tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8982004555821681622024-03-19T05:38:28.197-07:00Alexander the Great Project 2015A group of young people aged 11 - 17 years old researching and mapping the exploits of Alexander the Great at the University of Cambridge.Civilisations in Contacthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13878985845063252330noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-898200455582168162.post-13990736567517077752015-04-24T12:19:00.001-07:002015-04-24T12:20:57.314-07:00<style>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Note: </span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">T</span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">he below lecture was delivered </span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">as part of our Alexander the Great activities</span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">. </span></b>The lecture was delivered </span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">to participants who stayed overnight at Fitzwilliam College on the </span></span>second day of the Holiday History Camp. Dr Robert Harding is a Cambridge Affiliated Researcher and member of Civilisations in Contact. </span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">The Greeks were not an island unto themselves. Already
before Alexander Greek mythology, food and customs had been influenced by other
Mediterranean peoples, including Egyptians and Hittites. But the creation of Alexander's
empire created a cultural movement that spread Greek culture across vast
regions of the world, from Egypt to Central Asia. This movement, called Hellenism,
saw peoples take this culture as their own inheritance and use it in their own
individual ways. To this day, people are doing the same thing with the legacy
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">An example of the multiculturalism of the
Mediterranean is Siwa, an isolated oasis in the Egyptian desert. Siwa is still
famous for its date palms, but over two thousand years ago the Greeks
recognized it as one of the three great oracles of their supreme god Zeus. They
identified Zeus with the Egyptian supreme god Ra-Amun; and it was as Zeus
Ammon, with ram’s horns curling from his hair, that the Greeks knew him. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">The event that gave the temple enduring fame was the
visit in 331 B.C. of Alexander.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Having
taken Egypt from the Persians and settled its affairs, he marched to the oasis to
imitate his heroic predecessors Heracles and Perseus, whom legend asserted had
also been there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After a difficult march
across the desert Alexander was immediately hailed as a son of the god upon
arrival and allowed a private consultation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>According to the sources, he wanted to know whether he had fully avenged
his father Philip (and was told again he was Ammon's son, not Philip's): and
whether he would conquer the world (he was told that he would).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ammon remained one of his favourite deities
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Alexander would carry the prophecy of the oracle with
him into Central Asia and modern Pakistan before his troops finally gave up and
forced his return. While on his march eastwards garrison towns were founded;
and the settlers would help sow the seeds of Hellenism. One such seed is Ai
Khanum, a city on the northern border of Afghanistan. Excavated in the ‘60s and
‘70s it is a multicultural hybrid of local, Persian and Greek features. For
instance, the Gymnasium, Theatre and Comedy mask fountain head are all Greek;
but the palace, with its treasury and storerooms, is Persian in design. The
city was sacked in c. 145 BC but Hellenistic artistic forms remained
influential. By the 2<sup>nd</sup> century A.D., in Afghanistan and Pakistan, a
style of art known as Gandharan combined Indian iconography and Buddhist
theology with Hellenistic features such as naturalism and attention to the
contours of body and clothing. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">This process of using the past to create new artistic
forms has continued into modern times and still takes place. Cambridge is an
example of the way classical architecture was used to represent ideas – of
knowledge, wisdom, culture and power. Sometimes classical architecture common
to the whole Mediterranean was used – for instance, the types of pillar known
as Doric, Ionic and Corinthian. But from the later 18<sup>th</sup> century and
into the first half of the 19<sup>th</sup> architects became more aware of
particularly Greek forms. The Fitzwilliam Museum is an example of what is
called the “Greek Revival”; and architects used this style because they
associated it with knowledge, purity and the beginnings of European
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and “original” style. But the history of Greek art and its transmission to the
present is also a history of how first the Greeks used other cultures
creatively; and then, through Alexander’s conquests, Hellenism was used by
other cultures to create their own artistic triumphs.</span></div>
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Civilisations in Contacthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13878985845063252330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-898200455582168162.post-19932063696440459122015-04-14T01:48:00.000-07:002015-04-14T01:48:08.535-07:00Take a look at our video about Alexander the Great - made by Olivia and Polly using Book Creator on the iPad :-)<br />
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This picture shows Alexander's journey during the first passage in the text that we are working from. Group one have worked together to collect data and plot Alexander's journey on the map. We hope that you can see where he went!</div>
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<u><b>The Conquest</b><b> </b><b>of</b><b> </b><b>Alexander</b><b> </b><b>the</b><b> </b><b>Great</b><b> </b><b>by</b><b> </b><b>Hamza</b></u></h2>
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the Great, son of Ammon, the King of Gods.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Persian land he laid claim,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Watched over by Mt. Olympus, <br />
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the good omens, to Asia he trekked, <br />
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Egypt he did erect,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Civilisations in Contacthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13878985845063252330noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-898200455582168162.post-63944342325305961962015-04-09T08:08:00.003-07:002015-04-09T08:15:55.281-07:00Logo<div style="color: red; text-align: center;">
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The border is a Greek temple mosaic.</div>
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To the top-left and top-right is a coin of Alexander the Great. He has the horns of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amun">Amun</a>.<br />
The shield represents how Alexander defended against rebellions.<br />
In the middle of the shield are the long pikes which gave Alexander and his infantry victory.<br />
To the top of the shield is the land Alexander owned by the end of his life. The empire spanned from Greece to modern day Pakistan.</div>
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Civilisations in Contacthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13878985845063252330noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-898200455582168162.post-52494639319823466682015-04-09T08:08:00.000-07:002015-04-09T08:36:36.631-07:00Group 3 DrawingsSome of group 3's drawings.<br />
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<br />Civilisations in Contacthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13878985845063252330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-898200455582168162.post-21909708362423515582015-04-09T08:04:00.003-07:002015-04-09T08:05:57.678-07:00<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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stood in the middle as a fire raged around him because he was the cause of all
the carnage and death. As well as that, the Persians burnt down Greek temples
and in return Alexander burnt down a Persian temple.<br />
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<b><u><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Battle of Granicus</span></span></u></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
<b>written by Claire and edited by Kay, group 1</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I watched
through the sea of infantry in absolute horror as our King, Alexander,
dismissed General Parmenion with a confident smile on his lips. My comrade and
I exchanged looks. The first battle of our conquest of Persia was soon to
begin, a battle where so many of us could die. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I quickly memorized my comrade’s twinkling
blue eyes, so full of energy and life, life that could leave him so soon. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Alexander
paused, turning towards our army and giving a reassuring smile that didn’t seem
to reach his troubled gaze. The beginning of the battle was creeping ever
closer. I stepped hesitantly forwards, the River Granicus stretching out in
front of me, an obstacle separated us from the enemy army now, but in a few
short moments would keep us safe no longer. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Thousands
upon thousands of Persians were lined up on the far bank. They were dressed in
shining armour, with swords and pikes raised threateningly. Behind them, the
archer’s taut bowstrings were quivering with tension, all arrows pointing
towards Alexander. I gulped, suddenly afraid, until the rallying battle cry of
Alexander struck through the air, bringing me to my senses and sending
adrenaline surging through me. My feet hit the ground with determined thumps
(although they were nothing compared to the rushing river, whinnying horses and
pounding stomps of the rest of the army), as we marched forward.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">All at once,
the whole army halted. Tension built. I resisted the urge to turn and flee: but
I had to stay loyal to my country and bring revenge upon the Persians. I could
feel my heart beating: da-dum-da-dum, quicker and quicker and quicker, seconds
growing into minutes in a deafening, stifling silence. Nobody dared to utter a
single word in fear of breaking the blanket of suffocating silence; start the
battle from which both sides would surely suffer heavy losses. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I looked
down at the large shield in my hand, checking that it was in place. A few
strands of my curly coffee-coloured hair came loose: I promptly ignored them and
straightened up. Sweat poured down my body as the sun beat down on me, but it
was washed away as I waded into the apathetic river. My armour grew hot and
uncomfortable, until it felt nearly as heavy as the insistent current that pushed
against me and threatened to sweep me away.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I took a
deep breath, sucking yet more dust into my dry lungs. I struggled not to cough,
or to bend over to drink some of the cool river water beneath me. Instead, I
focused of praying to the Gods about the battle to come.<br />
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><i>‘Pallas Athena, guide me with your wisdom. Ares the warrior, give me strength
to persevere. Nike, help my country to be victorious against the Persians.<br />
</i>If only my prayer had been answered.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Soon the first
to follow Alexander into the river had reached to edge. A steep bank separated them
from the Persians, but they were soon scrambling up and over it to begin the
conflict. The clang of weapons followed by screaming and the pungent smell of
blood filled the air. I was pushed from behind, and stumbled towards the bank, where
spears and flying arrows were piercing man after man as they attempted to scale
the bank and reach the flat land. Red blood flowed down into the river,
staining its clear waters a permanent ruby colour.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">All of a
sudden, the river ended and it was my turn to scramble up the bank. I managed
to reach the top without being injured. With a shout to hide the fear growing
up inside me, I thrust my spear forwards. It clanged off a Persians soldiers
shield and bounced back, causing me to lost my grip on it. Unarmed and vulnerable,
I looked up at the Persian. He stared back at me, a face of indifference. I
watched, helpless, as his spear came down on top of me. I was forced to the
ground, forgotten and trampled over like a dead insect.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I did not
blame the Persian for the searing pain that ensued, nor did I blame Zeus and
his fellow Olympians. There was no hatred in my mind as I wavered between the
world and unconsciousness, only shock. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The battle
continued as my last breath escaped my lips, and I felt my soul detach from my
body. My wife, who had taken the hand of Thanantos a year ago, appeared in
front of me, beckoning. I drifted up into the clouds. The sounds of the battle
faded away as I took her hand gently, plating upon it a small kiss. A tear
snaked its way down her cheek as she turned to speak to me.<br />
“My dear Philip, it is time for you to join me”<br />
I glanced at the raging battle below me, and the dark hooded figure of Thanantos
before me. Taking his hand also, I floated away.</span></span></div>
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<b>The battle of the River Granicus by group 1</b></div>
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Whilst studying the victorious campaign of Alexander the Great,
we have been very lucky to be based in the historic town of Cambridge. With a
population of 123,867 and 24,488 students, the city is full of life and
ingenuity. The university itself was founded in 1209 and as well as being the
home to some of the best Ancient-History minds, the architecture of the old
colleges often shows inspiration from the classical period, even in a conservative
English town that is far away from the blood-thirsty world of Alexander’s
campaign across Persia and Asia Minor. Being
able to work with the university’s students and equipment really helped us to
get an idea of university life and how the university works on a day to day
basis, which is especially useful for people in the group who are thinking
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Greek-<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Πτολεμαῖος ὁ
Λάγου καὶ Ἀριστόβουλος ὁ Ἀριστοβούλου ὅσα μὲν ταὐτὰ ἄμφω περὶ Ἀλεξάνδρου τοῦ
Φιλίππου συνέγραψαν, ταῦτα ἐγὼ ὡς πάντῃ ἀληθῆ ἀναγράφω, ὅσα δὲ οὐ ταὐτά, τούτων
τὰ πιστότερα ἐμοὶ φαινόμενα καὶ ἅμα ἀξιαφηγητότερα ἐπιλεξάμενος.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Translation-<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ptolemy
son of Lagus and Aristobolus son of Aristobolus as great as on the one hand
both accounts write in agreement of these things about Alexander son of Philip,
I write these things as the complete truth, on the other hand as great as these
things do not [write in agreement], the more trusted of these things seems for
me also at the same time that which has been attributed as being more worth
telling.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Commentary- Arrian
was not an eye-witness of Alexander’s deeds. He merely reports upon an
amalgated history made up of the accounts of Ptolemy (a bodyguard and general
of Alexander) and Aristobolus (a close friend, architect, engineer and
historian of Alexander). Therefore, we can presume that this is a reasonably
reliable account of Alexander’s exploits geographically but is likely to be
subjective to Alexander’s point of view whilst relaying events as it relies
solely upon the evidence of his trusted friends.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Sikandar
Nama, e bara (The Book of Alexander the Great) by Nizami is the only other
major text concerning Alexander and is written from the Persian perspective.
However, this relies upon aural traditions passed down generations of Persians
and so is also likely to be subjective in its approach. Another issue with
Nizami’s version of events is that they were written in around 1202AD and
therefore suffer from a lack of detailed, accurate knowledge of Alexander and
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Our
maps are entirely based upon Arrian and so, as accurate as we may try to be, we
can only be faithful to Arrian to the exclusion of all other writers so as to
have as much of a likeness as possible to the shape of Alexander’s journey to
infinite power.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">-Nick Thompson, Group 5</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">The end of Darius by group 1</span></b></div>
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