Agesilaus II

The trend setting 1960’s horror film called Psycho highly focuses on a reference to birds in the scene of Marion and Norman in the parlor. The first birds that one witnesses are the owl hanging on the wall along with another large bird on the wall. Also you see a perched crow or raven that sits right above the chair where Marion had been offered to sit by Norman. Next to her sits a lamp on a table that has small little songbirds around it. Across from her sits Norman where the bigger birds are…

Joe wondered then if this was how Rocky Balboa felt, getting his face and body plummeted in the fight of his life against world heavy-weight champion Apollo Creed. Rocky was just a working-class Italian-American small-town club fighter, an unknown. The odds were stacked up against him. With a will of steel, hard work and determination, and a coach that cared enough not to let him give up, his shot of a lifetime changed his life when he went the distance. It earned him respect. Not only from…

Suleiman the Magnificent What was Suleiman the Magnificent’s greatest accomplishment and how did it impact the Ottoman Empire? In 1494, a baby boy was born in Trabzon, Turkey, to Sultan Selim I as the only surviving heir, with little knowledge of, when he came to the throne in 1520, his great destiny. His destiny would hold forty-six years of many achievements in “which the Ottomans would reach the apex of their history.” This baby’s name was Sultan Suleiman I, a ruler later recognized by his…

differences between the plays, “Edward II”, which was played during the Elizabethan period (1594) and “Beggar’s Opera”, which was played during the 17th century (1727). First I will discuss the play, Edward II written by Christopher Marlowe. Christopher Marlowe is known as the first great Renaissance playwright since he was the first who made plays that were non-secular, meaning that it was neither about the church nor religion. This specific play is about King Edward II, who was in power in…

government and their decisions of mobilizing the war and civil peace. As time passed, however, civilians started to lose faith in their efforts and were growing tiresome. By 1918, faith had been lost causing Germany to surrender. German emperor, Wilhelm II, delivered a speech days after Burgfrieden was declared…

supporters to start a rebellion in Egypt. Thus, Juba II became the perfect choice. A man raised within his own household, who upheld the same values as him, a scholarly mind, militarily accomplished, and with the proper pedigree to wed a princess (as the son of the conquered Berber king of Numidia). With a wedding of such important stature, it was attended by many noble dignitaries and recorded as a significant historical event. For example, the renowned poet Crinagoras composed that, Great…

fought in the war and how many casualties there were. Due to the art of propaganda, most of the citizens from each country during World War II were acting participants because it lit a fire in everyone’s stomachs to help their country’s cause in whatever way possible. A teaching fellow at the Alabama Department of Archives and History wrote, “During World War II, the government undertook unprecedented campaigns to engage Americans in the war effort. Private business followed suit, often…

dated to the period of Assyrian art (1363-612 BCE) share similar patterns of stylistic execution and representative meaning. The Relief of a Winged Divinity, an Assyrian artwork found in the throne room of the Northwest Palace of King Ashurnasirpal II in Nimrud, Iraq, presents a shallowly carved, highly detailed figure, probably representing the king, on a large slab of gypseous limestone accompanying lines of inscribed cuneiform, resembling an orthostat. The most remarkable aspect of this low…

It is common is common knowledge that during the Second World War that the Hitler and his Nazi army targets and killed millions of Jewish people. However, many fail to realize that the Nazi army did not only their hateful and heinous crimes to Jewish people, but many others as well. When reading the War of Annihilation: Combat and Genocide on the Eastern Front 1941 by Geoffrey P. Megargee explores not only the events of the conflicts between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union but also gives…

Throughout the entirety of the second World War women played a crucial role in supporting their countries. Although many of these women were not in the spotlight like their male counterparts, the actions they took in order to aid their respective causes have now put their names down in history. Each country involved is now able to stake claim to at least one woman who was able to make a mark on their war efforts, whether it be good or bad. Germany in particular had a large number of women who…