Essays Tagged: "Persia"
Persian Wars
The Persian WarsIn 519 BC Darius I ascended the throne of the expanding empire ofPersia. A group of peop ... ofPersia. A group of people called the Ionians, lived along the coast of AsiaMinor. They were under Persian rule, having been conquered by EmperorCyrus (ruled 550-530 BC), and at this time were unhapp ... t the Spartans saw straightthrough his planned conquest of Greece and threw his envoy in a well.The Persian army then landed at Marathon in 490 BC. The 10,000Athenian infantry were supported only by a ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > Middle Eastern History
Large British Business Engineering company: British Petrolium
to May 1901, when a wealthy Englishman, William Knox D'Arcy, obtained a concession from the Shah of Persia to explore for and exploit the oil resources of the country, excluding the five northern prov ... ession, D'Arcy employed an engineer, George Reynolds, to undertake the task of exploring for oil in Persia. Severe weather, difficult terrain, the absence of a developed infrastructure, the shortage o ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies
Anwar Sadat, The assassination of the Egyptian President
assassinations. In the 11th century, a man named Hasan Sabbah founded a secret order of Muslims in Persia in about 1090. There, from the Islamic world, the adoption of assassination as a political we ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > Middle Eastern History
Process and Analysis Essay, TOPIC: MASAI MARRIAGE CEREMONY IN TANZANIA (any comments will be appreciated)
stern region. On Zanzibar, many people are descended from Arabian peoples, including the Shirazi of Persia and Comorians from the Comoro Islands in the Indian Ocean. Asians and Europeans are small min ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community
Alexanders empire
and Illyrian elements. Originally a semibarbarous and fragmented power, Macedon became tributary to Persia under the Persian kings Darius I and Xerxes I and thereafter struggled to maintain itself aga ... orced into an alliance by Philip. He was planning to lead their joint forces for an invasion of the Persian empire when he was assassinated in 336. Thus at the age of 20, Alexander became king of the ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
A biography of Democritus of Abdera from the Hellenistic Age. It has atomic theory in it and Democritus' reasoning and acomplishments and basically his life.
mbitious man with goals. He traveled mostly in southernand eastern lands, He traveled to Egypt, and Persia too. The reason for traveling this much was to discover different things and to search for kn ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Classical Philosophy
Brief history of the guitar just what it says brief history and history of major composers and guitar music
ec (an ancestor of the guitar). Also crusaders returning to England and Gypsies wandering west from Persia during the twelfth century brought with them versions of the lute, a small stringed instrumen ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies
"Battle of Marathon" This essay talks about the great Battle of Marathon during the Persian Wars in ancient Greece 490 BCE
Battle of Marathon was a brief but important event in the war between the Greek city-states and The Persian Empire. The results of the battle had unforeseen effects on Athens and the future of Western ... th of that fateful event.The revolts of a few Greek cities of Ionia were what initially sparked the Persians interest in Athens, Attica and the Peloponnese. When Athens sent a small fleet in support o ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Doris Lessing, Art Mimicking Life.
ead: their inner turmoil, dilemmas, and resolutions are those of the author's own existence.Born in Persia on October 22, 1919 and named Doris May Tayler, Doris lived a childhood much like that of the ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Drama
Greece-Persia wars.
In the 5th century BC the vast Persian Empire attempted to conquer Greece. If the Persians had succeeded, they would have set up lo ... he ability of the small, disunited Greek city-states to band together and defend themselves against Persia's overwhelming strength. The struggle, known in Western history as the Persian Wars, or Greco ... in Western history as the Persian Wars, or Greco-Persian Wars, lasted 20 years--from 499 to 479 BC.Persia already numbered among its conquests the Greek cities of Ionia in Asia Minor, where Greek civ ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History
Spread of Islam in the 7th CE to12th CE
mulate Arabs to the surge of conquest, and armies quickly spread through the Middle East, including Persia, though the Byzantine Empire long held out amid reduced Asian territory. North Africa was ano ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > Middle Eastern History
Alexander The Great.
Alexander the Great was the king of Macedonia, conqueror of the Persian Empire, andone of the greatest military geniuses of all times. Even at an early age, Alexand ... the city with mighty force and took 30,000 people asslaves. Alexander's next attempt was to defeat Persia. He could never be the dominantforce in his area as long as the Persian ruler Darius was stil ... e the dominantforce in his area as long as the Persian ruler Darius was still living. After beating Persiathe second and final time in 332, Darius, who managed to survive, fled to the mountains.He die ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
This is a nice history of the guitar.
The guitar is a fretted, stringed instrument, and is a member of the lute family. It originated in Persia and reached Spain during the twelth-century, where it¹s versatility as both a solo and a ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies
Spartan Leadership During The Persian War.
The defeat of Persia in 479 BC could arguably be much attributed to Spartan leadership. However, it is vital to no ... limitations.Sparta's leadership could easily be said to have had a large impact on the war against Persia. According to Hammond, "The nucleus of power around which [the Greek congress] was built was ... ays counted for more than naval power." --Hammond.Furthermore, Sparta was known for her strong anti-Persian sentiments. Sparta was also able to contribute significantly in terms of strategies and orga ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Formation of the Delian League.
s head - came about due to a complex of factors, among which was the fear of the imminent return of Persia.Despite the victory Greece had against Persia in 479 BC, the Greek attitude toward Persia aft ... nst Persia in 479 BC, the Greek attitude toward Persia after this victory was still one of fear.The Persians had essentially set a precedent for the Greeks: they kept coming back. (This fear was not u ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
The History of the Guitar.
The guitar is a fretted, stringed instrument, and is a member of the lute family. It originated in Persia and reached Spain during the twelth-century, where it¹s versatility as both a solo and a ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies
This is an informative essay about many tourist attractions in europe.
writings of Herodotus, a historian who lived in the fifth century BC. He traveled by sea to Egypt, Persia, Sicily, and Babylon Travel writing is thus an activity with a history that stretches over tw ...
Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays > Travel Descriptions
Persian war.
The consolidation of the Persian Empire under Cyrus the Great in the sixth century B.C. had a major threat to the fledgling s ... as to shape the entire future of the region. For the Greeks, it was a question of survival; for the Persians, on the other hand, occupation of Greece was simply part of their imperial plan. Nonetheles ... s, on the other hand, occupation of Greece was simply part of their imperial plan. Nonetheless, the Persian Wars are significant because they resulted in a separation between Greece and the Near East ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Ancient Greece: The Kings.
Despite their defeat by the Athenians at the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC, the Persians were not finished with their determination to conquer mainland Greece. For the Persians, Ma ... h their determination to conquer mainland Greece. For the Persians, Marathon barely registered; the Persians after all controlled almost the entire world: Asia Minor, Lydia, Judah, Mesopotamia, and Eg ... or, Lydia, Judah, Mesopotamia, and Egypt.The loss at Marathon was no more than an irritation to the Persians. Darius was unable to respond immediately to his defeat because of rebellions on the other ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Alexander the Great (his relationship with his father; how he came to power; his conquests)
fetime. He added many new lands to his vast empire including Asia Minor, Syria, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Persia, Sogdiana, and part of India. He became the conqueror of the world he knew.Alexander the Grea ... lip arranged a marriage between Alexander's retarded half brother, Arridaeus, and the daughter of a Persian satrap (Cinderella). Alexander, fearing that Philip was planning to make Arridaeus his succe ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History