Ionian cities to Persia was of concern to other Greek city-states. There was some hope with the death of Darius II in 404BC. His son‚ Artaxerxes II succeeded him. The younger son‚ Cyrus‚ was ambitious and asked for Spartan assistance to overthrow his brother Sparta realized the potential in the situation: by helping Cyrus‚ Sparta might be rewarded. If successful. Persia might have
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Chinese and even the hyperpowers of present time got to where they are. The Achaemenids was the Great Persian Empire that was founded in 559 BC. The founder was Cyrus the Great and his empire lasted over two centuries. Cyrus was tolerant‚ especially through religion. This is how the Persians were able to survive. A strategy Cyrus used to gain the trust of people he conquered was going to honor the temple‚ cults‚ and local gods of their culture. The Persian world
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Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington | | Brittany ThomasMay 2‚ 2012MUSC 1303-100Jason Passmore | | One of the greatest jazz bandleaders‚ arrangers‚ recording artist‚ and composers of all time is none other than Duke Ellington. Born on April 29‚ 1899 in Washington‚ D.C.‚ Ellington was destined for musical talent. His family was musically talented; both of his parents could play piano even though neither could read music. Ellington did not grow up in a poor family; and he had educational
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Lex Brown Writing Seminar Heather Surface 15 November‚ 2013 Are Women Disrespected in Advertising‚ Music‚ and Video Games? Society today has come a long way. America has made great lengths of improvements in both technology and women rights. Both of these are great advancements in their respective areas but together‚ are they advancing enough? Women have won rights in voting‚ owning land‚ and earning high end jobs‚ have they yet to earn the right to be respected in different social aspects? Women
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East of Eden: Is Evil Nature or Nurtured? John Steinbeck’s novel East of Eden was inspired by a message he wished to send to his sons. Steinbeck created this epic story to carry his voice and advice to the two young boys whom he loved immensely. He wrote the story of good and evil‚ including love and hate‚ demonstrating how they are inseparable. ("East of Eden"‚ Kirjasto) Steinbeck wanted to describe to Thom and John IV‚ the Salinas Valley‚ the treasured place in which he grew up. He aspired
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Perspectives on Sexuality I. Define/explain the following terms: 1. Sex: “Biological maleness and femaleness” (Crooks‚ p. G7). 2. Intercourse: “the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman; the man’s penis is inserted into the woman’s vagina and excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur” (dictionary.com). 3. Heterosexual: “Sexually oriented to persons of the opposite sex” (dictionary.com). 4. Homosexual: “A person whose primary erotic‚ psychological‚ emotional‚ and social orientation
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Xerxes Debate – Prosecution Building Programs * Economic decline was related to his excessive building programs. * Even though his building programs were impressive he neglected other parts of the empire. * Olmstead: “Xerxes was more interested in completing the magnificent structures begun by his father than he was in testing the formidable military machine.” * Josef Wieshofer: Persepolis was one of his “favourite past times”‚ was “hardly independent” of Darius’ style‚ was an
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Modesty The concept of modesty dates back to the early Victorian times when women would wear dresses that started with covering the neck‚ extending all the way down to the ground. The arms would also be covered with long sleeves. But as the fashion world has grown and changed modesty is not as important as it used to be to everyone. Believing that the body is a temple and respecting it by dressing modestly is still relevant and important to some. People of the Islamic‚ Mormon‚ Orthodox
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The Babylonians: Unifiers of Mesopotamia Article The Babylonians began their rise to power in the region of Mesopotamia around 1900 B.C. This was at a time when Mesopotamia was largely unstable‚ prone to conflict and invasion‚ and not at all unified. This early period‚ known as the Old Babylonian Period‚ is characterized by over 300 years of rule of theAmorites‚ who had come from west of the Euphrates River‚ and formed an empire based in the city-state of Babylon. This empire was a monarchy that
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TRANSLATIONS: A 1. The banana is acrid. 2. He is the adherent of the other group. 3. Miley was admonished by her mother. 4. Haley was agaped into happiness. 5. Their credits were aggregated up to P50‚ 000.00 6. Don’t allude her. 7. He likes to run amuck. 8. Do you live in an alley? 9. Their enmity is getting worse. 10. What happened in Australia is appalling. 11. Don’t you know what apropos to him? 12. You shouldn’t give arbitrary laws. 13. What is the cause of your aridity? 14. You’re
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