Macedonians

Aristotle was a famous philosopher. He was widely revered and sought out for information. He lived from 384 to 322 B.C. People often liked to judge him based on the terms of his philosophical influence, even today, he is known as one of the feared and revered philosophers. Platos, was one of his few peers, which is special since we often don’t hear of such famous philosophers having many peers. Aristotle has been stated to shape the history of philosophy and is still studied today, due to his…

Alexaner the Great: A Hero A hero is a person, who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities. Alexandri, Egypt has 4,546,231 people living in it. 356 B.C.E, when a king just brought together his country and gained the greek land. Then all of a sudden he was assasinated. His people are scared worried that they will lose everything. Then came in Alexander the Great he commanded his army and protected his people he even conquered his enemies and anyone that…

Solon was an Athenian statesman, lawmaker, and poet. He is remebered particulary for his efforts to legislate against political, economic, and moral decline in arachaic Athens. Cleisthenes was an ancient Athenian lawgiver credited with reforming the constitution of ancient Athens and setting in on a deocratic footing. For these accomplisments, historians refer to him as "the father of Athenian democracy." Herodotus was a Greek historian who was born in Halicarnassus in the Persian Empire. He…

The Mycenaean civilization, the first advanced civilization that arose in the southern and central Greece around 1600 BCE, flourished in the last phase of the Bronze Age. It extended its influence throughout the Peloponnese, across the Aegean on Crete, and the Cycladic islands. The Mycenaean Greeks were influenced by the Minoan civilization. It is likely that they imported Minoan culture, along with goods. The Minoan architecture, art, and religious practices were imported and later adapted to…

Major Players Socrates Many people knew of Socrates in ancient Greece but few knew the reach his teachings had and how it would impact the world. We don't know much from Socrates himself, many of the informational texts we have about his life were written by his students and playmakers; Plato, Xenophon and Aristophanes. Many of the elders Socrates questioned would abandon their aspirations and create schools to teach and spread the ideology of philosophy. Plato, his most famous student, became…

Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome can be compared in many ways, such as their geography, the position of women in society and government. Geography helped influence the development of civilizations by allowing permanent settlements, irrigation for crops, and a constant water supply. This led to the increase in human population, which led to cities which resulted in civilizations. The women of ancient civilizations had few rights and men had power over them. They were considered inferior and many…

Her name is dripped with legend, power and seduction. She became the last in a dynasty of Macedonian rulers founded by Ptolemy and would use her powers of beauty and charm to seduce military leaders. Cleopatra, is quite known in popular culture as this divining figure, using her brains and beauty to rule in her way, portrayed by beauty icons in films and plays such as Elizabeth Taylor and Claudette Colbert. Everyone knows her legend but very few actually understand her true importance as a…

Martin Luther King Jr. wrote Letter from Birmingham Jail in response to eight white clergymen who did not approve of his nonviolent protests against racial inequality. He was arrested and wrote to them from jail about why he did what he did and why he wanted them to care. Dr King’s I Have a Dream speech moves chronologically through the history of black people in the United States. He points out that 100 years after the passage of the Emancipation Proclamation, black people were still mired in…

In Greek Mythology, the Amazons were a group of female warriors that settled in the secluded city of Themiskyra on the Black Sea (present day Ukraine). No males could live with the Amazons, they were a force by themselves, known for their courage and pride (Cartwright). However, like majority of species, males were necessary for procreation. For the Amazons to continue their race, they would visit a nearby tribe once a year known as the Gargareans. After choosing a partner from the tribe and…

was able to conquest Persia, he would use the equipment from his invasions to his advantage. He would use the Persian Navy to help him continue his further takeovers. Alexander also recruited and trained 30,000 Persian soldiers to fight like Macedonians (Mahdavi, 2012). Although Alexander the great would prepare, train and recruit men so that he could conquer the world, there were…