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Great parallelism! Comparison by category. Good!

Presentation 3/5

Evidence of close-reading and proofreading. Good work, guys. Not perfect, but getting there. -1

Map under gov't: purpose? How related to post? Or is it an afterthought? -1

Good balance of classroom and new content. - ok

Work appears balanced. ok

Could  be more visually appealing with appropriate photos (additional) added. -1

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Alexander ruled the largest ancient empire in the world as he wins the battle of Gaugamela on the Persian plains. That conquest that insured the defeat of his rival, King Darius III

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After their great kings died they faced weak leadership which led to the Medes and the Babylonians defeating the Assyrians thus ending their rein.

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Xerxes became king after the death of his father, Darius The Great at the time of 485 B.C. at a time when his father was preparing for for an expedition against Greece and had to face the uprising in Egypt

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Xerxes was famous for his building projects throughout his empire but he was best know for the massive expedition he mounted against Greece which was said to be the largest and most well assembled fighting force to enter the field at that time period.

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https://www.ancient.eu/Xerxes_I/https://web.wpi.edu/academics/me/IMDC/IQP%20Website/WAsiaFiles/600bc-200bcFiles/persia.html http://www.parstimes.com
https://www.ancient.eu/Xerxes_I/
http://plato-dialogues.org/tools/char/xerxes.htm

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The Assyrians held a powerful hold on their country with their militaristic rule that let them be a leading military power. however when the death of a great king brought on a weak rule which led to the down fall of their empire. the ruled from 850 BC to 612 BC.

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http://www.ducksters.com/history/mesopotamia/assyrian_army.php,book,https://www.thattheworldmayknow.com/assyrians,http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/suic/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?zid=b6324ef2aef692c1144c895699f6d48d&action=2&catId=&documentId=GALE%7CEJ3048600011&userGroupName=dist214&jsid=f6f92cee21c3e95d0f8d33561876d036,http://www.penfield.edu/webpages/jgiotto/onlinetextbook.cfm?subpage=1583963.

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Persia developed and emerged into a great country around 600-490 B.C. They were successful in many aspects of their civilization. Persia did much conquering and they had good strategic government system that was effective.

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Assyrian had many great feats of architect. One of them was the hanging gardens of Babylon. another great feat was the largest library of the ancient world.

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Assyrians had powerful kings that were feared through their rein. king Sennacherib was know for burning down the city of Babylon. King Ashurbanipal was know for collecting over 20,000 clay tablets from the fertile crescent.

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The common weapons were the spear, bow and arrow, sword, sling, mace, axe, and knives. Catapults, battle rams, and siege towers were also commons during attacks.

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The Assyrians used swords, spears, bow, slings and daggers. What gave them the advantages they used iron weapons that were stronger than the enemies bronze weapons.

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Mothers and women of pregnancy receive higher rations than others while sons are preferred over daughters. If the mother delivered a boy both the mother and the nurse would get higher rations.

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The Assyrians treated their people with cruelty and power. When taking a city the Assyrians would force the people to take their religion and force people to become part of the empire, if they people refused they would skin the people and hang them out side the city walls.

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Persian rulers claimed the name for "King of Kings" and demanded obedience from their subjects. The empire was soon put into 20 different provinces to stop any region from being too powerful.

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Persians were a powerful military power under Cyrus the great as the form of warfare was based on massed infantry with light armor to pin the enemy. Persian tactics had four stages involving archers, infantry, and cavalry.

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The Assyrians would use foot soldiers to attack the walls while another group of men would ram the gates until the broke then everybody would storm in and kill everybody.

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The Assyrians had a monarchy where the king had absolute power. He had a highly militarized state and placed military officers through out their enormous and sophisticated empire.