Darius I of Persia

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    to Julius Caesar for being a great leader, and a calm collected man even though Alexander was not that. Plutarch was biased with Alexander, for he praised him for the choices he had made because he made judgements on Alexander and not the situation. I believe that with his bias Plutarch has a persuasive document with Alexander the Great, which makes me feel as if this writing is credible. Plutarch also showed that he favored Greece and described the Macedonians as barbarians and very vulnerable…

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    Herodotus and Thucydides are the first Greek historians credited for documenting history. Not only are Herodotus and Thucydides credited for writing the first accounts of ancient Greek history, but they each shaped the future of historical writing in their own unique ways. The Peloponnesian and Persian wars were both important conflicts that focused on independence. Herodotus earned the designation “The Father of History” because before his writings, the Greeks had no word for history in terms…

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    of how many men Darius had under his control, and so went to Alexander and “begged him to attack Darius by night, that the darkness might conceal the danger of the ensuing battle. To this he gave them the celebrated answer, “I will not steal a victory,”…” . To some of Alexander’s men this was interpreted as arrogance, and understandably so. But to others, this confidence in their victory was heartening and encouraging, and so they trusted Alexander. The Battle of Gaugamela and Darius’ death soon…

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    tells Leonidas that either Spartan king dies or the whole city falls. Leonidas bravely decides to march into battle with a small army of 300 men. Besides king Leonidas’s strength and bravery, there is also an immense deal of bravery in his wife Gorgo. I believe that the film portrayed how respected and important of a role woman played even in 480 BC Sparta. In the movie the 300, Gorgo set aside her despair of her husband going to…

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    THE GREATER INFLUENCE OF PERSIA OVER GREECE IN WESTERN CULTURE USAACE SFC Eric A. Curfman 15ZSLC 17-002 SFC Maradol History repeatedly tells us that ancient Greece is the cradle of modern democracy, and is one of the most influential cultures to modern western civilization (Borbor, 2008). Hollywood has popularized Sparta as great defenders of freedom and democracy, two pillars of our own way of life, while portraying Persia as a tyrannical empire bent on the destruction and assimilation…

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    Precis Two: Herodotus’ The History I will begin by outlining the major problems with the Persian monarchy as described in Herodotus’ account. In a debate about the conditions of Persian government, Otanes discourages the idea of a monarch, stating, “The monarch may do what he pleases, with none to check him afterwards. Take the best man on earth and put him into a monarchy and you put him outside of the thoughts that have been wont to guide him” (3.80). This, in my opinion, is the greatest…

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    a "thoroughgoing polytheism", which means belief in many gods. Another thing I found interesting was when it talked about the development of the pyramids, The largest pyramid of the Great Pyramids is that of Khufu, built at Giza. The pyramid dates from about 2600 B.C.E, it was 460 feet high and 755 feet on each side. This pyramid was made from about 2.3 million stone blocks averaging 2.5 ton each. That 's one big…

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    Yvonne Mascorro AC0617108 Assignment 2 HS150 World Civilization I “Describe the conquests of Alexander the great and analyze the legacy of his empire”. In just twelve years, Alexander the Great conquered many territories, and took control of lands from west of the Nile to east of the Indus. Alexander took control over Syria, Palestine, Egypt, most of the Middle East, and many more. Alexander was one of the eight children of Philip II. Philip II prepared Alexander for a political and…

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    Artemis who were twins. Apollo’s temple was in Didyma while Artemis’ was in Miletus. Many believed that the temple had been there since the second millennium BC. Pausanias said the temple was constructed before Greek colonization. Darius I of Persia destroyed the temple in 494 and looted many of its statues. The temple regained its importance in 334 after Alexander the Great conquered Miletus in 334 BC, thus the Milesians began building a new Hellenistic temple on the site. It became…

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    fire. These people are known as Zoroastrians, a religion that was founded in the Persian Empire, which is now Iran. This religion used to be one of the biggest religions, as the Persian Empire spanned from what is now Afghanistan to Greece, until Persia was taken over by the Prophet Mohammad in the 7th century and the Persians became Muslim. Today, there is a lack of knowledge about Zoroastrianism, most importantly about the beliefs of its followers, its history and its influence on other…

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