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Throughout the course of human history, the use and influence of language have long stood at the forefront of how societies operate. The Ancient Near East represents no exception to this reality. Given the widespread emergence of state societies in the region, the development of language and complimentary writing systems served as integral to societal sustainability and progression. While many languages used throughout the era have been thoroughly uncovered and systematically deciphered, one…

Alexander the Great seemed to be given a name fit for someone who is legendary. We all know his name today, even though he lived sixteen hundred years ago. What made him such a great man? Alexander was born to father King Phillip II and mother Olympias (formerly called Myrtale) on day six of the month Loios (Macedonian month of July). During a majority of this time, King Phillip was away fighting wars, so his mother Queen Olympias oversaw his training and instilled resentment in Alexander…

For all the vividity of my imagination, I cannot truly know what it would have been like to fight in the Italian Civil War. A standard history textbook does nothing to further my understanding of what fighting in that terrible war within a war would have been like, for while it is filled with numerical facts and data, it does not speak to the realities of fighting in war. War is a collection of the countless motivations and actions of every soldier, nurse, and civilian involved in the conflict.…

Esther 4:10-17 The book of Esther is a historical narrative, which tells the story of God’s people escaping exile in Israel with the help of a brave Jewish woman, Esther. While Esther has reservations about Mordecai’s request for her to appeal to King Xerxes, Esther follows through with the request, as she knows that it will serve the Jewish people. Mordecai on the contrary understands that God will stand true to His promise of redeeming the Jews, even if it is not on their desirable timeline.…

Furthermore, letters that would normally take three months for delivery only took a week (Farrokh 63-64). Other architectural achievements from Darius include building a canal between the Nile and Red sea and construction Egyptian god temples. Darius chose Susa as his…