Alexander the Great Alexander III was considered a great because of his actions and many different accomplishments. As the King of Macedonia he did many great things. He attempted to conquer the entire world. He would have done it too but he had a quick unfortunate death. After his death the downfall of the empire he was building for 10 years fell.
Holly Poe Persian and Roman Empire History 101 March 30, 2012 Throughout history, there have been many great powers that have risen and fallen. Each different empire has made a difference in the society that we live in today. Also, people still study these empires because of their advancement in those days and how they achieved and discovered most things. Two influential empires that have impacted the society that is known today is the Persian and Roman Empires. The Persian Empire was “successors to the Neo-Assyrians” after a rebellion around 612 BCE.
Cyrus The Great defeated his grandfather, Astyages, in 550 B.C. and took over the Median Kingdom. By 539 B.C. Cyrus had taken over Assyria, Mesopotamia, Syria, Armenia, and Cappadocia, as well as two kingdoms; the formidable Neobabylonian kingdom and the Lydian Kingdom. Then was the ruler of the largest empire to ever
Here they made great economic contributes in their new homes. Surely there were more events that made King Louis XIV of France the most dominate of them all. Not only did all of Europe believe in his power but he did as well. His reign of seventy-two years and 110 days was well spent in the lab of luxury, fighting wars and enjoying the arts and literature of France and defining himself absolute monarch of
His great achievements in both conquests and government caused him to become a legendary figure. Alexander the Great established a formidable empire. He had a desire to conquer the entire world. He had an impact on history that few individuals did. Alexander sparked the beginnings of the Hellenistic Age where the blending of
Ancient Rome was a thriving civilization that began growing on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea and centered on the city of Rome, it expanded to become one of the largest empires in the ancient world. In its approximately twelve centuries of existence, Roman civilization shifted from a monarchy to an aristocratic republic to an increasingly autocratic empire. Through conquest and assimilation, it came to dominate Southern Europe, Western Europe, Asia Minor, North Africa and parts of Eastern Europe. Rome was preponderant throughout the Mediterranean region, and was one of the most powerful entities of the ancient world.
Justinian was one of ther greatest Emperorors of all time. As ruler of the Byzantine Empire, Justinian created many thngs during his reign; like the Hagia Sophia Church. He played a big role in the military. He also created the legal code and renovated the byzantine Empirebuilt many public works, created a beautiful church known as the Hagia Sophia, created the legal code, and had a large role in military. Justinian left a mark on the world and his name is still known today.
“Virgin is a leading branded venture capital organization and is one of the world's most recognized and respected brands. Conceived in 1970 by Sir Richard Branson, the Virgin Group has gone on to grow very successful businesses in sectors ranging from mobile telephony to transportation, travel, financial services, media, music and fitness.” (Virgin website: http://www.virgin.com/about-us/ Retrieved on 1/11/2009) I choose Virgin as there are quite a lot of human variables and interesting organizational structure in the Virgin Group. Human variables are significance in Virgin Group. Richard Branson, as the chairman of the Virgin Group, he is a really creative man. He launched over 350 companies in the brand of Virgin, which include transportation, music community services, media.
Persian Empire The Persian Empire was one of not just a great military conquering empire but one of immense beauty and technological engineering of it’s kind and age. This empire was built on engineering feats never before seen from roadways to canals, to even finding water and filter water from rocks Persia was also ruled by some of the greatest kings of all time, from Cyrus the Great to Darius the III. This vast empire was ruled all the way from North Africa to Northern India or otherwise know as Asia minor. One of the first kings of Persia was Cyrus the Great. Cyrus knew that one thing they needed to become one of the greatest empires of all time was to be able to channel water to there empire, so Cyrus was the first to come up with the first way of getting water out of rocks.
Cyrus was honorable; he went from a king to ruler of a large empire that expanded from India to the borders of Egypt (Bentley and Ziegler 108). The greatest ruler of all the empires was Darius, in my opinion. He extended his empire from the east to the west and ruled over 35 million people. For his time in history,