could not cross at the point where Porus was encampedhis elephants were too numerous. . . When Alexander saw this‚ he decided to move his troops in all different directions so that Porus would keep puzzled. . . At night he would take most of his cavalry to various points along the
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Final Exam Review FIRST POWER POINT • Greek art • Tyrants are usually the ones that commissioned art. • Greek Drama • Battle of Salamis - major battle when the tide turns and is a major blow to the Persian army. Miltiades the father of Kimon won the battle‚ they were from the island of Ajax‚ • Rebuilding Athens • both Miltiades and Kimon were ostracized • Kimon died at Cyrpress Egyptian campaign • • Kimon campaign preceded Alexander’s campaign by over a century • Battle of the Eurmedon
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especially true at the battle of Issus. A second example is he took his group far upstream‚ using rain to cover his tracks. He crossed the river and surprised the enemies with a full scale attack. Evidence three is then Alexander sent another group of cavalry to attack the Indians from the rear‚ as they attacked them killed many of the elephant riders‚ so the elephants panicked and started to destroy more of Porus’ forces. Reason three he might be a hero he invented very evolved things for his
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deliver it. In my perfect world‚ there are no armies‚ because there is no war. Every disagreement is settled by compromise‚ and when compromise is impossible‚ then equality comes close behind. There is no weaponry‚ there is no navy‚ and there is no cavalry. No one will die painfully. No one will die young. No one will die at the hands of another. There will be no racism‚ no antisemitism‚ and no discrimination. Everyone will be loved. In my perfect world‚ my parents still love one another. My grandmother
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before it happened‚ the Vikings unexpectedly invaded in the north and Harold had to march his army up the country‚ fight them and march back down again before the Normans came. Secondly‚ at the Battle of Hastings itself‚ the English did not have any cavalry where as the Normans did which mean that they had an advantage. During the battle‚ the English King Harold was wounded and the Normans got scared a retreat which fooled the English soldiers into thinking that they had won. They all broke ranks and
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The Battle of Little Bighorn was a battle between the Americans and Native Americans.The Battle of Little Bighorn occurred at Big Horn County‚ Montana and Little Bighorn river. The battle took place on June 25 through June 26‚ 1876. The battle of Little Bighorn took place on Little Bighorn river because Custer’s army had attacked first. He did not know the number of Native Americans there were. The reasons why The Battle of Little Bighorn had began was because the Americans heard that someone
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worth and his leadership qualities. He was an admirable public speaker (Hammond 27)‚ and he showed great amounts of courage and independence in his life time. At his first battle‚ the battle of the river Granicus‚ the Persians placed “their excellent cavalry 20‚000 strong on the level ground facing the river and their
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Fermina’s husband passes away and Florentino sees his passing as a window of opportunity to win his lover. Having waited 53 long years‚ Florentino and Fermina are together at last to which the author reports‚ “It was as if they had lept over the arduous cavalry of conjugal life and gone straight to the heart of love. They were together in silence like an old married couple wary of life‚ beyond the pitfalls
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The story of King Arthur is one that has been told for generation in many different ways two telling are the book The Acts of King Arthur And His Noble Knights by John Steinbeck and King Arthur directed by Antoine Fuqua. In the Steinbeck version Arthur is the king of England and the son of King Uther Pendragon and Lady Igraine. Due to a deal Uther made with Merlin‚ a wizard‚ Arthur was raised by Sir Ector as though he is his own son. Later on Uther passed away from an illness and lords began to
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Video Assignment on 300 The movie I selected for my movie review is 300 by Zach Snyder which represents the story of the brave 300 Spartans who fought bravely to their death‚ know that would be the end result. The movie stars Gerard Butler as king Leonidas and his wife Queen Gorgo as Lena Headey. Also another important actor is Dominic West who plays Theron a traitor of Sparta who is trying to delay the Queen or override her attentions of convincing the council to assembly an army against the Persians
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