Bactria Essays

  • Alexander the Great: The Campaign of Gaugamela

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    Thi cumbonetoun uf Lugostocs end Tectocs pirmottid tu Alixendir III thi Griet tu bi saccissfal darong thi cempeogn uf Geagemile. Prour tu thi bettli, Alixendir thi Griet dicodid tu teki thi semi ruati Deroas tuuk un hos wey tu Issas. Hi kniw thet of hi wentid tu merch tuwerd Bebylun, hi cualdn't gu thruagh thi luwir velliy uf Misuputemoe es thiri wes nut saffocoint sapplois eveolebli fur hos ermy end thi deoly timpiretari on sammir os 49º C.(tectoc) Hi fogarid uat thet of Deroas' lergir ermy end

  • Ale Zola Monologue

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    There are only a few of us left. We are few and far between but we are still here. We are Ale’zola. Each of us is unique but the same. We started the Zolian Empire and we ended it. Let me start at the beginning, when the Zolian Empire began 7000 years ago the Ale'zola were everywhere. We were the law keepers, the military. We were respected. Then 20 years into the reign of King Samuel the First a prophet came to Belya, the capital city. She said one thing before dying by her own hand. The empire

  • Analysis Of Blake Gingold Silk Road Project

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    Blake Gingold Silk Road Project 3/18/14 Journal: Entry I My name is Dato Young. The year is 7th Century, March 21 and it’s been four and a half months since my daughter, Aaiqa, was born. Now Aan, my wife, and I must support ourselves while at the same time support our newborn. We live in the large city of Shymkent in Kazakhstan inside a small-dilapidated Yurt that Aan

  • History of Propaganda in Art

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    foreign and Greek elements in the arts. The bust of Euthydemos I, King of Bactria, exemplifies all of these features. At the time period, many other leaders sought to liken themselves to Alexander and his greatness in the arts. However, unlike the other leaders of the fragmented kingdoms, Euthydemos does not conform to this practice for propagandistic reasons. Being the ruler of the highly prone and unstable kingdom of Bactria (modern day Afghanistan and Pakistan), Euthydemos wanted a depiction of

  • What Happened To Alexander's Ai Khanoum?

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    culture. No writings were kept secretive, but rather, in true Alexander-style, they were taught and shared by Ancient Greek philosophers and scattered all over this area. Sophocles studied in Susa, scenes from Euripides propelled Greek specialists in Bactria, comic pantomimes performed in modern Bagram, and Babylon used Greek theater. The story of the Trojan stallion was a much loved tale shared , with early Greek artistry being part of the tale. It was brought to life in modern day Uzbekistan and Tajikistan

  • Alexander the Great: Conqueror and Cultural Harbinger

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    reason Alexander the Great is considered a great military commander was that he was never defeated in battle. “Alexander the Great established an empire that spread the Greek culture, language and thought as far west as Libya in North Africa, to Bactria in the East (Modern day Central Asia, Turkestan, Afghanistan and Tajikistan) and southeast to India” (McKay p.131). Alexander had died before he was able to capture the Arabian Peninsula. Alexander’s conquest spread the Hellenistic traits to all

  • Ancient Greeks in the Hellenistic Age

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    Ancient Greece has gone through many changes throughout history. The most notorious age was the Hellenistic Age but had many different ages leading up to it. The Bronze Age (3300-1150 B.C) was a period where the world saw major advances in social, economical, and technology that made Greece the hub of activity in the Mediterranean area. The Archaic Age (700-480 B.C.E) was a period when the Greeks repopulated and became more organized politically. This age was followed by the Classical Age (480-323

  • How Did Buddhism Contribute To The Rise Of Western Civilization

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    Buddhism is the world’s most well-known and practiced philosophy, with hundreds of millions of practitioners throughout the world. According to the Theravāda tradition of Buddhism, the oldest school of Buddhism, the Buddha’s teachings were first organized and officially established as a philosophy at the First Buddhist Council in the Ganges valley during the year following the death, or parinirvana, of the first Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, either 542 or 543 BCE . Buddhism gradually spread out of

  • Essay On Bactrian Camel

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    the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), use the binomial name Camelus ferus for the wild Bactrian camel and reserve Camelus bactrianus for the domesticated Bactrian camel. Their name comes from the ancient historical region of Bactria. The domesticated Bactrian camel has served as a pack animal in inner Asia since ancient times. With its tolerance for cold, drought, and high altitudes, it enabled travel such as the caravans of the Silk Road. The wild form has dwindled to a population

  • What Is The Context Of Archaeology?

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    wooden objects and botanical material for example remaining shipwrecks (Fagan, 1972). Artefacts in dry conditions are the perfect environment for perseveration whether that be in humid or extreme cold. Moisture enables the process of decomposition and Bactria which destroys all organic materials. A prime example of a matrix is the Laetoli footprints. Discovered by Mary Leakey in 1978 in Tanzania (Morris, 1997), the Laetoli footprints are the footprints of early Hominins dating back 3.6 – 3.75 million years

  • The Shiji

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    The way the Chinese have conceived of their past, and of themselves, was profoundly shaped by the Shiji. The Shiji, or Historical Records, was a monumental work composed of 130 chapters written during the Han dynasty by Sima Qian. It presented the past from several perspectives: a chronological narrative of political events; topical accounts of key institutions; and biographies of individuals that Qian saw as important. The political narrative began with the Yellow Lord and continued through the

  • Mauryan Empires

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    even weaker (Mehta). A final weakness was that different groups began to break away from the empire, meaning it was no longer united (Mehta). And as the patterns goes, the empire was then taken over, in this case, by the Greeks who came across from Bactria in raids and later established the new Indo-Greek Kingdom

  • Greek And Roman Culture Essay

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    Greek and Roman culture, although similar, are very different and an interesting blend of other cultures. The connections between cultures remind us that culture is not created and owned by a single group of people, but is enriched through the contributions of others. Since the Romans adopted culture from the Greeks, many traditions are the same. Through the expansion of Greece under Alexander, ideas from other cultures in the Middle East and Africa played a large part in the Greek teachings. When

  • Alexanders Empire

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    Alexander's Empire The ancient Kingdom of Macedonia, situated in the north of modern Greece, was established by Perdiccas I about 640 B.C. Perdiccas was a Dorian, although the Macedonian tribes included Thracian 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 against Thracians and other barbarians and against the Greek cities of the Chalcidice as well

  • The Iranian Language

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    Today the Iranian languages are spoken from Central Turkey, Syria and Iraq in the west to Pakistan and the western edge of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China in the east. In the North, its outposts are Ossetic in the central Caucasus and Yaghnobi and Tajik Persian in Tajikistan in Central Asia, while in the South they are bounded by the Persian Gulf, except for the Kumzari enclave on the Masandam peninsula in Oman. Historically, the New Iranian stage overlaps with the Islamization of Iranian-speaking

  • Han China Essay

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    Reading: Monday Describe how the classical societies of Han China, Bactria (part of the Persian Empire), India, Central Asia, Egypt and the Mediterranean basin all engaged in trade with each other along the Silk Roads. Be sure to note how organization aided the long-distance trade. The classical societies all engaged in trade via the Silk Road. The Silk Road was an ancient system of trade routes that connected West and East by merchants, pilgrims, monks, soldiers, and nomadss from China and India

  • Alexander The Great

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    Alexander the Great Alexander the Great was the king of Macedonia, conqueror of the Persian Empire, and one of the greatest military geniuses of all times. Even at an early age, Alexander had the promise to become a great leader. Through all his victories and conquests, he has become a great hero and has had a large impact on history. That is why I chose he book Alexander the Great, by J.R. Hamilton for my review. Hamilton does a very good job with the story of Alexander the Great. The book begins

  • Political Organizations of Ancient India

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    Ancient India was known for its maharajas, maharanis, rajputs and the beautiful palaces created by the rajas. The credit is given to the political empires and the rajas for the formation of India. They are the ones who have created India. Whereas many empires were short-lived, others ruled for years and played a big role in the formation of India’s political system. Empires such as the Magadha, Mauryan, Shakas, Indo-Greeks, Kushanas, and the Gupta ruled during the ancient times of India. The Magadha

  • Zoroastrianism

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    inspiration before fleeing from his homeland to preach his teachings in the neighbouring land Bactria, the land of the Ruler called Vishtaspa. Zoroaster teaching had impressed the king who was so pious that he made Zoroastrianism into the state religion. Under the influence of the pious king, beliefs and practices of Zoroastrianism were widely spread to many other parts of Iran. However, during his preaching in Bactria, Zoroaster got assassinated and passed away at the age of seventy-seven. In 331 BCE

  • Kushan Empire Research Paper

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    Yuezhi is a confederation of culturally Indo-Europeans travelers who lived in Eastern Central Asia. Around the twentieth and thirtieth CE, the Kushan’s were the ancestors of the Huns. They established an independent empire in modern Afghanistan, Bactria, where they conquered the Scythians and the local Indo-Greek kingdoms. From that central location, the Kushan Empire became a wealthy trading focus between the peoples of Han China, Sassanid Persia, and the Roman Empire. The Kushan Empire incorporated