...Fate and the movie 300 According to many past and present cultures, fate determines one's destiny. The social status in which one is born into serves as a preconceived prophecy of that particular life and course of events that will take place throughout it. Throughout history, personalities have not been believed to form from particular life experiences or the culture in which one was raised in. Instead, personality traits and the ultimate success of life were thought to be set in stone and predetermined. Often known as the first historian, Herodotus, author of The History, displays the importance of genetics and inborn qualities through his in depth narratives of 5th century B.C. empires: the Persians, Egyptians, and Scythians. As the majority of members in this time era believed, one's entire identity was already established at birth. Identity was formed at the hands of fate which served as a self-fulfilling prophecy, foreshadowing people's traits, interests, and actions, causing this predicted identity to in fact, become true in the future. The famous story of “Cyrus the Great” provides a clear example of how and why certain characteristics of one's identity were believed to be genetic and formed from nature instead of nurture. In this particular story, Astyages, newfound Median king, had two strange dreams about his daughter Mandane which the Magi (dream interpreters) prophesied as an end to his rule. In Astyages' first dream, he saw Mandane “making water so greatly that...
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...Alexander The Great Why hello. Thank you for taking an interest in my life, as you already know I am Alexander the great. You’re probably wondering why I have such a cool nickname as “the Great” huh? Well, stick around and listen to what I have to say about myself and then you can be the judge on whether or not I should be known as Alexander the Great, or Alexander the Best. Sorry, just a little joke. Obviously I can’t give you a life story day by day, so here’s my life in a nutshell. The miraculous year that I was born was 356 B.C. That makes me (pretty damn old) 2,358 years young. I was born into royalty in Pella, Macedonia, being my father was King Philip II, and my mother Queen Olympias. As most of you already know all great figures want the best for their children, so for my education I was tutored by Aristotle; one of the greatest minds to ever live. Since I was heir to the thrown I supported and backed my father 100%. I fought many campaigns for my father, but after I let my temper loose one time I was sent into exile with a few of my companions. I returned after the death of my father in 336 B.C., in which Darius had believed to be involved in, and was hailed as king, although I was careful to eliminate any possible rivals to the throne. This started the path to becoming “the Great.” I had to clean up so to speak, what my father had already started and undertook the invasion of Asia. Now with me as the “commander-in-chief” my first goal was...
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...sounds impossible. Charlize: I can definitely see where you are coming from Elise. Have you ever heard of Cyrus? Elise: No I don’t think so. Charlize: Well, he was a ruler in the Persian Empire and lived over 2000 years ago. You might be thinking what’s interesting about this man? He was someone who was mentioned in the bible and was used by god to fulfil a prophecy. Do you know what a prophecy is????? Elise: Isn’t a prophecy something that will happen in the future? Charlize: Yes exactly. So if someone said something about the future and his words always came true, what would you think of that person? Elise: I suppose I would believe everything he said. Charlize: Well the bible is FULL of prophecies that have come true. For example Cyrus. Why don’t we learn a little bit more about him? Let’s have a look at Isaiah 44:26-28. Do you mind reading that? Elise: (READ) Charlize: Notice in verse 26 it talks about the one making the word of his servant come true. So this is talking about Jehovah God, he is saying that what he says about the future will come true. Now in verse 27 it says that the waters will dry up and we learn in history that the king of Persia invaded Babylon. Have you heard of Babylon? Elise: Yeah I am pretty sure I have. Charlize: Babylon was one of the mightiest empires that ever existed, and the whole...
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...one of history’s most successful empire builders, but he did not rule with force or fighting—he used respect and compromise. Darius on the other hand was also super successful as a leader, but his methods were all done with the idea of a central rule, used force and was much more distant from his people than Cyrus. 2. What was so distinctive about Zoroastrianism? In what ways did it differ from Hinduism and Buddhism? -Zoroastrianism contained...
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...Alexander the great was indeed great not only was he a great leader by always being in front of his troops going into battle but he also was brave and courageous as you can see in document E.Alexander brought many people to his kingdom and protected it with two thousand people at the end of his life. In his life span he founded seventy cities and he died at an early age of thirty-three. Also after his death his empire lived on for ten more years before eventually crashing. While Alexander was in charge he made sure to never let his troops think that he was better than them there is a story in document D that shows this very well it states “They tipped the water into a helmet and gave it to Alexander, with a word of thanks for the gift, he...
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...Alexander the Great and his armies conquered much of the known world between 334 and 323 B.C. to create a great empire that stretched from Greece to Asia, Egypt, and the Persian empire in the Near East to India. And with the death of the great conqueror, Alexander, came the birth of the era that would be known as the Hellenistic Age. This era was a time of power, conflict, and great cultural influences that paved the way for change and development. This era brought change and artistic influences to the world as it was known until it would change again, marking the end of the Hellenistic Era with the battle of Actium, which was the pivotal moment that would later be defined as the end of Ancient Greece. Yet, while the Hellenistic Age strived,...
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...Pigeon Post The pigeon post was one of the oldest means of communication. It was first used even before 2000 BC by the Persians, the Egyptians, the Chinese, the Indians, the Greek, and the Romans. People have noticed that pigeons are able to fly to a far distance and come back to its nest, a pigeon’s ability that scientists now call homing, and then started to breed them. In fact, some people breed pigeons to be able to find its way home from extremely long distances, and we call them homing pigeons. In the Ancient times, pigeons are used for delivering and announcing events, like to announce people that an important person is arriving by releasing pigeons from said person’s ship in Ancient Egypt or announcing the winners of the Olympics in ancient Greece. In the Middle Ages, pigeon post has grown rapidly as it became a favorable form of communication. However, pigeons are later used for military purposes, especially in the Franco-Prussian War which brewed from 1870-1871 and the World Wars. Pigeons can fly for a thousand miles, while humans and horses cannot fly at all. Flying gives them an upper hand because they can see things from an elevated field of view. Also, pigeons are usually faster than horses so they can be an ancient equivalent to E-mail. Since pigeons can be ordered to fly to one place and another, they are able to cross the borders and send mail and parcels to other people living in other parts of the world, therefore spreading out. Also, if a country had received...
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...Women in the Ancient World From the very beginning of time, women have played a very significant role in development and advancement of life, serving as the companion for men as well as procreating with them to ensure the world would be inhabited and settled. In present-day society, we view women as essential to everyday life. Society sees and treats women as intelligent individuals who are equally efficient for most of the same work and intellectual skills as men. In most cases, we believe that women and men are equal, as women are able to legally run for and hold government offices, perform physical labor, work in medical professions, and basically anything they desire so long as, like anyone else, they attain the required certifications, education, etc. However, this outlook on women’s roles and abilities was not always shared among the social order. Throughout history, women’s roles in society, economy, government and culture have evolved and shifted dramatically. Throughout each culture and society in the ancient world, we find differences in the way women were treated, the responsibilities expected of them, and their learned place in the social order. Women featured in Homer’s The Iliad were some of some earliest examples of women being viewed with poor outlooks in the eyes of men in Greek culture. David Harvey claims that Aristotle had no doubt that women were inferior in this particular society (Harvey, 46). They were mainly viewed as prizes throughout Homer’s...
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...Throughout history the roles of men and women played a major part of the everyday life, however women in ancient egypt were given a lot more freedom then anywhere else known in that time. Men and women were considered to have equal right, men and woman their different social roles. The roles of women consisted of anything they desired. If women wanted to work they had the opportunity and many different options of jobs to choose from, dancers and singers were highly recommended and was considered one of the good jobs for women. Other jobs included ritual mourners at funeral and what these women would do is display an act of grief by pulling at their hair and throwing dust upom their heads, while dressed in mourning dresses that exposed their breast. Surprsing prostitution was considered a job in ancient egypt, prostitutes in ancinet egypt wore blue fish net dresses and red lipstick and some just prefered being nude. While jobs for men consisted of farming, working on the field, they had a high level of understanding the importance of working that inlcuded growing crops also buying and selling. They worked all day, nut still managed to make some time to teach their son's how to do buisness and trade. Even though men and women were equal, men were stil valued over women to the point where women would make the efffort to appear and dress more like a man to be valued more. Men in ancient egypt were expected to treat women with respect and at the same time hold their ground. Protecting...
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...Ancient Hittit Battle Axe For my ancient artifact I made a Hittit battle axe. Hittit warriors would carry a battle-axe in his right and at his left side there would be a sword with a curved blade tucked into his belt. The Hittites battle-axes were specially crafted for killing and designed for warfare ranged in weight from just over 1 to 6 pounds, and in length from just over 30 cm to upwards of 1 to 5 feet they had two different types of battle axes A smaller one-handed axe that could also be used as a club and that, in one or two cases, may be being thrown. The larger axe is usually wielded with both hands. The battle axe for the Hittites were light, fast, and well balanced, and were good for speedy, deadly attacks, as well as for a variety of nasty, clever moves. The Hittit’s liked the battle-axe the most because it wasn’t just a close range weapon but it could be hurled and used as a long-range weapon. The battle-axe wasn’t just used by the Hittit’s but was also used in ancient Egypt, ancient china, the Vikings, and ancient Persia. The battle-axes the Hittit’s used has a iron blade on it which gave them an advantage against other armies who were not using iron because iron was much more powerful then any other metal the other armies were using. The battle axe was a very widely used weapon back in the ancient times and was a very successful weapon for the Hittites...
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...Bible Dictionary Project Name: Breanna Student ID: Course: BIBL 104 Date: 4/20/2015 Old Testament Bible Dictionary Project: Proverbs The book of Proverbs written in 950-700 BC by King Solomon and a few others, primarily focuses on the wisdom, justice, and righteousness of humanity. The author uses the literary device parallelism, which instructs the readers to read and interpret two line units instead of each single line. After Job and Psalms, Proverbs is the third Old Testament book written in Hebrew Poetry. The poetry contained in Proverbs takes many different forms, but the two major types are, discourse and pithy sayings. Discourse is mainly present in the first nine chapters of Proverbs, where they poetically argue the advantages of wisdom. Showing similarity, contrast, and, consequence, in the form of two-liners, are pithy sayings. Contrary to what some may believe, not all of the text in Proverbs is absolute truth, and readers should interpret it as principle. This particular biblical book recognizes the various circumstances of our life and gives us wise insight and instruction to live better in the eyes of God. The ideas of marriage and sexuality, the power of tongue, principles of child-rearing, personal discipline, and friendship are all concepts touched on in Proverbs (Hindson and Towns). Proverbs emphasize that listening to our elders will help us to gain wisdom and knowledge; those who choose to speak and not listen will come into trouble (12:13)...
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...The years of 590-529 B.C.E. show the time of when the Assyrian Empire is taking its final footsteps, breaking down into smaller regional powers such as the Egyptians, the Medes, the Lydians, and the New Babylonians. Along with these regional powers, is the Kingdom of Persia, which according to Kidner was established around 700 B.C.E. (53). For the first 150 years of the Persian Kingdom, the Persian Kings were vassals of the Medes. In 553 B.C.E., the Persians began to revolt against the Medes and finally defeated them in 550 B.C.E., which marks the beginning of the Persian Empire. In 547 B.C.E., after the defeat of the Medes and looking to expand commercial activity, the Persians attacked and defeated the kingdom of Lydia. In this conquest,...
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... Archeology of Xerxes I King Xerxes I, also known as Xerxes the Great, was a powerful Persian king. He is referred to in the biblical book of Esther. His father was king Darius I and his grandfather was Cyrus the Great. Even though there is evidence like where he was buried, the argument of if he existed or not is still debatable. Now archeologists are starting to uncover artifacts with Persian inscriptions on them that as the name Xerxes carved on them. An alabaster jar was uncovered and it looks to come from 5th century BC Egypt, and is inscribed with the name of the Persian King Xerxes. (“Persepolis and Ancient Iran”) It is inscribed in both cuneiform and hieroglyphs, and is about ten inches high. The ruins of the magnificent palace founded by Darius the Great around 518 B.C. were excavated in Persepolis in 1934. The splendor of Persepolis was short-lived when Alexander the Great came and looted and burned it. To the north of the Apendana stands the astounding Gate of Xerxes. Xerxes’s palace that he had built was twice as large as his father’s palace. Although it was different in size, the decorative style on Xerxes’s temple is very similar to his fathers. Unfortunately the reliefs from the temple of Xerxes were not well persevered and they are very few unlike the reliefs and artifacts from King Darius’s temple. Stewart 2 (“Esther, Mordecai & Ahasuerus in Archaeology ”)There has also been a temple found in Susa. It is believed to be half built by King Darius and finished...
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...Within the small set-aside continent of Regno, every generation offers four individuals who can use and master the power of one of the four elements: Fire, Earth, Air, and Water. There was once the element of Lightning, the rarest there was, but after the genocide of the Central Kingdom in the year 115, brought on by King Alfonce Eriq and his queen, Margarete, of the Central Kingdom, Lightning has been outlawed and has never appeared in the blood of any man in Regno. The four elements are the bases for the four kingdoms in Regno. The Southern Kingdom has the emblem of Fire, and they prefer the warm and humid oak forests of the south. The Eastern Kingdom has the emblem of Earth, and they prefer the mountain ranges that offer cool temperatures in the east. The Western Kingdom has the emblem of Air, and they prefer the open plains and grasslands that bring spring-like weather in the west. The Northern Kingdom has them emblem of Water, and they prefer the permafrost-decorated grounds and icy terrain in the north. The elemental individuals would be of these kingdoms. Princes and princesses are often thought of to be these individuals, and the kings and queen may hire a maester to awaken the ability in their child. However, after three generations had passed, the son of a stable boy had proved to be the new Air master, Wobias Buhler. Afterwards, it became fair game as to who the new elemental masters are. The first Fire master was Dederic Mihailov, the...
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...Many people believe that Alexander the Great is one of the greatest military geniuses that ever lived, and due to his destruction to cultural and religious sites throughout the empire, others have characterized him as a destroyer. He never lost a battle and Greece itself was never invaded during his rule. Alexander’s rule as king started in 336 B.C., he vowed to conquer the largest empire in the ancient world and complete the plans of his father. This mission included many battles along the way and also laid the foundation for new political systems, as well as spread Greek ideas, culture and life style to most of the places he conquered. New empires developed and the Hellenistic Culture together with the Roman Civilization and Christianity...
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