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    Thucydides, an Athenian historian, blamed his countrymen for the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War, famously claiming it was inevitable. He was working with incomplete data when he made this claim; looking back with a more comprehensive account of the war’s causes, it becomes clear that it could have been delayed or stopped if the factors that led to it had been even marginally different. The immediate cause of war was Corinth’s plea to Sparta for assistance in open warfare and the Spartan commanders’

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    The ancient Greeks were an advanced society that began sometime before 2000 B.C. and ended sometime around 150 B.C. . They made many technological advancements including philosophy and astronomy. The timeline of ancient Greece is split into three parts, beginning, middle (classical age), and end. So from beginning to end this is ancient Greece. The early Greeks (2 of the earliest being the Minoans and the Mycenaeans) were traders and merchants that traveled by boat and used the sea for food

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    objective (end) was raid Peloponnesian coat and exhaustion Sparta. They were planning exercised military leverage navy to maintain empire protect own people behind walls, diplomacy was demand clients the support, maintain impair form new alliances (Macedonia), before war economic was monopole fleet and saved money in bank, increase taxation. The king of Athens Pericles knew that Sparta had superior land forces, even so, the city walls provided appropriate defense counter to attacking forces. He also

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    produced, in any event, to one hundred thousand men. The troops of Constantinople were fortified by the cluttered large numbers of Phrygia and Cappadocia; however the genuine quality was made out of the subjects and partners of Europe, the armies of Macedonia, and the squadrons of Bulgaria; the Uzi, a Moldavian crowd, who were themselves of the Turkish race; (31) and, most importantly, the hired soldier and brave groups of French and Normans. Their spears were summoned by the valiant Ursel of Baliol,

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    Alexander the Great Essay

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    history is known as the Hellenistic period, and it has lasted for more than two centuries. One astrologic era has a duration of 2000 years.) Related articles on the net: Alexander's Origins , Plutarch The dynasty of Argeidos List of the Kings of Macedonia @ macedonia.com Alexander's Birth, Plutarch Alexander's origin and controversies according various traditions The Temple of Artemis DIONYSOS LINKS Return to index. Alexander, Prince of Macedon 344 Even as a young boy Alexander was fearless and

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    volunteer from Hungary who is helping the refugees at Presevo, Serbia. Several thousand refugees every day are waiting in the rain and cold for hours in front of the refugees reception center in Presevo, a town in southern Serbia near the border with Macedonia. Due to the slow process of the registration and the lack of adequate resources, the refugees are forced to stand still for hours under the rain, the cold and lack of shelter. “Parts of Presevo are flooded due to the heavy rain, dozens of houses

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    Personal Observation

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    Two basic examples I have provided in past lectures. 1) After completing the daily observation mission we were heading back to the city of Pristina in Kosovo. We noticed a very nice hillside house smoking and stopped to observe. Two paramilitary serbians ran from the property with two large cans as the house became engulfed in flames. They entered their vehicles and left the area. Our observation was two paramilitary soldiers burned down the albanian land owners property. The russian report

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    The year is 356 BCE. He was born in Macedonia. His father was King Philip and mother was Olympia. Aristole, was hired to teach him and prepare him for kingship. If you haven’t been able to conjecture who this is, then you should know that all those facts point straight to the mighty Alexander the Great! But, does Alexander really deserve to be called “Great?” No way! Alexander was definitely not someone to be called great! Whoever started calling him “great” must see kalopsia. Alexander the great

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    Alexander The Great Dbq

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    Charge! This was Alexander the Great. He was king of Macedonia and he got to power at the age 20 after his father died at his daughter's wedding. He was trained from birth to become a king and become a great one. He was taught by Aristotle, and he taught him academic subjects, politics, sports and warfare (Doc BGE). As king he took over the Persian empire and he died after he got back to Babylon after going all the way to the Indus River. In the war he showed leadership, intelligence, and creativity

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    Three Ethical Approaches

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    on the grounds that government should be the ones to decide how businesses respond might be managerial liberals. Life of Aristotle Aristotle was born in Stageira, a Greek colony in Macedonia, in 384 BC. Generations of Aristotle's family including his father, Nichomachus, had served as physicians to the Kings of Macedonia. His parents died when he was about ten years old and he was taken in by foster parents: Proxenos and his wife. He moved to Athens at the age of seventeen, and he remained there for

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