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It took Alexander 11 years to build his empire, and only 10 years for it to break up after his death (Doc. E). Alexander went through all this trouble killing innocent people, and conquering all this land to build his empire, taking 11 years out of his short life to do this. After his death this empire only stayed as a whole for 10 years. This included 70 cities and 2,000,000 sq. miles of land (Doc. E).
If these two once-great forces were crumbling, how did the Arab empire manage to thrive? Islam owed its great accomplishments to their strong devotion to their religion, the size of both their empire and trading network,
Week One Jewish Struggle against Hellenism Response Antiochus Epiphanes IV was a Greek Hellenistic king, and it was under his reign that Hellenism advanced throughout the region influencing every aspect of Jewish life except when it came to Judaism. According to Roetzel (2002), “Antiochus’s complete contempt for Judaism is, in fact, evident in the way he manipulated the high priestly office” (p. 12). Antiochus’s underhanded ploy to subversively control the priesthood only caused more contention among the traditional Jews. The contention between the traditional Jews and those who were compromising their religious beliefs with a pagan religion was on the brink of erupting into a civil war.
The evidence that shows this is a map of the land that Alexander took control over in his peak, 323 BCE. The map reveals that he conquered most of the middle east and the entire Persia empire. Alexander founded over 13 cities throughout this territory naming most Alexandria after himself to spread his legacy (Doc A). This map shows the vast amount of territory Alexander took control of in a very short period of time. He and his army have little troubles while gaining this much power and only fought around five fights.
He captured a city north of what we now know as Syria known as Edessa, The Kingdom of Jerusalem was created after a successful
Between the 200 B.C.E - 750 B.C. Erra years there ruled two empires both alike in dignity, the great Roman Empire and the Qin and Han Empires. Both began forming their empires into a centralized dictatorship, administered by a large and effective bureaucracy. Similarly in reaching their climax of final ruling, their economics and military increased. Both empires were not only able to to expand their territory vastly, but also dividing the empires into provinces governed by officials while doing so. The empires took on competing rivals, the Romans fought against Greece triumphing into success.
California, the petri dish of global political activity. From its very beginning, Southern California has been a frontrunner in political thought and activism. Major political organizations have either started in California or at the very minimum have local political branch. But as Pulido points out “people cannot fully participate in social movements without undergoing a process of political awakening.” (Pulido pg 61).
Confusion of leadership caused the government to be highly unstabalized and as the empire grew; lower classes were being burdened by increasing taxes. Ineffective leadership did not allow these problems to be addressed and over extension of borders caused the empire to be too much for one person to rule so the empire was split into two eastern and western
Alexander the Great and the Macedonian Empire dominated the ancient world from 336 to 323 B.C. through military force and cultural exchange. The army of Macedonia had achieved an abundance of success due to Alexander's ability to provide his militaries with the best weapons, instill the training needed to perform battle formations and endure battle as well as the attitude needed to overcome adversity such as being outnumbered by the Persians. Despite conquering various lands, Alexander the Great chose not to impose his rule, but rather embrace certain customs, in order to spread Hellenism and eliminate the perception of being foreign; the process of unification impacted western civilization by mixing the people of Macedonia with other conquered
He conquered much of Asia as well as Egypt, Turkey, Greece and Persia. In addition, Alexander the Great made all of the country
Also, other big changes followed, such as: an increase in the number of freedman, free slaves, status of the family (which gradually was corrupted), etc. All of that contributed to a major change, not only to the empire, but to the way of life.
Some historians claim that there are as many as a hundred political and non-political interweaving reasons that led to the collapse of Roman Empire. One of the important political causes is the division of the Empire into two empires, the west (Latin) and the eastern (Greek, later known as the Byzantine empire) in 284 A.D. by Diocletian. This division was adopted to protect the over-expanding empire and to defend its borders against the Barbarian attacks. This was achieved initially as the two empires synchronized responsibilities and strengthened each.
The conquests of Alexander the Great during the 4th century BC undoubtedly transformed the ancient world, bringing people of foreign lands into contact with Greek ideals and customs that spawned a unique Hellenistic period of both decaying and generative traditions. Despite the historical dramatization of Alexander, emphasizing his charisma and intellect as being the driving forces in creating an empire of a size that had never been imagined before, the contexts of cultural tension between Greek and Persian societies, a fractious Greek political state, and civil strife from an overpopulated Greek world greatly supplemented Alexander’s inherent traits in clearing a path for him to rise and embark on a path of conquest in the pursuit of eternal
The Assyrians held a huge obsession with war and because of this, many casualties resulted leading to their downfall. Due to the many causalities, their numbers begin to dwindle and outsiders began to see this as an opputunity to attack and take over. In the end, they were in such a weakened state that, they eventually were defeated by the people of Babylon and they were no longer an independent state. The Persian empire came to power with the help of a powerful leader.
Alexander the Great was on a conquering rampage when he took Israel under his authority in 332 B.C. Alexander reigned for twelve years before he divided his kingdom between the Ptolemies and Seleucids, which were the names of his most trusted generals. Once Alexander died, the Ptolemies and Seleucids became adversaries and the Ptolemies ruled over Israel. The Ptolemies were set on converting the Jews to their religion, Hellenism, which is almost the same as Humanism. They attempted to convince the Jews by introducing sports, art, drama, and Hellenistic education. Some Jews, especially teenagers, were drawn in; others, called the Hasidim,
