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    1. Panhellenism Panhellenism, meaning "All Greece" is term for Greek nationalism a social ideology under Philip II of Macedonia, and later introduced and fully implemented later by his son Alexander the Great. Defined unity of the Greek world and what it meant to be Greek. 2. Hellenic League The Hellenic league was a collection of Greek city states, who came together in defense of Greece during the Greco-Persian wars in the 5th century BCE. The League consisted of; Athens, Sparta, Thebes and…

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    Armada Portrait Analysis

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    The Armada Portrait, a portrait of Queen Elizabeth I (1533 - 1603), was painted after the English defeated the Spanish Armada in 1588. The Spanish Armada was a fleet of one-hundred thirty ships with 18,000 men transporting an army from Flanders to attack England due to religious differences.1 George Gower (1540 - 1596), Queen Elizabeth’s Serjeant Painter, painted The Armada Portrait to commemorate the Queen Elizabeth I’s accomplishment in leading England to successfully defeating the Spanish…

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    Christi Justice HST101 Armounte Document Analysis: The Life of Alexander by Plutarch Questions: 1. According to Plutarch, was Alexander an educated man? For a man of his time, Alexander was a very educated man. His father, Phillip, thought that Alexander’s education was so important that he had Aristotle, who was “the most famous and learned philosophers of his time” (page 2), be his teacher. This Alexander “… was devoted by nature to all kinds of learning and a lover of books” 2. How…

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    assault on Hitler’s Germany and Fascism” came from the film studio Warner Bros, who produced The Sea Hawk. One will notice the films anti-Fascist message resonating through the tyrannical portrayal of Spain, most notably in the opening scenes when King Philip II declares his intentions to…

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    had no reason to continue his campaign into India other than personal accomplishment. Alexander was self-obsessed and only cared about the list of things that he had accomplished. This most likely stems from him always wanting to outdo his father, Philip II, as it was originally Philip’s plan to invade Persia, not Alexander’s. By invading India, Alexander was finally stepping out of his father’s shadow but at the expense of the opinion of his own men as opposition in the army…

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    Greek Federalism Analysis

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    united groups of Greek settlements in several geographic areas including Messenia, Boeotia, and Thessaly. These federations, along with the remaining independent poleis and the rest of Greece, soon encountered a new issue resulting from the rise of Philip of Macedon to the north. While federalism was certainly a civilizational advancement for the Greeks, its existence, regardless of how far it had the potential to spread, could not have been enough to stop eminent Macedonian rule over the…

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    1.5. Methodological Framework The key concepts through which technology and culture are understood will be established and defined as part of a contextual foundation. This will be accomplished by examining both concepts through the idea of conceptual narratives (progress, convenience, determinism and control), and to take a closer look at the ways in which technology is integrated and embedded in our culture. Technology as a concept will be evaluated through applying the four phases of the…

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    The clash between Pope Boniface VIII and King Philip IV of France began in the year 1296 over taxation of the French Clergy. Specifically, King Philip IV implemented taxes over the clergy and all other laymen of the French kingdom with a motive to fuel a war with King Edward I of England. Refuting this, Boniface asserted that no cleric was to pay taxes to a king without proper papal consent. If the clergy went against his commands, Boniface threatened excommunication to all who ignored him.…

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    Aristotle was born in 384 BC in Stagira, a town in Macedonia. His father was a physician to the king of Macedonia. This was probably the reason why he had a great interest in biology and science. When he was 17 years old, He went to Athens to enroll in Plato’s Academy; this is where he would spend the next twenty years of his life as a pupil and member. He was profoundly influenced by Plato’s thought and personality even though eventually he broke away from Plato’s philosophy in order to…

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    Main Body - Connect chapter 5 with 6 o Belshazzar judged by God o Darius takes over the kingdom of Babylon  The Medes and Persian empire now rule • To facilitate the new empire King Darius’ strategy for ruling involved large scale delegation o 6:1-2, “It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom 120 satraps, to be throughout the whole kingdom; 2 and over them three high officials, of whom Daniel was one, to whom these satraps should give account, so that the king might suffer no loss.”  120 men…

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