Achaemenid Empire

Long ago, around 550 BCE(GeaCron) what would become the biggest empire was born. This empire had many rulers, like any empire, but the first ruler’s tactics of ruling were oddly similar. From Cyrus, the “great king of persia”, to Xerxes, the feared ruler of Persia you can see lots of similarities and differences between these ruler’s tactics. One example of how the Persian ruler’s tactics were similar were between the first ruler, Cyrus, and one of the later rulers, Darius. When it comes to…

During the fifth century, Greek has direct conflict with the Persian Empire, the struggle known as the Persian Wars (500 – 479 B.C). In 480 B.C, ten years after Darius’s defeat, his successor Xerxes sent a big naval and military force to subdue Greece. After being famously delayed by Spartan troops under the leadership of king Leonidas at the Thermopylae, the Persian army succeeded in capturing and burning Athens, but the Greek fleet lead by Athenians defeated the Persian navy at the battle of…

No study of world civilization would be complete without a look at the campaigns of Alexander the Great of Macedonia. Nevertheless, there remain varying opinions as to his actual “greatness”. Through a study of the scholarly book The Campaigns of Alexander by Arrian, the Oliver Stone production Alexander, and my own research, I hope to determine for myself if Alexander is genuinely worthy of the title bestowed upon him. During my high school world civilization class Alexander became a topic of…

tears. He built a strong empire at a very young age, 20. He was born in the back woods, macedonia, so he did not have a great chance of being great. He fought and won many battles, that shows leadership. Alexander and his army conquered persia which at that time was one of the greatest empires. It takes a great man to defeat a great empire. In In document C. Alexander ordered a manhunt. To be great you have to respect others, Alexander shows…

In the next chapter of the book, Herodotus focuses on the Persian war against Scythians and becomes fascinated with their unique warfare. The Scythians were the people of Indo- European origin who invaded Media, revolted against Darius and threatened to disrupt the Persian trade network along the Black sea. Darius commanded his army to prepare for war from all sides of his kingdom though his brother Artabanus warned him of attracting Scythians because of the difficulty of finding them (Herodotus…

The means to conquer and lead successfully are factors of what makes a person submerge as great. Willie Talos was not only a man of himself but a man of the people. Cyrus the great started off as a man of the people but, ended up as a man of himself. What made Cyrus successful was his sense of tolerance, respect and humbleness not only towards his own people, but to those he conquered as well. Willie on the other hand, uses the power of the truth he obtains from Jack in order to manipulate the…

Peter the Great was an emperor of all Russia. He was born in Moscow, Russia on June 9, 1672. He was born into a very rich family in Russia. He was the 14th child. He first became emperor at the age of 10 because of deaths in the family. Once he grew up he became very tall at 6’8 and a strong man. His personality was if he wants to do it he is going to do it. And that’s exactly what he did. He was a smart warrior and spectacular fighter. He also did a lot for his country. Peter made schools in…

Eleutheria: Freedom “Hanson daringly brings the facts to life and unearths the often surprising ways in which the past informs the present.” Western Civilization’s basic social norms and values traced back to Ancient Greece, were ultimately threatened by the overwhelming numbers and wrath of the Persian army. The Persians were distinctly divergent from the Ancient Greeks in the sense that their culture did not agree with the concepts of Western Civilization. An interesting fact talked about by…

Eventually, these cities came under the control of the Persian Empire. There were various conflicts and rebellions from time to time. As trouble continued, it culminated in an all-out invasion of Greece in 492BCE. (McInerney, 1998) In 491BCE, all but Athens and Sparta had capitulated to the Persian Army. This led to the 490BCE battle of Marathon, in which the Persian Army was soundly defeated. (Brand) Ten years later, Persian Empire came knocking again. This time, the Persian…

Cyrus treated his kingship with the Babylonians as a union on behalf of the chief city god of Babylon who was known as Marduk. Cyrus believed that his position as king was destined by Marduk, and that according to the Cyrus cylinder “[Marduk] searched everywhere and then he took a righteous king, his favourite, by the hand, he called out his name. Cyrus, King of Ansan, he pronounced his name to be king all over the world”. The Cyrus Cylinder also states that Marduk encouraged Cyrus to command…