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hellip; For much of the Hellenic and hellenistic period, the infantry has dominated the battlefield.... Examine the changing tactical relationship between infantry and cavalry during the entire period from c.... 300-1700 AD), what factors (military organization, equipment and tactics) led to that tactical system's dominance in its period?... As a matter of fact, the case is the same during the Roman period.... Choosing either infantry or cavalry from one of the following periods (Hellenic and hellenistic periods, c....
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alexander and his younger sister Cleopatra, had a difficult time, owing to the mutual dislike of their parents, perhaps due to the practice of the king taking lesser wives.... alexander the Great is a matter of unending excitement for the entire world.... hellip; I have tried to find out more about their relationship depending on authentic books.
Perhaps most will agree that alexander was the rarest of the rare, a blazing Sun across the horizon of history, not because he conquered most of the world, but because of his sterling qualities....
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Caesar conquests are comparable to Alexander, but are not equal, for alexander and his Greek army were capable of taking on armies of the enemy with Alexander thus was a far better war tactician than Caesar.... There is no doubt that no ruler ever has achieved so much in conquests in so limited a period of time (Alexander the Great).... Among the ancient rulers two names stand out one a Greek in alexander the Great, and the other a Roman in Julius Caesar....
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alexander the Great was one of the most successful conquerors of the ancient history; he was the king of one of the largest empires of history and remained invincible during his lifetime.... Born in Macedonia, alexander inherited strong traits of leadership, intellect and valor from his father Philip II who was the strong leader of Macedon.... hellip; alexander was very fortunate to have Aristotle as his teacher and the time he spent with Aristotle at the Academy had remarkable influences on the various decisions made by alexander during his conquest....
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The acts of Ptolemy and the controversial aspects of them could be explained only by understanding deeply the intriguing the socio-political underpinnings of the hellenistic period in its totality.... This essay "alexander's Death" discusses that it was in 323 that alexander died (Bingen and Bagnall, 2007, 19).... After his death, Ptolemy, his favorite general was entrusted with the governance of Egypt, one of the four “supersatrapies” that were divided among Macedonian leaders after alexander's death....
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This study highlights that the Minoan cultures of poetry, rhetoric, and religion were fundamental to the development of western civilization but religion was the most important because as the invaders took over their lands, religion stood over and out of it came science.... hellip; As the paper declares, the details about their religion is a vague one since their writing hasn't been translated and archeologists indicate that it was polytheistic but good as the central feature, archaeologists suggest that it was intertwined with politics and it was specific in terms of how people spend their leisure or working time....
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In the paper “The Intertestamental period” the author discusses a span of about 400 years, between the writing of the prophet Malachi in the Old Testament to the coming of Jesus Christ the New Testament.... The events during this period were not explicitly recorded in the Bible.... One of the major accomplishments of the period was the translation of the Old Testament into Greek (known as the Septuagint LXX).... alexander the Great was born to the Macedonian royal lineage....
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After a period of few years, Ptolemy became Ptolemy 1 Soter, Pharaoh of Egypt.... This marked the era of the Ptolemic period in Egypt (Ellis, 1994:23).... The grabbing of power started when alexander the Great took power from the Persians.... hellip; The author states that alexander the Great had a strong army and the Persians could not beat it.... Therefore, they peacefully surrender power to alexander.... During his tenure, alexander demonstrated a high degree of reverence by offering sacrifice to the gods....
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