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Red Fort in Delhi: The Symbol of India Lal Quila also called the Red Fort is one of the most important monuments of India. It stands on the bank of river Yamuna. The whole structure is made of Red stone. The fort was built by Shahjahan - the Mughal King who also built the famous Taj Mahal - in 1648. Shahjahan called it the Uru-Muhalla. Shahjahan shifted his capital from Agra to Delhi and Red Fort was the new capital. Lal Quila stands at the eastern side of Shahjahanabad and the very name of "Lal
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natural disasters are phenomenon. Dwellers of this land were mostly farmers‚ labors and poor. Painting and other forms of work of art were patronized and practiced at the Kings’ and rulers’ palaces. Only their palaces were made of bricks and pillars of stone. General people’s houses were made of long grass‚ hay‚ clay and bamboo. This area was ruled by the Maurjya dynasty before the birth of Christ. The most prominent king of this dynasty was the king Ashoka. The emperors of Gupta Dynasty ruled from 400
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previous king’s buildings and declare them his own‚ or just destroy them. This showed his determination to create his own era at all costs. Also‚ to ensure future kings’ didn’t take away his legacy‚ Ramesses’ would inscribe his name deeply into the stone of his buildings. The most significant building in the era of Ramesses II was Per-Ramesses‚ a new capital located in the northern Delta region dedicated to himself. Amenhotep III majorly influenced this project by earlier celebrating his Heb-sed
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why was the third born son Xerxes chosen over the others to reign King? Two theories can be retrieved from this mystery‚ was it that Xerxes had a direct blood link to Cyrus the Great? Or was it that Xerxes was first born after Darius’s rise to the throne and that it was the will of the divine
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Darius to strengthen his calm to the Persian throne‚ Darius married Atossa ‚ the daughter of Cyrus the Great. Xerxes was the eldest son of this union. This made Xerxes the son of the king‚ grandson of the founder of the empire and the son with the most royal blood. Herodotus recorded that Persian Males were educated between the ages of five and twenty. “To ride‚ to use a bow and to speak the truth.” On Xerxes’ father‚ Darius’ tomb there is an inscription that reads. “Trained am I both with hands
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who‚ for stature and noble bearing‚ was more worthy than Xerxes to wield so vast a power. I deserved to take the throne‚ and it was Ahuramazda’s will. Other sons of Darius there were‚ but thus unto Ahura-Mazda was the desire – Darius my father made me the greatest after himself. When my father Darius went away from the throne‚ by the will of Ahura-Mazda I became king on my fathers throne. I am of royal decent and Achmaenid blood runs through me as I am Xerxes‚ the great king‚ king of kings‚ king of
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Hatshepsut dressed herself in the clothes of a man‚ put on the false beard that pharaohs traditionally wore and proclaimed her self ‘king of Egypt’. Hatshepsut portrayed her self as male not only in her physical appearance. But also in her Royal title‚ inscriptions and in monuments. At first during her image transformation‚ she was depicted with feminine facial features and a slender waist. Later she was fitted with accessories of king including a nemes headdress and symbols of Egypt’s enemies inscribed
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at Chapel Hill. Depicted in the center of The Stele of Prince Ankh-nef-neb is the Prince standing at the right offering a table of gifts to three gods and goddesses. The deities can be identified from their appearances and symbols. Isis with the throne on his head‚ Horus with the head of a hawk and a crown of Egypt and Min with an erected penis and a flail. Their identities are reaffirmed by hieroglyphics that are carefully inscribed above them. Isis is regarded as the Queen of Goddesses‚ she was
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evident in inscriptions‚ reliefs as well as accounts by the Greek historian‚ Herodotus. It was not straightforward that Xerxes’ would succeed his father‚ and the sources provide dates and insight that factor out possibilities which may have resulted in Darius’ final decision. Xerxes’ had several brothers both of half and of blood‚ including Artobazanes‚ Darius’ eldest son‚ and Ariamenes‚ also older than Xerxes; two of which had more significantly contested against him in the throne. Artobazanes
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