Cleopatra, one of the most famous female world leaders of ancient times, was the final ruler of the Ptolemaic Empire of Egypt. She had a close relationship with Julius Caesar, bearing him a son. After Caesar’s death, she allied with Mark Antony. When his bid to take over the Roman Emp...
He is the king of Macedonia, conqueror, founder of the ancient Greek empire. The only monarch in History to have forged an empire uniting both Orient and Occident.AristotleAt the end of the game, Aristotle adds 3 VP to each set of different scientific symbols (meaning that the bonus goes ...
Alexander carved out both a massive empire, which reached from Greece into India, and a reputation as one ofhistory’sgreatest generals. He founded many cities and exported Greek language, culture, and thought across the Empire, beginning the Hellenistic era. He was also interested in science an...
Influential, prominent Greek orator, statesman, and general of Athens during the city’s Golden Age, the period between the Persian and Peloponnesian wars. Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) Nation: Greece Established one of the largest empires of the ancient world, with boundaries from the Ionian...
Greek Leader: Minos Quote: "Be careful how you enter, whom you trust; the gate is wide, but do not be deceived!" Leader Bonus: Cretan Riches +1 Trade Routes for each active Economic Policy card in the current government. Foreign Trade Routes provide Culture as half of the number of bot...
Ancient Greece, Greek Sculpture, Louvre Collection, Louvre Kings and Leaders, Paris Museums Who’s the King of Bastille Day? So who is the THATLou King of Bastille Day? So Bastille Day is tomorrow. In America when you hear “Happy 4th (of July)” one thinks of the Liberty Bell in Phil...
In particular, print capitalism created the institutions for nation building at the end of an empire or monarchy. While Foucault, Burke, and Anderson theorize how a nation comes into being through rhetoric, it is the institutions that print capitalism creates that form the state of the nation-...
aIn 1453, Constantinople fell to the Turks, ending the Byzantine empire. This date also marks the beginning of the Renaissance, since the waves of Greek refugees spread knowledge of Greek throughout Europe. Included with the newly available Greek manuscripts were the Corpus Hermetica, Plotinus, and...
Luke Skywalker tries to fight Darth Vader and the Empire but he cannot win. Only when he loses does he start to look inward and find the darkness in himself, at which point he no longer needs to win and he has compassion for Darth Vader which allows him to resolve the separation and ...
a brave and intelligent emperor who had his subjects’ best interests at heart. Much of what is known about Dudu has been found on engraved cuneiforms which document his rule over the Akkadian Empire. He crusaded against other Akkadian leaders from the south such as Umma, Girsu, and Elam....