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    now deserted land. All the things that he strived for have been forgotten (Dorman). The battle of Kadesh was one of his greatest military engagements. Throughout many years the Egyptians struggled to keep up with the Hittites. His main force had gotten attacked by the Hittites and luckily got rescued by reinforcements before it was too late. They both tried to claim the win of this battle, although the battle seemed to have stopped with a mutual balance. Ramses II displayed “his victory” on numerous

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    Ramsses II: Pharaoh

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    Ramsses the II Have you ever imagined if you were in control of 100,000 men. Also being able to demolish a single army in a single battle . Ramsses II is easily one of the most powerful pharaoh in the 19th Dynasty and most likely the world. Ramsses was born in 1303 B.C. He also grew up in the royal court of Egypt. He was educated and made to be a leader in Egypt. His father became Pharaoh when he was only 5 years old. Then his brother became Pharaoh when the dad died. Then when the brother

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    first Julius Caesar. The Romans foreign policy began around the First Punic war. IT was one of the real first times that the roman began to involve themselves overseas with warfare, and their military. In Roman warfare Rome had many battles. They had the battle of Romulus and Remus, and many civil wars with Julius Caesar and Pompey, or Otto, who were fighting over civil issues of the government. Major Roman leaders, or the first and one of the most significant leaders were Augustus. Other important

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    in Egyptian history. At the age of fifteen he was officially the prince of Egypt because his older brother died around when he was fourteen and fifteen years old. At age twenty-two he was fighting in the military with his father, and leading the battles himself. At age 25 his officially became the pharaoh of Egypt and had the name of Ramses the Great. In his reign, he and his army has fought many enemies such as Hittites, Syrians, Libyans and Nubians. He was soon known as Egypt’s best pharaoh. He

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    during middle Kingdom and they fought with no armour. The Pharaoh always led his army into battle, surrounded by a group of soldiers called the ‘Braves of the King’. He rode on a chariot wearing armour and a blue war crown. Army life was tough, with very harsh training and whippings if you did something wrong. Talented soldiers could greatly improve their social position by becoming wealthy. The Battle of Kadesh- greatest victory of Pharaoh Ramesses: The Egyptian army had marched to face the Hittite

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    of him when he was Pharaoh. Although he was young he had great and new ideas for Egypt. He was a great leader and protected his empire. An example of this is he would fight the people who destroyed other empires and he would fight beside his men in battle not giving up until they won. Ramses built a great temple that would represent Egypt was a perfect place to live. The temple wouldn't be made out of bricks, like most temples, it was going

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    Ramses II Ramses II is the son of King Seti I. Ramses II took the throne of Egypt at the age of 22 in 1279 BC, he was the third ruler of the 19th century and ruled for 6 decades until his death in 1213 BC. He was known to the Egyptians as Userma’atre’setepenre, which means 'Keeper of Harmony and Balance, Strong in Right, Elect of Ra’ (Mark, 2009). This paper will discuss the leadership qualities, architectural achievements and the impact he had on society then and now. Leadership qualities Ramses

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    the past tried to justify their own purposes, the natural phenomena, and battle endings as if religion and God are behind them. Some people used religion and name of God to justify their own purposes, and an example would be in Livy’s source. He mentions that Decius as a general prayed to win and sacrificed himself in the battle between Romans and Latins, and he did that in order to motivate his army in order to win the battle (Livy, week 6). As they were religious and loyal to it, when their general

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    Marcus Garvey, once said, “ A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.” With the creation of man came the creation of dreams, ideals, norms, mores, beliefs and more. Which leads to those dreams, ideas, beliefs, and other things to take shape from the beginning of our time until today. How are dreams, ideas, and beliefs related to culture? How have these ancient beliefs and societies influence our world today? How do the ideals, norms,

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    Abram The Promised Land

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    The story of the promised land began the day God approached Abram, now known as Abraham, the father of many. From Abraham came his descendants Isaac, Esau, Jacob, his twelve sons, and the Israelites whom all played a key role in the fulfilment of the promised land. The fulfilment of the promised land all began when Terah, father of Abraham, set out from Ur to Canaan- stopping in Haran on the way. While in Haran, the Lord said to Abram, “go forth from your land, your relatives, and from your father’s

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