The Persian

they both have similar concepts. Although many aspects of Sumerian and Greek societies were very similar, there are several differences. Some of those differences include education and location. The location of the Sumerian's is located near the Persian Gulf, next to Arabia, while the Greeks are located on a peninsula on the Mediterranean Sea between Turkey and Italy. In class we asked questions on how come we wake up of the mornings, or why the sun comes up. We learned that each civilization…

Cyrus the Great was able to rule the Persian Empire through Zoroastrianism. He was able to keep control of the empire and rule by using religion. He invoked spiritual justifications with this to ensure his rule. Religion helped unite the nation. This was a large empire that proved effectively ruled using religion. The Empire failed after people began to question the divinity of their leader, and satrapies (taxing buildings) were unstable with power. The Persian tried to invade Greek on two…

In the article “Persian Gulf Heat: It May Become too Hot for Humans to Survive, Study Warns,” Brandon Miller, a CNN meteorologist, writes about how the Middle East could become uninhabitable by the year 2100. Humans have been hearing about the effect of climate change for a long time now, but many of them don’t really enter our minds as a big problem. This new study is different. Authors from Loyola Marymount University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have put out a disturbing idea…

Jerusalem had been completely destroyed, and the temple had been burned in 586 B.C. Zerubhabar led the first group of Jewish exiles to return and begin the rebuilding phases of the temple. Ezra led the second group, and Nehemiah proceeded him. The Persians dominated the Near Eastern world at the time, however they allowed the Jews…

expectations, there should be a reward for the employees that thrived to not only improve but show the greatness of the restaurant. When Zaytoon Grill, a Persian restaurant, was first opened in 2010, there was a lot of criticism about the new restaurant surviving. The main reason behind the judgments was because Persian Room, one of the best Persian restaurants in the country, was only 4 miles away from Zaytoon. The very few devoted employees made the impossible happen. Although there is…

and purple; tiny, yellow pinpricks of head lights moving along the network of streets like little ants. Towers boasting of elegant curves and sharp edges strain themselves around me, trying and failing to reach my height. To my right stretches the Persian Gulf and if I stare long enough to my left I can imagine seeing the Gulf of Oman over miles of undulating sand dunes. A cold rush of emptiness overtakes me and I absently remove a golden pocket watch from my vest. It is a very unique watch,…

The Ancient Persian-Greek Wars began in 499 B.C.E. and lasted until 479 B.C.E (Kagan 64). This war is so infamous because of all the battles where the Greek underdogs triumph over the massive Persian forces. These events include a revolt against Persian forces and some major infantry and naval battles. All of these significant skirmishes led up to one outcome, the formation of the Delian league. A major conflict that led up to The Ancient Persian-Greek Wars was the Ionian Revolt. The Ionian…

The Greek classical era sometimes called the Hellenic period was “the period between the Persian Wars at the beginning of the fifth century B.C. and the death of Alexander the Great in 323 B.C.”(). The Greek classical era was a period of war, conflict, and development. The Persians were the greatest adversary of the Greek states. The era was characterized by series of wars between Athens state and the Persians. Also, there was rivalry and mistrust between Athens and the other members of the…

shape. While this age of empire building helped connect people of varying ethnicities and cultures, rulers had to use tactics such as violence, manipulation, and strict control of the law in order to maintain order in these ever growing nations. The Persian empire under the Achaemenid dynasty was one of the largest and most diverse nations to exist during…

During the 5th century BC, Persian King Darius I led his people in many attempts to conquer Greece. The Persians invaded Greece due to the support the Athenians provided the Ionians when they were trying to overthrow the Persians. During the Ionian revolt, the Persians were defeated in Sardis with the help of Athens, consequently King Darius, for obvious reasons, held a grudge against Greece and was determined to destroy Athens. These events led to the Battle of Marathon, one of the earliest…