Essays Tagged: "Alexander the Great"

The Life & Times of Alexander the Great

format. Need page #'s in your end notes, as explained on that page. Overall - excellent.IntroductionAlexander the great made an impact on world history that few individuals can profess tohave done. He ... s the same harvest dances that his fellow Greeks performed nearThessalonika. Thiswas the breadth of Alexander's influence on hundreds of different cultures around the world.Throughout thewhole of Euro ...

(6 pages) 158 0 3.4 Jan/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies

Ty Cobb

rents named him after the ancient Phoenician city of Tyre, which stubbornly refused to surrender to Alexander the Great. From the very beginning, he took after the city and became one of baseball's mo ...

(7 pages) 48 0 5.0 May/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great, was born in June, 356 BC, in Pella, the ancient capital of Macedonia. Hisparent ... p II and Olympia. Some say that Zeus was his father but it is probably just amyth. Aristotle taught Alexander in his early teen years. He stimulated his interest in science,medicine, and philosophy. I ... een years. He stimulated his interest in science,medicine, and philosophy. In the summer of 336 BC, Alexander's father was assassinated, andAlexander ascended to the Macedonian throne. He found himsel ...

(3 pages) 193 1 3.6 Mar/1997

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Aristotle

343 or 342 BC, Philip II, king of Macedonia, told Aristotle to supervise the education of his son, Alexander (later known as 'Alexander the Great'). He taught him until 336 BC, when Alexander became ... s 'Alexander the Great'). He taught him until 336 BC, when Alexander became the ruler of Macedonia. Alexander the Great later became the ruler of all Greece, and over threw the Persian Empire. In 334 ...

(1 pages) 170 1 4.4 Mar/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Classical Philosophy

Life of Alexander the Great. From birth to death, this essay covers it all. Many little known facts Did you know that Alexander the Great was gay? Even has a works cited!

Alexander The GreatAlexander became a new king of Macedonia on an unsteady throne able to conquer th ... een. He ventured farther and won more battles than any conqueror before him. He is forever known as Alexander the Great (Greece page 192).Alexander was born in 356 BC in Pella, capital of Macedonia. H ... ital of Macedonia. His father was Philip II. Philip was the brother of King Perdiccas of Macedonia. Alexander's mother's name was Olympias, daughter of King Neoptolemus I of Epirus. Alexander had one ...

(7 pages) 353 4 2.8 Apr/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

this essay is over the events and studys of aristotles life there is a work sited page and work sited in the essay also

Aristotle went to Pella, the Mededonian capital, where he became the tutor to the Kings young son, Alexander, later known as Alexander the Great. In 335 BC, when Alexander became King, Aristotle retu ... le's school came to be know at the Peripatetic ("Walking" or "Strolling") school. Upon the death of Alexander in 323 BC, strong anti-Macedonian feeling developed in Athens, and Aristotle retired to a ...

(6 pages) 150 0 3.0 Apr/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers

The philosopher, Aristotle

Aristotle came into contact with many greatmen of history, from Plato his instructor and mentor to Alexander the Great, conquerer and rulerof the east. The works of Aristotle have left many after him ... or three years until he joined the court of King Philip of Macedonia to engage in tutoringthe young Alexander. This continued until the year 336, when Phillip died and Alexander wascrowned king of the ...

(4 pages) 223 0 3.7 Apr/1995

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Classical Philosophy

Aristotle vs. Copernicus

Aristotle went to Pella, the Macedonian capital, where he became the tutor of the king's young son Alexander, later known as Alexander the Great. In 335, when Alexander became king, Aristotle returne ... e's school came to be known as the Peripatetic ('walking' or 'strolling') school. Upon the death of Alexander in 323 bc , strong anti-Macedonian feeling developed in Athens, and Aristotle retired to a ...

(6 pages) 112 0 4.5 Dec/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Classical Philosophy

Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin's social and the industrial changes to the US it made.

to India where the cotton became more useful. The cotton then went to Italy andGreece. In 300 B.C., Alexander the Great brought cotton goods into Europe. In the 700's Muslimsstarted manufacturing proc ...

(5 pages) 108 0 3.0 Dec/1996

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Civilizations in History, Genghis

ContentsThesis 3Alexander the Great:- History 4- Assessment 5Genghis Khan:- History 6Final Assessment and Conclusion ... t 5Genghis Khan:- History 6Final Assessment and Conclusion 12Map of Empires 14Bibliography 15Thesis:Alexander the Great is by many considered to be the greatest conqueror of all time given that he put ... time, the campaign of Genghis Khan and the land that he acquired was so much more vast than that of Alexander¹s. And given that Genghis Khan started with no power and no army, the conquests of Al ...

(9 pages) 114 0 4.7 Apr/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

The Life And Works of Aristotle

Aristotle went to Pella, the Macedonian capital, where he became the tutor of the king's young son Alexander, later known as Alexander the Great. In 335, when Alexander became king, Aristotle returne ... e's school came to be known as the Peripatetic ('walking' or 'strolling') school. Upon the death of Alexander in 323 bc, strong anti-Macedonian feeling developed in Athens, and Aristotle retired to a ...

(9 pages) 496 0 4.8 Nov/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Classical Philosophy

China's philosophies: Legalism, Daoism, and Confucianism, along with an explanation of how China influenced Japan.

IntroductionChina was one of the first civilizations to become an empire in history. Like Alexander the Great, Qin Shi Huangdi established the first empire in the East which makes him the fi ...

(4 pages) 219 1 3.2 Jul/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Aristotle

ecame a teacher in a school on the coast of Asia minor. Aristotle was the professor of young prince Alexander, who went on to become the ruler Alexander the Great.Aristotle was the first known person ...

(2 pages) 107 1 4.5 Oct/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature

Aristotle's life and achievements

BC, Aristotle went to Pella, the capital of Macedonia, and became the tutor of the king's young son Alexander, later known as Alexander the Great. In 335, when Alexander became king, Aristotle returne ... totle's school became known as the Peripatetic ("walking" or "strolling") school. Upon the death of Alexander in 323 BC, strong feelings against the Macedonians began to arise in Athens, so Aristotle ...

(4 pages) 130 0 2.8 Nov/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Classical Philosophy

[English] Book Review/Contrast of Keegan's MASK of COMMAND. 5 Parter (Total of 21 pp with bib and citations) PART 2, Discussed Chap on Alex the Great

perational Command Is Something That Anyone Can Do--an in-depth study of The Mask of CommandPART 2: Alexander the Great* * * "Alexander the Great, his name struck fear into hearts of man." -Iron Maide ... egan's first individual critique outlines his embodiment of what traits create a hero--and he chose Alexander the Great (of Macedonian fame) to personify the word 'hero,' ultimately using this criteri ...

(3 pages) 116 0 3.9 Jan/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers

Book Review/Contrast of Keegan's MASK of COMMAND. 5 Parter (Total of 21 pp with bib and citations) Part 5, Review of Chapter on Hitler.

c. Although I thoroughly agreed with his assessment of Grant, and more or less with his analysis of Alexander the Great, his viewpoint on Hitler struck me as odd, to say the least--Keegan spent twenty ...

(4 pages) 91 0 4.8 Jan/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers

Alexander Graham Bell.

Alexander Graham Bell, who is sometimes thought of as an "Alexander the Great" by his peers, was bor ... k had two brothers, Melville and Edward, and was the middle child of the two. Aleck's full name was Alexander Bell the 3rd because his father was an Alexander and his grandfather was an Alexander. Sin ... h for the name and usually went by Aleck. Well, Aleck's father had a close friend from school named Alexander Graham who visited once when Aleck was small. Aleck liked Mr. Graham's last name so much h ...

(5 pages) 37 0 3.0 Feb/2003

Subjects: Science Essays

Cultural leftovers from our past civilizations. Alexander the Great. Greece's influence on today's architecture and education.

many intriguing cultural leftovers from our past civilizations. I will discuss some of them. Alexander the Great discovered many ideas that we still use today. With the help of 35,000 Greeks an ... words but we do still carry on the tradition of getting on a horse from the left.One more idea that Alexander used in his days of battle was using the left side of the road for travel instead of the m ...

(6 pages) 105 0 4.7 Feb/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

The introduction of gunpowder weapons at the turn of the Seventeenth Century was the most significant transistional period in modern warfare.

h 'peacekeeping'--an army only accomplishes its mission through use of ground troops. Whether it is Alexander the Great marching across Asia Minor, William the Conqueror unifying England and then secu ...

(5 pages) 85 1 4.6 Feb/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

A breif biography of Andrea del Verrochio

ele Church, the horseback monument located in the Campo, Beheading of the Baptist, Head of Goliath, Alexander the Great, Tomb of Giovanni and Piero de' Medici, Christ and St Thomas. When Leonardo Da V ...

(1 pages) 29 0 3.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Art Essays