Artaxerxes I of Persia

They had one governing power that chose laws and rules for its people. Persia had no single capital the establish satrapies instead. “An administrative unit of the Persian empire under the authority of a satrap, or provincial governor,” (165). Emperors and royals moved throughout the territories however the emperor started building a giant platform that housed complex military quarters, royal residence, and a vast throne room. Persia had a great communication system stretching with extended…

Critical Commentary of ¨The Pharaoh Who Conquered the Sea¨ The documentary ¨The Pharaoh Who Conquered the Sea¨, is an academic investigation into the feasibility of a sea voyage into the Land of Punt at the time the events are described and also the possibility of being able to construct ships able to bear the attrition caused by the climate and currents of the Red Sea. Hatshepsut, known as the fifth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt, is considered to have had one of the most…

Persia and the rest of the Middle East would never recover from these two losses. After the Battle of Marathon, the great Persian Empire went into a long decline, marking a turning point in the scheme of power in the world. “Although the Persian invasion was ended by the battles at Plataea and Mycale, fighting between Greece and Persia continued for another 30 years. Led by the Athenians, the newly formed Delian League…

Alexander III of Macedon, commonly known as Alexander the Great was the king of Ancient Greek he was born to parents King Philip II and Queen Olympia. The purpose of my paper will be to prove that Alexander had a great rise to power and also a fall because of his obsession for power. Alexander the Great was a Conqueror who when in front of flatterers and spectators was compared to Gods. He acquired his power through conquest he himself boasted as being greater than those of his father.…

Great was a great conqueror. He united the greek city states and took over the Egyptians. Then he moved on and took over the large Persian empire. Even with all of these accomplishments, people argue over if he deserve the title “great”? I think that he does. I think that Alexander the Great deserves his title because he conquered vast empires and then managed to keep them together for his life time. One of the first accomplishments of Alexander was uniting the greeks. He had to suppress…

5:1, 30). Secular history from this period says Nabonidus was Babylon’s king when the nation fell to Persia (Archer, A Survey of Old Testament Introduction, 365). In addition, Daniel’s note that Belshazzar was Nebuchadnezzar’s son is deemed unhistorical because Nabonidus was his father (365). Both claims led critics to conclude Belshazzar was a legendary…

1. The classical empires legitimate their power by displaying a set cultural and belief system. Religion played a big role to control and maintain social orders, while bringing a sense of unity. I think the most effective was the first Persian empire. The Persian Empire was founded by Cyrus the Great around 550 BCE. Although the Persian Empire came to an end by Alexander the Great in 330 BCE, it had a lasting legacy and setting the standards for other future empires. The Persian Empire also…

Xerxes was born in 519 B.C. to Darius I the Persian king and Atossa. “When Darius ascended to the Persian throne, he took a number of the previous king's wives as his property. One of them was Atossa, daughter of Cyrus I” (abc-clio). Atossa wanted her son, Xerxes, to become king. To get her son to be king she enlisted the help of Greek exile Demaratus to convince the king that his elder sons, that he had before he became king, were not his children. That the had a different father. This seemed…

The person that I chose was Cyrus the Great, also known as Cyrus II. The main thing that Cyrus the Great is well known for is conquering Hellenes and becoming the founder of one of the greatest empires in the world, Persia. Most of the people of who he ruled, appreciated him highly, as did he respect the people. One of the tasks that Cyrus is most famous for is actually freeing the Jewish people. The Jew’s were grateful for him since he had freed them and then let them return back to their…

Xerxes Xerxes the Great was the king of the Persian Empire from 486 BCE to 465 BCE. Xerxes was born “around 520 BCE” (Iran Chamber Society). His father was Darius the Great and his mother was Atosa, who was the daughter of Cyrus the Great. With close relatives who were held in high esteem to the citizens, Xerxes did not have to do much to prove himself as a worthy ruler. After the battle of marathon, Xerxes father died. Xerxes decided to try and conquer Greece because his father…