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- 431: Alexander The Great: A Life With A Meaning Like No Other
- ... of 20 and died at the age of 33. At the time of his death, he was the emperor of Greece, the supreme ruler of Asia, the king of Persia and the grand pharaoh of Egypt. It seems unbelievable that one man could accomplish so much in such a short period of time. In my opinion Alexander the Great was a global thinker, he who unites the cultures and the people ...
- 432: The Life of Julius Caesar
- ... mind set and was able to prevent his emotions from crippling his ability to win wars. His social life was treacherous. He had affairs with the most prestigious women, Eunoe the Moor, and Cleopatra of Egypt, topping his list. He even seduced the wives of Pompey and Crassus. He justified his adulterous reputation under the clause of begetting children. He was even accused of homosexual affairs with other great individuals. He ...
- 433: Napoleon
- ... Republic, and straightened his position in France by sending millions of francs worth of treasure to the government. In 1798, to strike at British trade with the East, he led an expedition to Turkish-ruled Egypt, which he conquered. His fleet, however, was destroyed by the British admiral Horatio Nelson, leaving him stranded. Undaunted, he reformed the Egyptian government and law, abolishing serfdom and feudalism and guaranteeing basic rights. The French ...
- 434: Jimmy Carter: The 39th President of the United States
- ... Iranian revolution that toppled the shah of early 1979 suprised the United States government and sent Jimmy's popularity downward. Jimmy's personal diplomacy led to the signing of a peace treaty between Israel and Egypt on March 26k, 1979, and he signed the second Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT II) with Russia on June 18, 1979. SALT II, however, aroused a storm of controversy and never achieved ratification by the ...
- 435: Biography of Moshe Dayan
- ... s unpreparedness in the Yom Kippur War of 1973, and he subsequently resigned (1974). Named foreign minister in Menachem Begin's government in 1977, he played an important role in negotiating the peace treaty with Egypt signed in 1979. Later that year he resigned in protest against Begin's policies concerning the disputed West Bank territory. Moshe Dayan made great contributions to the state of Israel. On May 18, 1948, Major ...
- 436: James "Jimmy" Earl Carter
- ... elected President on November. Jimmy became our 39th president on January 20, 1977. His noteworthy foreign policy accomplishments of his administration included the Panama Canal treaties, the Camp David accords, the treaty of peace between Egypt and Israel, the SALLT II treaty witht he Soviet Union, and the establishment of U.S. diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China. He championed human rights throughout the world. On the domestic ...
- 437: The Ambitions of Napoleon
- ... at the Battle of the Pyramids, was looked at as a failure. Napoleon was becoming more cut off from the Directory and he was being looked upon as a romantic figure. He decided to leave Egypt on a ship back to Paris. When he arrived in Paris, the country was in despair. It was in need of new leaders. Napoleon had arrived at the right moment. Soon Napoleon was the first ...
- 438: Biography of Samuel Clemens
- ... of the Pacific Slope”. He wanted to travel, so he boarded a ship to Hawaii, also known as the Sandwich Islands. From there, he traveled around the South Pacific and eventually made his way to Egypt where he was surprised by the large number of American tourists. He called many of them lost tribes of America. Twain soon felt he was in a strange world that had developed so much from ...
- 439: Vespasian
- ... executed about 76. But Helvidius and his friends had already expressed general misgivings about Vespasian's government in the early months of 70. In about October 70 Vespasian returned to Rome from Alexandria. While in Egypt he had been concerned with raising money; and his exactions, coupled with sales of imperial estates to speculators, caused great discontent among the Egyptians. He now announced that about three times the revenue of the ...
- 440: The Accomplishments of Alexander the Great
- ... Arabia. But in June a fever struck him and on the thirteenth of June, 323 B.C., not even 33 years old Alexander died. For thirteen years Alexander remained unbeaten in his campaigns in Persia, Egypt, and India. His battles against enemy forces were all foresight and his brilliant tactics were executed to achieve victory after victory. Alexander_s fear of being overcastted by his fathers shadow was just, but his ...
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