Ashoka the Great

the Great (Great). Alexander the Great was an ancient Greek conqueror who created one of the largest empires known to mankind. Taking a stand in history is when a person, group of people, or an idea attempts to overcome a problem regardless of opposition. A prime example of someone who took a stand is Alexander the Great. Alexander the Great took a stand in history when he conquered the Persian Empire, spreading Greek culture affecting modern society globally to this day. Alexander the Great…

His name is Alexander. Also known as Alexander the Great. That has been his nickname for centries. What makes him so great? He was born in 356 BCE. Alexander was tutored by Aristotle. His father was mysteriously killed in 336 BCE, Alexander picked up where his father left off to defeat the Persians. He is the leader and won’t let anyone be over him. He was too arrogant for his own good. Honestly, what was there to like about Alexander the Great? He takes over everything he sees. If it’s not…

freedom, and provided them with education. Did you know that Alexander the Great united the untieable Gordian knot? First, Alexander was good at protecting his people. Alexander had really good military strategies. He was very smart, and even waited almost two years waiting to attack the Persians so he could make sure everything was safe.“Alexander had great military strategies.” (Alexander The Great) Him having great military makes him a hero because he always protected his people.…

named him Ashoka. Ashoka was an Indian emperor of the Mauryan dynasty. When he grew up he was a very bold, troublesome and a very cruel man. Ashoka was very interested in war and fighting. According to legend Ashoka had killed a lion a wooden stick. He was given a nickname called “Chand Ashoka” which meant “Ashoka the fierce”. Ashoka’s brothers were scared of him and his brothers convinced their father, Bindusara to make Ashoka a general to the distant frontiers of the Mauryan Empire. Ashoka…

Indian contact with the Greeks and Persians provided more than just warfare, but enhanced the economy and administrative tactics. This foreign intervention set the foundation for leaders to construct large empires, with one of them being the Mauryan Empire, and develop a society that still has influence on present day India. India became involved in the battles of the sixth century B.C.E. Persian invasion, by the emperor Darius, reaching into the Indus Valley and Kashmir around 513 B.C.E.…

introduced and fully implemented later by his son Alexander the Great. Defined unity of the Greek world and what it meant to be Greek. 2. Hellenic League The Hellenic league was a collection of Greek city states, who came together in defense of Greece during the Greco-Persian wars in the 5th century BCE. The League consisted of; Athens, Sparta, Thebes and Thespiae. As well as other smaller cities. 3. Alexander the Great Alexander the Great (born 356 BC) was the son of Macedonian King Philip…

Yazel Myhoob 2 October 2017 Identify #4 Ashoka- Ashoka lived in ancient India and played an important role as the ruler of Maurya from 268 to 232 BC. Ashoka conquered Kalinga due to his interest in their powerful trade systems and sought to force his rule upon the people of Kalinga, modern-day Orissa. Ashoka eventually conquered Kalinga and had almost asserted his rule over the whole continent. Pataliputra was crowned as the capital city of Maurya after Kalinga was conquered. Brahmins-…

The text “Gateways to Art: Understanding the Visual Arts”, introduces and discusses a lot of information that has to do with spirituality and religious art. Many architectural works that have been created as an art form also function as sacred spaces. It should be known that although there are many sacred spaces across different belief systems, that they actually have many architectural features in common. In Greece, we have the Parthenon and the Acropolis. Besides the Greeks not only…

Era, under Alexander the Great is superior to its contemporaries because of its size, the time it took to build, its diversity and adaptation to culture, and its style of government, the reverence of its subjects, and its legacy. Robert W. Strayer’s 2013 edition of Ways of the World provides evidence that compares and contrasts this empire with other regimes of the era to support this assertion. While it’s true that the Hellenistic empire was “founded and sustained at a great cost in human…

This is a decent time when to pull back and take a gander at the time of farming developments (ca. 3500 B.C.E.–ca. 1750 C.E.) The most conspicuous extensive scale incline in this period of mankind 's history was the globalization of development. The primary wave—the First Civilizations— was at that point worldwide in the first place Civilizations ended up being delicate and helpless Mesopotamian city-states were consumed into bigger domains Indus Valley, Central Asian, and Norte Chico human…