Wednesday, March 18, 2020
persian war essays
persian war essays A long time ago Croesus the king of Lydia took over the Greek colonies on the east coast of Asia Minor (Turkey). Croesus was a kind and fair ruler so the Greeks did not really mind. But around 546 BC King Croesus and his empire was overthrown by Cyrus the Great About fifty years later Asia Minor revolted against Persia. The rebellion was assisted by Athens. The rebellion was successful. After the rebellion had stopped Darius I took complete control over Asia Minor. Darius sent tyrants to rule over all Greek city states except Athens and Sparta refused to accept the tyrants. After Darius took rule the Ionian city states rebelled another time. Darius took this as a personal insult and sent troops in to destroy Athens. Athens beat the Persians whose army was almost three times the size of the Athenian army at the famous Battle of Marathon. The battle was fought on the Plains of Marathon outside of Athens. Darius' successor Xerxes I brought together the largest army of ancient history. In 480 BC Xerxes led his troops to the narrow passes of Thermopylae. In this battle several thousand soldiers led by the Spartan leader Leonidas I fought against the Spartans. A Greek traitor told the Persians a way to get around the Greek forces and enter the pass through their flank. The Persians did so and annihilated the Greek forces from the rear. There was nothing left between the Persians and Athens so the Persians plundered and destroyed the abandoned city. The next battle that took place was when the Persian fleet tried to pursue the Greek fleet at the Battle of Salamis. The Persians did not stand a chance in that battle and lost. All the Persian forces left in Greece were defeated a year later at the Battle of Plataea and Greece won ...
Monday, March 2, 2020
En - French Preposition
En - French Preposition The French preposition en is nearly always used directly in front of a noun with no article, or after certain verbs. Uses of en Before a Noun En can mean any of the following: Location il est en prison - he is in jailjhabite en banlieue - I live in the suburbs Time (en vs dans) en aoà »t - in Augusten trois jours - in three daysen semaine - during the week To do something like or as Je te parle en ami - Im speaking to you as a friendIl agit en enfant - Hes acting like a kid Means voyager en train - to travel by trainrentrer en taxi - to return by taxi Condition or appearance à ªtre en bonne santà © - to be in good healthà ªtre en guerre - to be at warà ªtre en pyjama - to be in pajamas Transformation traduire en franà §ais - to translate into Frenchse dà ©guiser en... - to disguise oneself as...transformer une salle en bureau - to change a room into an office Material un pull en laine - wool sweaterune maison en brique - brick house Verbs with en The French preposition en is required after certain verbs when they are followed by a noun. agir en   to act like / asavoir confiance en   to trustcasser en (morceaux, trois)   to break in(to) (pieces, two)se changer en   to change intoconvertir (quelque chose) en   to convert (something) intocouper en (deux, cinq)   to cut in (two, five pieces)croire en   to believe inse dà ©guiser en   to disguise oneself asà ©crire en (franà §ais, ligne)   to write (in French, on line)mesurer en (mà ¨tres)   to measure in (meters)se mettre en colà ¨re   to get madse mettre en route   to set outpartir en (guerre)   to leave for (war)partir en (voiture)   to leave by/in (car)traduire en (franà §ais)   to translate into (French)transformer qqch en (qqch)   to change s.t. into (s.t.)se vendre en (bouteilles)   to be sold in (bottles)voyag er en (train, taxi)   to travel by (train, taxi)
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