comprised of south-west Asia (present day Iran). ABOUT PERSEPOLIS Persepolis is an Ancient Persian city‚ northeast of modern Shiraz in Iran. It was one of the capitals of Darius I and his successors. Its ruins include the palaces of Darius I and Xerxes I and a citadel that contained the treasury looted by Alexander the Great. Persepolis had a particular purpose and this was shown in its size‚ its setting and the impressive architectural features of the building. Its purpose was to intimidate visitors
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banquet was put on by the wealthy King Xerxes to show off to people the power and fortune that he held. The queen‚ at the time‚ denied to appear at this banquet and was ordered to be put to death‚ because of how angry the King was at this. The pursuit for a new queen is now on. This is where Esther comes into play. Esther was in a Beauty pageant put on by King Xerxes‚ and the king chose her to be queen. During this time‚ Mordecai stops an attempt to murder King Xerxes. Recorded in the kings’ book of chronicles
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Carneia festival‚ King Leonidas decides to prepare for war with Xerxes before the Persian king and his troops could advance to Sparta. He knew that he would not get the support of the politicians to get the bigger Greek army to follow him. Therefore he chose 300 Spartans who had sons to carry on their names to be his bodyguards and decides go to war. His vision and strategy was to block the only road through which the massive army of Xerxes could pass. Vastly outnumbered‚ the Greeks held back their enemies
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Grant Godfrey Film Appreciation 11/27/09 Glory or Death A Film Analysis of “300” Most people have heard the story of King Leonidas and the bold three hundred; but for the people that have never heard of the three hundred Spartans until the movie came out‚ it definitely opened their eyes after viewing the film. Some do not understand why this story is one of the most amazing ones in Greek history‚ mostly the people who do not know much about it. It is an inspirational story that tells us many
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My family‚ I am writing to you because I do not expect I will return home from this war. The Persians under the command of Xerxes have taken over Athens and burned the city to the ground. All of the Athenians have fled fearing for their lives. We have fought the Persians bravely and I know that Xerxes is getting impatient. He had thought at this point would have easily defeated us‚ and he did not expect our military knowledge and strength in such few numbers. He does not understand our training
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postponed when his Egyptian subjects revolted. Darius died before the invasion can be launched. The responsibilities were handed down to his son‚ Xerxes I. Xerxes crushed the Egyptian revolt‚ and quickly restarted the preparations. A previous expedition was sent to reconquer Thrace and to force Macedon to become Persia’s client kingdom (“Battle of Thermopylae”). Xerxes started the invasion of Greece in 480 BC (Fyre). The Persians built two pontoon bridges a mile long across the strait of Hellespont to enter
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Persian War was led by Xerxes During 480 – 479 BC in Greece. Both have similarities and differences between wars. The second Punic and second Persian wars are similar in their background causes but different in their foreground causes. The conflicts have similar structural causes such as social factors‚ vengeance and geographical proximity but different economic causes such as Carthaginian debt and Persian indemnities. The motive of the leaders was also different such as Xerxes respecting his father’s
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The Battle of Salamis The naval battle of Salamis was one of the last great battles of the Greco-Persian Wars‚ An invasion of Greece by the Persians Led by Persian King forces cunningly defeated Xerxes larger fleet under the leadership of Athenian general Themistocles. Xerxes‚ the son of King Darius was aggressive in the building of his empire. To get revenge for his late his father’s defeat at Marathon‚ he led an army of 150‚000 men and a navy consisting of 600 triremes (war vessels) into Greece
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focused soldier who is Alexandros mentor. Dionekes is selected to fight with King Leonidas and 300 Spartans in the fight to defend the "Hot Gates" at Thermopylae to delay the movement of the Persian’s toward invading Greece under King Xerxes. The Spartans and their allies hold off the Persians for several days . Eventually‚ a greek traitor leads the Persian Immortals the "elite troops" through a secret mountain pass that allows them to surround the Spartan position. Leonidas
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troops. Under thirty-five Persian generals‚ were assembled for the invasion of Greece‚ five whom where sons of the royal house. On the arrival of Xerxes at Thermopylae‚ he saw the that place was defended by a large of number of Spartans‚ and about seven thousand hoplites from other states‚ commanded by the Spartan King Leonidas. That night Xerxes sent a spy ahead‚ he learned that a
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