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Moreover, Hammond claims that local militias who wished to join Alexander’s army became citizen soldiers, illustrating that regardless of nationality, by fighting along Alexander would incorporate one into his illustrious empire. Eventually, the army became a way that fused cultures and mixed background together. The more territories the army conquered, the more Alexander’s empire grew, and by giving incentives to recruits such as incorporating them into the newly formed empire would help Alexander’s

Time – Story World Chronological Order In time order the most striking feature of the narrative is that the narrative has three anachrony. The story’s anachrony occurs in Daniel 6:10, 1, and 14. In the story anachrony in Daniel 6: 10, Daniel prayed to God. It is an internal heterodiegetic repeating analepsis. The temporal setting “three times” introduces the first analepsis “Daniel got down on his knees, prayed, and gave thanks to his God.” This explains Daniel’s rebellion against the decree of Darius

In the early start of the post-classical era two empires existed that were among the first wave of post-classical empires. They were the Byzantine Empire and the Persian Sassanid Empire. They Byzantine Empire was known to be a continuation of the Roman Empire that lasted for one-thousand years. Although this sounds like an achievement the one-thousand year Byzantine Empire was not as great as it is expected to be. The Sassanid Empire that lied just east of the Byzantine Empire, or in present

The first matter to consider is what constitutes “greatness”. There are no set standards no checklist, to apply to a person, to determine it they are “great.” The simplest way that I could conceive to decide whether this title should apply to Alexander was to determine if he was, in some way, superior to the rulers that came before or after his reign. The most obvious place for me to start my consideration is with Alexander’s vast accomplishments as a conquerer. Alexander inherited an impressive

Brice Woodard HIST 1110 February 7, 2012 Cyrus II of Persia, also known as Cyrus the Great, was one of the most influential and powerful rulers in the Ancient World.¹ By overthrowing the Assyrian empire, he was able to start the Persian Empire. Through his superior diplomacy skills within his empire, to his genius war tactics, he built the foundation for a line of Persian Kings to rule one of the largest empires in world history. Cyrus the Great’s(C. 600-530 BCE) expansion started in Persia

The Achaemenid Persian Empire (559- 330 B.C.) As we are introduced to the Great Persian Empire, we find that Amy Chua’s thesis talks about how tolerance was critical in allowing the Persians to not only establish and prosper their world dominant empire, but to maintain it for over two centuries. The thesis of the book, Day of Empire by Amy Chua, is about the “study of colossal power and the conditions needed to maintain it”. Not only this, but it discusses “the contest between ethnic “purity”

Persia and Greece were beautiful and prosperous empires and where the most influential of their time. In this essay I will talk about the two main empires’ political structures and their economy and I will also state similarities and differences between the two empires. The two empires’ political structures might have varied greatly but their economies were very similar. Even though they had differences and had major battles they were still the ideal empires of their time. The Persians had a very

seized their land and deemed it his first satrapie. Acquiring a large area of land left Cyrus little choice; he had to ordain someone to govern parts of his empire. Cyrus installed Satraps, wealthy, loyal governors, to help manage the far reaches of Persia. According to the recording the Rise of the Persians, each Satrap was able to exert limited control of his area but must also be accountable to the king (Zayac). This allowed Cyrus to regulate his vast kingdom from afar.

The Battle The Persians staged a preemptive defensive posture in the plains of Gaugamela. The recently manicured landscape was ideal for the implementation of the scythed chariots. They were placed up front with a tiny group of fighters. There were a left and right wing of mixed fighters from throughout the land. The front forces led the attack followed shortly by an element that expanded to attack the left flank of the Macedonians. Darius was at the center, engulfed by his finest fighters, a

various different cultures and traditions was one of its most significant achievements. To maintain order, the empire was split into approximately twenty areas known as satrapies, each ruled by a satrap, generally a local of the area. This governmental system enabled large-scale taxation to take place, as each satrap collected money from his area and sent it back to the emperor, something which would have been near impossible without these regional leaders; collection of tax provided a constant flow of