passed to 18-year-old Cleopatra and her 10-year-old brother‚ Ptolemy XIII. Soon after the siblings’ ascension to the throne‚ Ptolemy’s advisers acted against Cleopatra‚ who was forced to flee Egypt for Syria in 49 B.C. She raised an army of mercenaries and returned the following year to face her brother’s forces at Pelusium‚ on Egypt’s eastern border. Meanwhile‚ after allowing the Roman general Pompey to be murdered‚ Ptolemy XIII welcomed the arrival of Pompey’s rival‚ Julius Caesar‚ to Alexandria
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ideology they saw in a democratic paris back home‚ and with Marx seeing the working class lead a revolution definitely inspired his own communist party. The Napoleonic Wars changed the entire layout of war itself‚ previously small armies of trained mercenaries took to the battlefield napoleon was the first commander to successfully implement a large army to take on his rivals. The biggest change politically on
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Modern society which is very complex and often contradictory has its origin in the ancient times as far back as 4000 years ago. Deeply rooted in spirituality‚ yet having equal attraction towards materialism‚ sometimes leading to unethical behaviour‚ inclination and commitment towards science‚ logic and reason‚ yet superstitious practices are rampant. Untouchability has been constitutionally abolished and caste and community based discrimination banned‚ its practice is common and it is a major tool
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In an era of continental invasion‚ the problem of ensuring political stability within the context of European realpolitik is addressed in Machiavelli’s The Prince. Niccolo Machiavelli was born on May 3‚ 1469 and grew up in Florence‚ which was a humanist city-state right in the center of the Renaissance. Machiavelli’s father‚ as a Tuscan‚ who was both an attorney and humanist‚ focused heavily on his education hired private tutors to teach Machiavelli. According to his father‚ Machiavelli‚ like other
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I will now briefly discuss Dionysius I‚ a tyrant of Syraceus during the classical period of Greek history. Aristotle‚ in his work Politics‚ wrote‚ ‘a tyrant is set up from among the people and the multitude to oppose the notables‚ in order that the people may suffer no injustice from them’ . As before with the Cypselid dynasty‚ we see Dionysius I come to power with the aid of the military and the demos. However despite their origins we once again during Dionysius reign see the steady decline of
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Many of the great empires we have seen over the past thousands of years have fallen. For instance; Russian Empire‚ British Empire‚ Mongol Empire-but most importantly the Roman Empire. Why do they fall‚ and how did they collapse? An empire can collapse in various of ways. For example‚ poor militaries‚ politics‚ a weak economy‚ or even because of the religion. For instance‚ militaries can cause a huge roll in why a union is dying. They can be inexperienced‚ or simply they do not have the loyalty
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trading freely. Additionally‚ the King and Parliament are guilty of outright destruction of American life and property by their refusal to protect the colonies’ borders‚ their confiscation of American ships at sea‚ and their intent to hire foreign mercenaries to fight against the colonists. The colonial governments tried to reach a peaceful reconciliation of these differences with Great Britain‚ but were continually ignored. Colonists who appealed to British citizens were similarly ignored‚ despite
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Rome was an ancient civilization that lasted for around 1‚000 years. During the Pax Romana‚ Rome had become very successful. They had a great sense of patriotism and loyalty towards Rome. After their success‚ Rome gradually fell. Rome also went from a republic to an empire‚ which slowly affected them. The Romans were focused on entertainment and violence because they were focused on this their empire was lacking of strength. The reason that is the most significant for Rome’s fall is the loss of
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Arnold Trujillo November 1st 2013 Dr. I. Bunting Political Science 10 Intervention of the United states of the Americas As stated under the Monroe Doctrin‚ The United States has claimed the western hemisphere to be free of European Imperialism and influence without consent of any countries on the western hemisphere. Another document implemented under Theodore Roosevelt’s term the Roosevelt corollary‚ which was an extension of the Monroe Doctrine: stated the United States had the right to
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rain tomorrow‚ but who knows. Last week was nice weather‚ too.” By this time the poor girl has either walked away or passed out from boredom. Another thing Mark often does in his encounters with women is to say things that make him sound totally mercenary‚ as if money were the most important thing in the world to him. He makes frequent allusions to his own salary‚ asks the woman how much she makes‚ and complains about the prices of everything on a menu. When he takes a date to a movie‚ he sometimes
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