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Many people around the world are aware who Alexander The Great was, but few are familiar with his story. Alexander The Great is considered to be one of the most successful leaders in history. With his philosophical intellect and his ruthless ways, he conquered nations others failed to conquer. Alexander the Great was a genius and a great military leader. EARLY LIFE Alexander’s parents were Philip II of Macedon and his wife Olympians. Alexander did not see his father often because his dad…

state of post World War 1 Germany, you might be lead to believe that the Weimar Republic and its failures led to the rise of Nazism. However, in Modris Ekstein’s Solar Dance: Genius, Forgery, and the Crisis of Truth in the Modern Age, he argues otherwise. True, that the Weimar Republic was crippled due to the Great Depression and political infighting, but Ekstein argues that art played a subtle role in the fall of the Republic. Ekstein’s chapter, The Issue, introduces us to Otto Wacker whom was…

Effects of the Rivalry on Borromini The rivalry between these two men, Borromini and Bernini, saw each one of them trying to come up with new styles in order to outshine the other. The competition towards determining who is better than the other became stiffer. Following the rivalry between him and Bernini, Borromini decided to work on his own as independent contractor. Therefore, he abandoned the St Peters project that he was doing in conjunction with Bernini and claimed that Bernini had…

In the novel, “The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao” by Junot Noir; A dominican American who makes fition books. In regards to plot this was taking place in Paterson, New Jersey where theauthor is born and raised and deals with the Dominican republic experience under dictator Rafalel Trujillo. The book itself is narrorated by characters who incorporate the perception of Dominican Masculinity, culture and language. Consequently the book narrorates each characters life experience through child…

In From Imperium to Imperialism, Mattingly argues that the majority of the scholarship of the Roman Empire has overlooked the brutal, autocratic nature of the Empire and that the historiography would benefit from researchers being more critical of their preconceptions of Roman glory and imperium. Mattingly believes, contrary to many scholars, that meaningful contrasts and comparisons can be drawn between the Roman Empire and modern empires of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, most notably…

People the world over tend to have highly inflated and self-delusory opinions of themselves and go to great length to defend and conserve that opinion. While this is true of the average person in the street, it is even truer of people who hold high office or have hereditary privileged positions, like royalty. Our contemplation today deals with such a person, King Belshazzar of Babylon, and his momentous fall from power when God weighed him in the balances and found him wanting. As we proceed it…

In this essay, I am going to assess and analyze between 3 dynasties, namely, Umayyad, Fatimid and Idrisid. By these meant, to make a comparison between these 3 dynasties in term of political, social and economic and the tension arise between Umayyad and Fatimid and what contributed to their decline – however, this will be focusing more on Fatimid and Idrisid while Umayyad as a background. The emergence of Umayyad was when Uthman was killed by mutinous Egyptian troops, therefore his second…

In the years following the 1916 Easter Rising the GAA, according to its many historians, including Padraig Púirséal and Marcus de Burca, claimed that the GAA had provided a great number of the men who had played an active role during the insurrection. As much of the literature available from this time is in some way sympathetic towards the rebels, it is hard to discover whether or not the Association did support the insurrection or not, despite the GAA having a non-party political stance for…

The topography of Kamarupa provided ideal opportunities for construction of forts. The location of the cities i.e. Pragjyotisa*, Hatappeswara* and Durjjaya* proves that the Kamarupa kings laid great emphasis on the defence of the capitals. The Mahabharata also speaks about the strong fortress of Pragjyotisa. (p.73, A Cultural History of Assam, B.K.Barua) The Bargaon Copper Plate Grant of Ratnapala (1035 CE) mentions that the city of Durjjaya had been surrounded by a rampart which was like a…

 A brief background of a strategic thinker: Birth name : Sun Wu Courtesy name : Sun Tzu Name means : Master sun Born : 544 BC Birth place : State of Qi, Shandong Province, China Death : 496 BC Best known for : The Art of War - Had strong interest in military and became a soldier. - Gained reputation as a good leader of soldiers. - Led the State of Wu to many victories including the capture of the Chu capital city of Ying.  Main points of his/her strategic thought: - Doctrines: 1. Prepare…