements on the Libyan coast included Oea (later…

Alexander Hamilton was born on the island of Nevis, British West Indies on January 11th, 1757. Alex was born to Rachel Fawcett Lavien and John Lavien. John Lavien was an abusive husband so Rachel decided to flee their relationship with Alexander and his brother James who was older. Rachel remarried to James Hamilton. When Alex was 10 his father, James, left them with all his debts for Rachel to deal with. Alexander took his first job when he was only 11. Despite his best efforts Alexander’s…