02 December 29, 2012 Alexander the Great Alexander the Great was one of the greatest conquers in all of the history of Rome. His genius and ability to think in hard situations helped greatly to the country of Macedonia, which he ruled. Most of his life he lived as a fighter and warrior. Alexander was a smart, brilliant man who used his brains when it came down to fighting. Alexander was born in an age of violence, conquest, and civil war. Alexander was born in 356 B.C. in Pella. His
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Alexander the Great Alexander accomplished greater deeds than, not only of the kings who had lived before him but also of those who were to come later down to our time .Alexander the Great was born at Pella Macedonia in 356 B.C.E. He spent his childhood years watching his father transforming Macedonia into a great military power. His Father was King Phillip and his mother was Olympias. His mother was the princes of neighboring Epirus. She was a deeply spiritual who taught her son about his ancestors
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scottish born bacteriologist, Alexander Fleming was born in August 6, 1881 in Lochfield Farm. He was best known for his discovery of penicillin and also for his work in wound infection and lysozyme an enzyme found in tears and saliva. He received a Novel Prize in the year of 1945 with an Australian pathologist Howard Walter Florey and British biochemist Ernst Boris Chain. Fleming was the 7th child out of a family of eight , he lived in a Scottish farm. He went to an elementary called Loudoun Moor
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Alexander the Great was a great leader and politician. Alexander studied some of the greatest minds of the time. Aristotle tutored him in his yonger years up to his adult life. Alexander made huge changes in a time when it was needed. Alexander regained the Greek lands under one kingship. He started as a young prince learning his way to be a great leader of armies and the people under him. Aristotle taught him what he needed to know about life and politics. The Greek world starts with the
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its success or towards its demise. Hence strong leadership is often seen as a key, highly sought after asset in many corporations. Likewise, in ancient times, people have been in awe and in fear of certain great leaders. One good example would be Alexander the Great. He was the most celebrated member in his dynasty and created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Armed with a brilliant mind, he was undefeated in battle with his usage of superior tactics. Indeed, he was one of the most feared
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The people of ancient Greece lived nearly 4,000 years ago. Yet even today, their culture impacts our lives! We received many gifts from the ancient Greeks. Ancient Greek Inventions are in fact the original concepts of some of our most well known products, to this day. Those original concepts have just taken on a more modern form. OLYMPICS: The first Olympics games are usually given the start year of 776 BCE, but they probably began even sooner. The ancient Greeks loved competitions of all sorts
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How Plutarch saw Alexander the Great? Alexander of Macedon is the one of the most well known historical persons of the past. His life and conquers are examples of strong spirit and great will. Ancient biographer and philosopher Plutarch offers us a priceless information about Alexander in his work “The life of Alexander”. By this work, we are able to imagine what kind of person was Alexander whose ambitions was too big for this world. According to the text, beginning with the years of his youth
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PISSED OF POLITICIAN DUEL By: Katherine Kasowski Aaron Burr was a Republican and Alexander Hamilton was a Federalist were bitter political rivals. It all started when Burr took Hamilton's father-in-laws seat in congress. The 1800 presidential election, Aaron Burr and Thomas Jefferson each received the same number of votes, it as enough to unseat John Adams, resulting in a tie. The Elect`1oral College could not resolve the tie, now it was up to the House of Representative. The man with the
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circumstance. 2. Alexander consolidated the Macedonian territory, by gaining support of the Macedonian army, which then intimidated Greek city-states, that Phillip had conquered. He also disposed of any and all of his domestic enemies by ordering execution. Alexander then acted swiftly, as soon as he restored Macedonian rule in northern Greece, he went onto southern Greece. And with speed and the act of surprise, by the summer of 336BCE, the Greeks had no choice but bow down to Alexander, and acknowledge
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One Girl Changed My Life My childhood and adolescence were a joyous outpouring of energy, a ceaseless quest for expression, skill, and experience. School was only a background to the supreme delight of lessons in music, dance, and dramatics, and the thrill of sojourns in the country, theaters, concerts. And books, big Braille books that came with me on streetcars, to the table, and to bed. Then one night at a high school dance, a remark, not intended for my ears, stabbed my youthful bliss: “That
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