Greek War of Independence

were able to defeat the Greeks at Thermopylae, “the Greeks dramatic victory at Salamis forced the Persians to withdraw.” The Persians were eventually defeated by the Greeks due to their disadvantage when it came to armor. While the Greeks were protected from head to toe and used to the hills and mountains where they battled, Persians were more accustomed to a light amount of armor that allowed them more mobility during battles in the dry plains of Asia. Also the Greeks fought harder and were…

be the prize of Paris. She did what she was told and did not have independence. Whereas, Medea was a woman who was feared by the people in Corinth. Medea depended on herself and was extremely vocal about what she disliked.…

Egypt is known as one of the oldest, wealthiest and most popular civilizations in ancient history. From the early times when hunters and gathers formulated the base of Egypt, to the continual ages of their great achievements. Egypt has far amazed, and interested archeologist and scientists for centuries, because of its advanced technology, sophisticated writing system and intricate bureaucracy (sciencenes.org). Through all the greatness of Egypt one has yet to know what happened to this…

and differences between the Greek and the Roman Empires. Early structure and geographical effect on politics Both Greece and Rome were had an established city-state model. However, the immensely different topographies of Greece and Rome influenced their political development. Greece is a mountainous land with many islands which did not allow for easy travel which meant that an interaction between the Greek city-states was very restricted. As a result, many of the Greek city-states to developed…

After the war with Athens which they were sent to Ionia to help free the Ionian greeks from Persians. They gained independence over decades ago, gaining wealth in the army. Sparta was hit by severe earthquakes in 462 BC, with many dead. Sparta ask for Athens help, so much debate on the decision Athens aided the Spartans…

Possibly the first historical example of a state intervening in the internal affairs of another on the grounds of humanitarian concern was during the Greek War of Independence in the early 19th century, when Britain, France and Russia intervened in an engagement at Navarino, by destroying Turkish and Egyptians fleets, in 1827 to secure for the Greeks independence. (Woodhouse 1965) Ever since that event in history, Humanitarian Intervention has been constantly changing and appearing in different…

Athens and Sparta Ancient Greek rivals, the city-states of Sparta and Athens, were separated geographically by the Aegean Sea and a swath of land on the Peloponnese peninsula. Their respective locations on the map-landlocked Sparta and seaside Athens- influenced these two poleis in many ways and their differences are a result of this geography. The mountainous terrain made traveling and correspondence troublesome. As a result, each city-state developed independently and different from one…

The Hellenistic Kings now controlled the International affairs and used large numbers of Greeks to run their kingdoms, man their armies and run their businesses. The Greeks were use to having their Policy be independent of others and could conduct international business. The Hellenistic Kings gave the City-States all of the same rights as the Greek Policy but refused to give them the ability to conduct international business. They had their assembly of citizens, a council…

Q6: I think the one thing that was mainly different about the South American Revolution and the Mexican Revolution was that in the South American Revolution, the peninsulares and the Creoles were the leaders in the army for South America. In the Spanish Revolution, the lower class people were the leaders in the armies. In the Spanish government they had different social classes. At the top of the Spanish-American government and Society where the peninsulares who are people that had been…

reaction of a society seeing a woman thinking for herself for the first time. In Antigone and Lysistrata women are oppressed, due to men fearing their own roles in the government, and over come the gender stereotypes defining them by asserting their independence and characterizing themselves by their actions and words to achieve equality. The gender roles the women in Antigone are defined by are characterized by age-old issues passed down from generation to generation, making them harder to…