Cyrenaica Essays

Cleopatra VII: Face or Power Figure Some see her as the most powerful Pharaoh in all of the other rulers in ancient Egypt. Some see her as a petty, weak female ruler who gave up her dynasty to the Romans for her lovers. Although both sides hold some form of truth, Cleopatra was a ruler like none other. Even today, historians argue about this, possibly because, even though she had brought Egypt great power and political stability, she eventually lost it to the Romans. But all in all, Cleopatra had

The Achaemenid Empire, Cyrus the Great through Darius I The first Persian Empire, or better known as the Achaemenid Empire was born in the 6th century BCE. It was founded by Cyrus the Great in 550 BCE. Cyrus the Great was the greatest general that Persia could have birthed. He was both the father and the son of his mighty empire, in the sense that he expanded his domain at an unstoppable rate. His hunger for expansion proved most vicious by conquering the Median Empire first and the Lydian Empire

Every general involved in World War II is remembered for something. Whether they made a huge impact or a minor impact, each General has caused some sort of reaction. Each General is unique and is remembered, whether they did something positive, negative, or even both. Erwin Rommel was known as one of Germany’s most popular general. Rommel is remembered for his many victories but also his many tragedies and defeats. Erwin Rommel’s life started November 15, 1891 in Heidenheim, Germany. Rommel’s

In exchange, Antony returned much of Eastern Egypt, including Cyprus, Crete, Cyrenaica, Jericho, and parts of Syria and Lebanon. Cleopatra gave birth to another one of his sons, Ptolemy Philadelphos, in 36 BC. Antony was defeated at Parthia, and then he left his wife Octavia (Octavian’s sister) to go back to Egypt. At the public

wealthy with Cleopatra ruling over it. In 37 B.C., Mark Antony had met with Cleopatra to get funds for his military campaign that was against Parthia, in exchange for his funds, he had given Cleopatra much of Egypt’s eastern empire (Cyprus, Crete, Cyrenaica (Libya), Jericho, and large amounts of Lebanon and Syria). Mark Antony and Cleopatra had then become lovers again and she had given birth to another son (Ptolemy Philadelphos). The War Between Octavian and Cleopatra In 36 B.C. Octavian had declared

Alexander Helios and Cleopatra Selene. Egypt grew more prosperous under Cleopatra’s rule and in 37 B.C. Antony met with Cleopatra to obtain funds for his military campaign against the Kingdom of Parthia and in return, returned Cyprus, Crete, Cyrenaica, Jericho, large parts of Syria and Lebanon to Egypt. He and Cleopatra became lovers once again and she gave birth to a son, Ptolemy Philadelphos , in 36 B.C. After the defeat of Antony in Parthia, he rejected Octavia, his wife and Octavian’s half

North Africa has three geographic features these include the following the Sahara, the Atlas Mountains in the west, and the final one being the Nile and Delta river in the east. The Atlas Mountains contains a multitude of clusters as well as ranges, ridges, plateaus, and basins. These basins stretch well over more than 1,200 miles along the North African coast from the southwestern Morocco across Algeria all the way towards northeastern Tunisia. North Africa has one of the tallest peaks which is

Alex Kaleel Mr. Barthle DES Philosophy P-4 5 September 2014 Jewish Diaspora in the Hellenistic World The Jewish Diaspora during the Hellenistic period was a voluntary movement of the Jewish population into the Hellenistic kingdoms. Not only did this create Jewish presence outside of Judea, but Judea also became a part of the Hellenistic culture. The Jewish Diaspora in the Hellenistic period is often confused with the Babylonian or Roman Diasporas. In these Diasporas, the Jews were conquered and

Propaganda supporting a revisionist version of history utilized immediately following major conflict has seen mixed success in its acceptance by the masses. Commissioned by Augustus Cesar and written by Virgil in 29 BC, the Aeneid was a masterpiece of latin literature and imperialist propaganda. After a two year period encompassing a brutal civil war, Virgil’s almighty and pious portrayal of Aeneas subtly parallels the vision that Augustus wanted to project of himself upon the people of Rome. The

died in battle fighting the Massagetae in December 520 BC (Wikipedia, 2008). He was then taken out of power by his son, Cambyses II who even added more land to the greatly building empire. He had many achievements like taking over Nubia, Egypt, and Cyrenaica (Wikipedia,

his sometimes blatant refusal to follow orders. Sometimes, Rommel would discard direct orders from the Führer himself. Furthermore, Rommel believed he was right in doing so. In a letter he wrote to his wife during his unexpected first thrust into Cyrenaica, he said, “We’ve been attacking with dazzling success. There’ll be consternation amongst our masters in Tripoli and Rome, perhaps in Berlin too. I took the risk against all orders and instructions because the opportunity seemed favorable. No doubt

The causes that created the Civil war between Octavian and Marcus Antonius Manisha Minhas 3009802 The civil war between Octavian and Mark Antony had lasted fourteen years that transformed the collapsing Imperial era into the Roman Empire. The conflicts that had created the war between Octavian and Mark Antony could have been avoidable. These conflicts had been about the control over not only the government but also the hold of military power. What caused the senate to revoke Antony’s power

And note: In 6 BC Augustus Caesar offered Tiberius command of the East for five years. But Tiberius, noticing Augustus grooming Gaius for power, declined and retired to Rhodes. Here, five years later (January 1 BC?), the grooming of Gaius takes him to Syria exposing him to the East. Augustus obviously planned that Gaius should take a firm hold of the East. This being the case, if Gaius had not already been in Rome, it is likely, on hearing of the death of Herod, Augustus would recall his young grandson

Mysticism means many things to many minds and is undeniably a term that is used in varying contexts with different shades of meanings. Many have used this term to designate a special mark of spiritual disposition, and others have employed it to mark off a higher and final development of life itself. Anyone who reflects God or the Holy Spirit as the vital, determining norm or principle of his or her life could validly be called “Mystical.” Mysticism means, the attainment of higher levels of being

Paper 2 Social-Cultural Anthropology (Module 12) Kinship Objective of the study:  To know meaning of the kinship  To know the different kinship systems  To know the theory of kinship. Content: 1.Introduction: 2. Theories of kinship: 3.Definitions: 4.Descent: 5.Characteristics of the Clan: 6.TERMS OF ADDRESS AND TERMS OF REFERANCE: 7. Kinship Systems: 8. Conclusion. 1.Introduction: Concept of Kinship Anthropological studies have directed a great deal of attention to the structure and

Philosophy is a universal human process or exercise that cannot be exclusively being attributed to a particular human race. There is no one human race devoid of thinking or reasoning. To think is one of the characteristics element of all human beings which differentiate it from other lower animals and things which cannot think like stone; trees; rivers; etc. to say that a particular human race is bereft of reasoning is fallacious and then tantamount to a racist assertion. By this we mean that for

Trento and Triest joined Italy after World War I. The Conquest of Libya In 1911-1912, Italy occupied Tripolitania and Cyrenaica which became a part of Libya. As part of the Triple alliance, which included Germany, Austria and Hungry. The Italian government found favour with the British and French in order to make Austria grant the Italian-speaking lands Italy wanted to