Darius I of Persia

find the different perspectives that these two sources held. Unlike The Campaigns of Alexander, which is based on Arrian’s own perspective of Alexander and his conquest from Persia to India, the documentary In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great has a multi-perspectives from other countries. For example, opinions from Persia (modern-day Iran), Egypt, India and modern- day Pakistan are recounted in the documentary. As a result, the documentary provides a more controversial perspective of…

The Battle of Marathon and the Compromise of Rivals Throughout history, conflicts have arose between different people that had opposing views or ideas. As a result of these conflicts, battles and wars have been fought, in order for one side to declare superiority over the opposing side. However, other times in history, the result of a conflict was a compromise. In the times of Ancient Greece there was often chaos. Ancient Greece itself was a divided nation, and rivals were born from the…

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people sent ships to help them. The historian Herodotus wrote years later,”These ships were the beginning of mischief both to the Greeks and to the barbarians.” Soon after the Persians had crushed the rebel cities. Darius I was angry at the role Athens played in the uprising. Soon then Darius sent a huge force across the Aegean sea to punish Athens for its interference. The Persians landed near Marathon which was a plain north of Athens, but in 490 B.C the Athenians ask for help from the…

After Aristagoras, the tyrant of Miletus, failed to add Naxos to his domain, he began a revolt against the Persian Empire. The revolt ended after six years in a major naval defeat near Miletus and the the rebels were punished severely; King Darius I desired to avenge the disrespect towards his Empire, thus began to spread his Empire across all of Greece (BHAG p. 139-141). A memorable moment in the history of the Persian army is The Battle of Thermopylae. Although this battle seemed to be in…

Is Alexander the Great a villain or hero? I think that Alexander the Great is a hero. I think he is a hero because he united lots of countries under one government. Some people might think that he is a villain and some don’t but he still was a great leader. He's a hero because he was a powerful, and military leader. Alexander the Great was the son of King Philip of Macedonia. Alexander the Great was born in Macedonia in ancient Greece. at the age of 19 he became the Macedon King. Alexander…

response I liked the focus on Sparta and the Peloponnesian revolt. By focusing on this event the essay was able to contain more detail from the readings, allowing for better expression of the points being made. Harneet was able to find another way in which the Greeks thwarted Alexander’s enterprises, in that these revolts undermined Alexander’s PanHellenic claim that his kingdom was unified in his pursuit of Persia. This is a point I would have really liked to have put in my essay, as I feel it…

In the wake of achieving the Indian Sea, he split his power in three. One component, with the overwhelming gear, would take a moderately safe course to Persia, the second, under his charge, would navigate Gedrosia, a to a great extent uninhabited left zone that no huge power had ever crossed some time recently. A third constrain, left on boats, would bolster Alexander's power and sail close by them. Why…

Greek writers like Herodotus. Cyrus came up with a human rights charter, which is called “The Cyrus Cylinder,” and this is “regarded as the first human rights charter in history” (Farrokh p. 44). Before entering this course, I had a general concept of who Cyrus the Great was, but I had no idea that he was such a great leader or that he had developed a human rights charter, let alone the first one in history. Cyrus conquers many places successfully, like Lydia and Babylon, but when he tries to…

are many people throughout history that were given the title “Great”. Alexander the Great is one of those people; in fact, his name is so popular it’s practically a household name. Was Alexander of Macedonia really “great” like everyone says he is? I say, yes, he was Alexander the Great. During his time as King, Alexander led many conquests. His father, Philip II of Macedonia had dreams of conquering the Persian Empire which was the largest empire at the time. When Philip was murdered in 336…