Genghis Khan: How Did he Build an Empire? Genghis Khan is one of the most important leaders in history. He went from rags to riches in his life of 60-70 years‚ Genghis Khan united the mongols by setting simple‚ easy to follow rules and putting others before his family‚ unlike most clans of that time period. Born around 1162 and died in 1227‚ (A&E Television Networks) he was arguably the most important leader in the eastern hemisphere. Born around 1162‚ he was raised in a clan‚ but after his father
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In the Babylonian star catalogues dating from at least 1100 BCE‚ what later became known as Corvus was called the Raven (MUL.UGA.MUSHEN). As with more familiar Classical astronomy‚ it was placed sitting on the tail of the Serpent (Greek Hydra). The Babylonian constellation was sacred to Adad‚ the god of rain and storm; in the second Millennium it would have risen just before the autumnal rainy season. John H. Rogers observed that Hydra signified Ningishzida‚ the god of the underworld in the Babylonian
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Poseidon is one of the three major gods and also was one of the most worshipped/respected gods of Olympus. He is widely know as the Greek god of the sea‚ earthquakes‚ and horses. Poseidon was the son of Kronos and Rhea (Kuiper 1). He had five siblings‚ two brothers and three sisters (Sellers 1). Poseidon had played a major part in the war against the titans to gain freedom. Once Poseidon helped defeat his father‚ Kronos‚ and the other evil creatures of the world‚ he obtained the control over the
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In the play “Oedipus the King”‚ fate vs. freewill dilemma of the heart of Oedipus myth is described as a tragic flaw caused by his blindness. In human life‚ there are people governed about whether they choose to do something with their fate vs. freewill. But most people believe that it is not always good to have fate vs. freewill. It is a choice to cause either fate by making something happen or freewill by controlling their behavior in situations. Many people choose to have fate by doing
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The ultimate tragedy where a man named Oedipus marries his own mother and kills his own father. Oedipus is a man born to king Laius with a prophecy that he will kill his own father. In a desperate attempt to avoid this they abandon him on a mountain. Oedipus and his real father will cross paths once again and have a fight that will leave the king of Laius dead. Oedipus will go to thebes and defeat the sphinx and become the king. Peace doesn’t last long when a plague devastated the city until the
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The main concentration of Oedipus was preventing his downfall in the story‚ but due to his inner blindness and the rest of his character flaws he was unsuccessful in this journey‚ which is the reason that Oedipus was a static character throughout the whole story. He has various flaws‚ which always started multiple conflicts in the story‚ all of which gradually directed him to his downfall in the plot of the play. All of the shortcomings of Oedipus are the reason for his quick‚ horrific downfall from
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Throughout the Oedipus trilogy by Sophocles‚ the Greek concept of hubris is a prominent cause of the constant disastrous results. Most characters who show great pride and self-confidence have disastrous consequences. The character most represented by this shortcoming is none other than Oedipus. Oedipus constantly shows his weakness of excessive pride. After learning about the prophecy‚ Oedipus ran away from his foster parents [believing they are his real parents] so he wouldn’t fulfil the prophecy
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My birthday is April 16th‚ which makes my zodiac sign Aries‚ The Ram. Aries is the first out of all twelve zodiac constellations and it ranges from March 21 to April 20. Aries is a fire sign that is affiliated with Mars and people born in this time slot are known to be adventurous‚ confident‚ enthusiastic‚ impatient‚ and impulsive. The constellation Aries is meant to honor the Greek myth of the ram the produced the golden fleece which is commonly known for being sought after by Jason and the Argonauts
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In ancient Greek literature‚ there are two types of drama’s. There was the comedic drama‚ and the tragic drama. The difference between these two dramas would be decided by the fate of the hero at the sisation of the play. Tragedy being the most popular‚ was the biggest part of Greek society. This is proven by all of the plays‚ stories‚ and works the Greeks created concerning this topic. Tragic plays were so heavily conducted that all of them began to share common traits. These similarities are present
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Antigone was Courageous The classic play Antigone written by Sophodes tells us about a crazy adventure of justice‚ mercy and tragedy. It starts with a young girl named Antigone; she experiences great loss when her father and two brothers are killed. Her brother‚ Polynises was a great fighter‚ but was not given a proper burial and his body was left on the battlefield to wrought. Antigone was not happy with this out come. Antigone didn’t want her brother to die like this‚ so she took the risk to
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