Philip Larkin

Myth Story Millions of years ago there was a greek legend named Nurmagomedov. He was one of the greatest warriors known to man. While being known in Greece, Nurmagomedov was actually from America. Nobody actually knows who his parents were but legend has it that he arose from an errupting valcano in Hawaii. Not long after being pushed out of the valcano, Nurmagomedov was very curious and took up building weapons mainly out of rocks and wood. After years of wondering around Hawaii, Nurmagomedov…

At the age of 20 he inherited power of Macedon after his father King Philip II of Macedon passed away. At the age of 18 he scored his first victory. He died at the young age of 32. During his years of war, he never lost a battle. As the evidence states Alexander was powerful at a young age compared to king twice as old has…

one the the greatest military geniuses of all time, and he was an inspiration for later conquerors. Alexanders upbringing created who he became. Alexander The Great was born in Pella the ancient capital of Macedonia in 356 BC. He was the son of Philip II the king of Macedonia, and his mother Olympias the princess of the neighboring Epirus. He spent his childhood watching his father bring Macedonia into an extremely powerful military state of the ancient world. By the age of 12 Alexander's…

Sphere of Influence As my first leader I am picking Alexander the Great. Alexander the great influenced in a lot of regions. He has made an impact in western and eastern culture. He influenced Greek culture through most of Asia and Europe. Even Africa and Parts of the middle east were heavily influenced by Alexander. Alexander rose from the top to become one of the most popular military generals in all of history. Alexander had an Empire the conquered from Greece, to Asia, Egypt, India, and…

negotiations, the Peace of Utrecht was reached in 1713, and the Peace of Rastatt in 1714. Both peace agreements stated that no single person could simultaneously inherit both the Spanish and French throne. In the end, Spain remained under the rule of Philip V, however, he renounced all ties with France. The French border was reset to what they were in…

Alexander the Great was a macedonian ruler that conquered all of Greece, Asia Minor, Mesopotamia, Egypt and part of persia in all of 15 years. He was the son of Philip of Macedonia. Adolf Hitlerwas the ruler of the Natzis during World War II. He had invaded and conquered Poland, Germany, Hungary, parts of Russia, France and more territories over the span of 11 years. Both men had come from totally different time periods and have totally different personalities, although the two men have three…

In a ost solar system called kepler an explorer by the name of Duke searches for anything that looks valuable his sidekick, an all knowing artificial intelligence called Matpat by his side. On a nearby planet that is on one side forest and water and the other mechanical. “Ghost.” says Duke. “What is the name of that planet?” “Nuseus” Matpat replies. Duke steers his spaceship for it. On Nuseus there is another explorer who plans to reactive a race of “technoganic” robots called the Vex,the…

Alexander the Great went down in history as one of the greatest military leaders of Greek history, however, his death was the signal of the former Greek life he had ruled coming to an end. Ironically, while he created a legacy for himself, he left behind a “mess” after his sudden and untimely death, and with no other successors other than some of his loyal friends and former generals remaining (Austin, no. 27). The dawning of a new era for Greek life was born after numerous battles and kingdoms…

Kloss asserts that Diego Velázquez was “one of the greatest painters in a European century”. Perhaps the most famous painting by Velazquez is his Maids of Honor, Las Meninas, painted about 1656. It has the distinction of being probably the first painting in which a living King and a painter at work are seen together in a studio” (L36, 20:11). The subject is multifaceted; the painting is entitled Maids of Honor, referring to the princess’ maids who are attending to her, but are not the focus…

In June of 323 BCE, amongst the lush vegetation, Alexander of Macedon, also known as Alexander the Great, took his last breath. You may be wondering why I am mentioning this in a paper focused on Cleopatra, but this significance of this cannot be overlooked. Simply because it would be his death and the events that happened after that led to Cleopatra taking the throne of Egypt. For 12 years, Alexander the Great, who led his first battle at 16 and became king at 20, propelled into the world and…