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Introduction Established by the Greek statesman, Solon, sometime in the 600 B.C., voting has always been a key feature of democracy. The international community regards it as the most basic human right, which should be protected and guaranteed to all citizens of a country as stipulated by internal human rights laws. A government by the people must have the participation of the people, which is realized through suffrage. Today, voting rights are already universally practiced, yet there are certain circumstances wherein such right is taken away by the state. In the United States, a person will lose ...

Introduction

Since evolution, war has been part and parcel of human history. Regardless of whether the objectives of war were achieved or not at any war engagement, it is historic that no war has ever succeeded without great leadership. Alexander the Great is an all time historic military leader standing above all ever lived military leaders of the ancient world. Alexander traces his birth to the capital town of Macedonia, Pella. He was born on the 20th day of July 356 B.C.E. He was born of an Epirote princess and King Phillip II. Alexander was recognized as a brilliant warrior ...

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Greek mythology is made up of profound body of teachings and myths that belong to the ancient Greeks. It incorporates their gods and heroes through prominent features such as artifacts and narratives.

Introduction

Greek mythology refers to the myths and teaching that define the ancient Greeks in relation to their gods, heroes, cults as well as ritual practices. They define the significance of religious and political institutions of Ancient Greece and civilization that has taken place overtime (Griffin, 1999). The mythologies is explicitly depicted through collection of various narratives and representational arts such paintings (Walsh, 2000). These myths try to ...

Outstanding Differences And Similarities Between Alexander The Great And Caesar Augustus

Caesar Augustus was successful in converting Rome into an Empire from a Republic while Julius Caesar had been assassinated for trying to do same. The model of the empire established by Augustus was so stable that it continued for the next 450 years in the West and for another 1450 years in the East. He also succeeded in converting Rome into a “city of brick” which was previously a "city of marble". This had a great impact on the leaders throughout the centuries, right from Napoleon to Hitler who all tried to emulate him (Everitt, p129). In this way, the work of ...

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The ancient Sparta is a good example of an ideal hoplite state of ancient Greek. Sparta was proud for having avoided tyranny and enjoyed a permanent state of her constitution that was almost unthought-of of in the 5th century.

In the 10 BC, the city state of Sparta came into existence. This was as a result to the defeat that the Dorian community had over the non Dorian communities when they attacked them. The Spartan community came into existence as a political entity and as from 650 BC; they steadily grew stronger because of their military prowess that was far much above others ...