Alexander the Great Alexander the Great was a Macedonian king born in July of 356 BC. He was the son of King Philip and Queen Olympia‚ and was tutored by Aristotle throughout his teenage years. He later went on to become King of Macedonia after his father’s death at eighteen. He led military campaigns across the middle east and south Asia‚ but why was Alexander so important? How did he change the world? Alexander was born into the royal family of Macedonia in 356 BC to King Philip
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Chapter Four Persian Empire Persians first to achieve a complex political organization during the end of the second millennium. Medes played a major role in the destruction of the Assyrians Empire Persians now call themselves Achaemenids because they were ancestors of Achamenes. Cyrus(Kurush) son of a Persian chieftain and median princess‚ united Persian tribes and over threw the median monarch around. Cyrus Redrew the map of the west 550 b.c.e Like most Indo-European people the early inhabitants
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emperors of ancient Persia built their capital at Persepolis‚ in a valley of the Zagros‚ they did so with strategy in mind. Persepolis was placed in a common “bottleneck” in the annual migration routes of several tribes from the warm coastal plains to the cool summer pastures in the north. Twice a year‚ several whole confederations of tribes had to pass by Persepolis with all of their wealth in sheep‚ goats‚ and horses‚ and he who ruled Persepolis ruled what then was Persia. One of the tribes that
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On the day Alexander the Great‚ son of King Phillip II and Olympias‚ was born Phillip II captured the city of Potidaea‚ Phillip II’s general Parmenion won another important battle‚ and Phillip II’s horse won a race at Olympia. It was said that a son whose birth coincided with three victories would himself prove to be invincible. It was also said that Alexander descended from the Greek heroes and demi-gods Heracles and Achilles. During his kingship Alexander did very little to disprove these statements
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Speech as Xerxes Greetings‚ subjects. My reign was sufficient and completely beneficial to the Persian society‚ I deserve this power as even Herodetus the Greek writer said with “among all these immense numbers there was not a man 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
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successors would later unsuccessfully try to conquer Greece. His empire also continued east to the Indus River Valley‚ where he eventually met his demise and the end of his empire. He had several capitals throughout his massive empire including Persepolis‚ Susa‚ Babylon‚ and Pasargadae‚ where he is buried to this day. Woodard 2 The key factor that made Cyrus’ rule much more successful than previous and future leaders was the way he treated the conquered parts of his empire. He was known has a great
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Mohammod Anwar 2A 11-6-14 Word Count:1200 TOPIC: The whole point of knowledge is to produce both meaning and purpose in our personal lives What is meaning? Meaning is the idea of something represented by a word. For meaning to impact ones personal life‚ it needs to be of something that will impact their life for the better or for worst. Purpose is an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions. Meaning and purpose both have a long lasting influence on ones life
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Carrefour was started in Paris‚ France by the Fournier and Deoffrey families in 1959. In 1960‚ the company opened its first supermarket‚ followed by the opening of the first Carrefour hypermarket in Sainte-Genevive-des-bois in 1963. In 1969‚ the opening of the first Carrefour store in Belgium marked the beginning of Carrefour’s international expansion. Between 1970 and 1980‚ the company went through a number of changes and expansions. In 1970‚ the company’s stock was floated on the Paris Bourse
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1) SWOT ANALYSIS :2) COMPETITOR ANALYSIS:PerformancemetricsCapabilities Objectives/values StrategyFacebook -More than 1billion monthlyactive users- With more than1 billion users indatabase‚ userscan connect inbetter ways.-Make the worldmore open andconnected.-Facebook markets themas a platform that allowsusers to connect.Google+ - An estimated343 millionmonthly activeusers.-G+ integratesyoutube andandroid to gaincompetitiveadvantage overFacebook.-Organize theworld’s informationand make ituniversallyaccessible
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Today there are many things that can impact someone’s identity. Imperialism is the ideology of extending a country’s power and influence through military force. Consumerism is another ideology that is the belief that it is good for people to spend large amounts of money on goods and services. Consumerism affects one identity because it leads to people believing that money is everything and that it is okay to buy things without hesitation; although imperialism contributes to one’s identity the most
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