Battle of Stones River

*Alexander the Great was a King of the Ancient Greek (356 BC.), Alexander broke the power of Persia in a series of decisive battles, most notably the battles of Issus and Gaugamela. He subsequently overthrew Persian King Darius III and conquered the Achaemenid Empire in its entirety.[b] At that point, his empire stretched from the Adriatic Sea to the Indus River. He sought to reach the "ends of the world and the Great Outer Sea" and invaded India in 326 BC, winning

There is a small white church located on a U.S. highway near the intersection of two Interstate highways in northern New Jersey. There, a Scottish flag flies over an easily missed gravestone in a small churchyard. This stone was erected by an American Founding Father over the burial plot of an officer in the British Army during the Revolution. William Leslie was born in 1751, the son of David Leslie, the sixth earl of Leven and the fifth earl of Melville in Scotland. He arrived in Britain’s North

sophisticated tools and weapons. Instead of stone and wood tools, which were easy damaged, metal tools proved reliable. Swords and knives were created from metal, and eventually so were guns. When Europeans arrived in Africa in the mid-1600s, these weapons saved their lives. A native African army attacked and killed nearly 300 Europeans to stop them from advancing into Zulu territory. When they attacked again in a fight called the Battle of Blood River, the Europeans were prepared. They used their

golden bed in Smaug’s layer, he did not decide to return the Arkenstone back to its rightful owner, Thorin, instead he tucked it away and hid it from him. Bilbo knew how much power that one gem processed on everyone, especially Thorin. By keeping that stone concealed away, he could decide on how he could use it for his own benefit. But, with great power comes great responsibility. When Bilbo decided to hand over the Arkenstone to Bard and King Thranduil to negotiate with Thorin, he knew he was giving

individuals, government officials, and warriors. The working classes also wore jewelry, but they didn’t have any precious stones. Their clothes were less lavish than the upper classes. They were artists, merchants, and traders. They were also called the “freemen”. The working class had to work hard, but had food and a decent

find the plant and in order to aid his journey he was given new clothing that would not parish and also a companion named Urshanabi. He was told that the plant lived underwater in a cave. Gilgamesh was able to reach where the plant lived by tying stones to his feet in order to sink in the water. After he was able to find the plant they journeyed back to his home town. On the way home, Gilgamesh and Urshanabi stopped to bathe and rest. While he was bathing he held the plant and thought of what he

Life's Hills and Rivers Encompassed by numerous stars, silence, and astounding mountains, I remained on Arizona's Piestewa Peak awestruck by the scenery .Glancing back at the climb and to think strolling through glade woodland, and mud. And additionally crossing streams taking a gander at lakes, stars, trees and for the most part going through a half observed world all occurred before 6pm. I recall the five of us ceased almost a waterfall to ingest the magnificence of the rising sun. The sky

fear and diffidence at joining her husband and has to be reminded by the stones that now she is a grown woman and must go with her husband. It is important to note that when she is afraid she immediately screams out for her father and not her husband. This, in turn, suggests her reluctance to leave her father’s side where she feels safe and secure. In fact, she only joins Orpheus through her father’s support and the stones’ persuasion. Therefore, in both scenes Eurydice wants to remain with her father

The river valley civilizations of Sumer, Egypt, India, and China were historical pillars of innovation. Not only were they each responsible for having forged new technological innovations, but they each created their own system of writing as well. Each of them meets the requirements of being labeled as a “civilization” because each had a form of social organization, trade and economic activity, government, division of labor, and some form of record keeping. What sets them apart from one another

In the final act of Shakespeare’s twenty-ninth production, Macbeth, the audience is on the cusp of witnessing the ultimate duel between a tyrant and the men he has so mightily wronged. However, this epic battle is preceded by a tragedy offstage, the death of Lady Macbeth. At this point in the drama, Macbeth is informed of his loss and he curses time as if it was a man standing before him. He rambles on about how, “-all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle