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    Cyrus, typically known as Cyrus the Great, was the king of the Persians that lived from 576 to 530 B.C. He became the king of the Persians in 559 B.C. and reigned until 530 B.C. During this time, people were fighting for power and control of the Fertile Crescent and of Asia Minor. Cyrus was mainly known for his large respect and tolerance to other religions and his highly peaceful actions to people he conquered. He was also known for being one of the few people able to control and hold control one

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    A. How did the growth of the first empires in western Afro-Eurasia affect the societies in the Levant and the Aegean? What influence did they have on the broader region? The formation of the first empires in western Afro-Eurasia originally brought turmoil to the indigenous people in the pursuit of resources and land but opened the door for a new lifestyle and relations by the traditional and unique values of these empires. The growth of the new empires ushered in a new era by replacing the societies

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    around 900 BC, an “Egyptian scribe used non-standard hieroglyphs in an inscription.” (Sans Institutue, page 6, 2001). Since those ancient times until now, there have been great advancements in DET, and its applications. Hundreds of years later, Assyrian merchants in the 1500 BC time frame were using pieces of a flat stone with carved inscriptions on them called intaglio in trading transactions (Sans Institutue, page 8,

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    ten tribes not including Judah and Benjamin. The northern kingdom was known as Israel and the southern kingdom was known as Judah. King Omri, Ahab’s father founded Samaria, the capital of Israel. It survived approximately up until 722 BC when the Assyrians destroyed it. Every king who ruled over Israel was evil. An example of this is, King Ahab who married Jezebel princess of Phoenicia, which would be the reason for the fall of the kingdom. Ahab was the son Omri. Jezebel was the daughter of Ethbaal

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    The period before these great physicians was a time of discovery and collection of old medical knowledge and surgical procedures specifically from Greeks, Persians, Assyrian Syriacs, Indians and Byzantines2 by the scholars and physicians of the early Islamic empire. Muslims of the 7th century, were probably the most successful of the empires before them to amalgamate an abundance of medical information from ancient books

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    Humanities Mod 2 Benjamin Dyck Rasmussen College Author Note This paper is being submitted to the Humanities course on 12/11/2017. A Bar at the Folies-Bergère Artist: Edouard Manet (1832-83). Subject: Suzon, according to the recollections of Manet's friends: a young woman who worked at the Folies-Bergère, one of the great Parisian cafés-concerts , a kind of beer hall with music, circus acts and other entertainment. Analysis: This painting, which was actually painted when Manet was critically ill

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    him the result he wanted. If he did usurp power from Bluestar Thunderclan could have been strengthened and expanded or the clan could have been driven to the ground. Tigerclaw would have done whatever he could to exercise and show his power. The Assyrian king Sargon II wanted to show the world his power and authority so he

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    Condoleezza Rice will try to clear up some issues. On April 10, 2003, after we took out Hussein, a mob of looters attacked the Iraq National Museum. Iraq is considered the Cradle of Civilization and harbors priceless artifacts from Babylonian, Assyrian and Sumerian kingdoms. The National Museum of Iraq’s looting from April 9 to April 11, 2003 resulted in the loss of 15,000 artifacts despite our presence with a military tank unit and soldiers the looting went unchecked. More than15, 000 artifacts

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    Luke According to Hindson and Towns, Luke was a gentile from Syrian Antioch and was a brother of Titus. There is little documented information concerning the beginning of Luke’s life, and the exact date of his birth is unknown. The Bible does say that Luke was a well-educated physician and a companion to Paul who taught him the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Luke spent a lot of time with Paul and accompanied him on many of his trips to preach the Gospel. Luke authored the Biblical books of Luke and Acts

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    second half of the eighth century BCE, Iranian Median and Persian tribes (Mada and Parswa) had already been long established among the original non-Iranian speakers of the Zagros mountain ranges of Iranian Kurdestan, according to the records of the Assyrian ruler Shalmaneser III (r. 858-824 BCE). Minorsky (1957: 78) recognized that the name of the tiny village Qal'a Paswe near Solduz in Kurdestan retains the memory of the Iranian settlements (cf. also Zadok 200 1; 2002). The successors of the Parswa

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