.... the Sibyl at Erythrae..." and his apparent supernatural powers were affirmed at Gaugamela, at least in the eyes of most of his troops. Before going into battle, he prayed to the gods to "protect and strengthen the Greeks" and it was answered as the Greeks won. Even if Alexander was backed by the gods, the extent of his accomplishment could never have been so great if he was not as intelligent as he was, both as a military leader as well as a political leader. "We can see that it was Alexander's leadership and training which made the Macedonians incomparable in war and in administration and enabled them as rulers of the so-called Hellenistic kingdoms to contr .....

.... they spread Marco's stories of faraway places and unknown peoples. Today geographers agree that Marco's book is amazingly accurate. Marco Polo was born in the city-republic of Venice in 1254. His father and uncles were merchants who traveled to distant lands to trade. In 1269 Marco's father, Nicolo`, and his uncle Maffeo returned to Venice after being away many years. On a trading expedition they had traveled overland as far as Cathay (China). Kublai Khan, the great Mongol emperor of China, asked them to return with teachers and missionaries for his people. So they set out again in 1271, and this time they took Marco. From Venice the Polos sailed to .....

.... area of expertise is expressing a creative approach and developing uniformity, so that it can be implemented into the private and public sector. Ohmae is known in the United States as the author of high impact books and articles on corporate strategy,and in particular, as a guru of globalization. He has written books on reforming Japan, and has sold close to 2 million hardback copies. In his book The Borderless World, Ohmae discusses that centralized governments are loosing their ability, and their need to direct national economies. He is the founder of "Reform of Heisei", a citizen's political movement estavlished on November 25, 1992, to pr .....

.... of his uglier traits. He would throw live animals from towers and appeared to derive pleasure from doing so. Ivan was crowned Russia's first Tsar at the age of 17. Three weeks later he married, having chosen his bride in a national virgin competition. Virgins over the age of twelve were brought to the Kremlin to be paraded before him. He chose Anastasia, the daughter of a minor noble, and their marriage proved to be a very close one. Ivan had huge ambitions for his new Imperial dynasty. He launched a holy war against Russia's traditional enemy, the Tartars. Showing no mercy to these Muslim people Ivan's conquest of Kazan, and later Astrakhan and Siberia, .....

.... Carnegie's internal conflicts were planted in Dunfermline, Scotland, where he was born in 1835, the son of a weaver and political radical who instilled in young Andrew the values of political and economic equality. His family's poverty, however, taught Carnegie a different lesson. When the Carnegies emigrated to America in 1848, Carnegie determined to bring prosperity to his family. He worked many small jobs which included working for the Pennsylvania Railroad where he first recognized the importance of steel. With this recognition, he resigned and started the Keystone Bridge Company in 1865. He built a steel-rail mill, and bought out a small steel company. By .....

.... Mississippi, a suburb of Memphis, Tennessee (Current 221). said, "We didn't have a lot of money, but we didn't know it, we were fed and loved and scrubbed" (Hubbard 44). Along with being a famous writer, Grisham is also a devout Christian. While his father usually had to work seven days a week, Grisham's mother always had Grisham and his four siblings in church every Sunday. Grisham said, "My mother led me to Jesus." He was eight-years-old when he confirmed his faith in God and says "It was the most important event in my life" (Norton 16). an excellent education, going to some very good schools. He went to high school in Southaven, Mississippi. He was not .....

.... The Bouviers were considered to be socially prominent New Yorkers(Mills 105). Jacqueline has a younger sister who is now married to Prince Stanislas Radziwill, a Polish nobleman who has prospered in business in London (“Kennedy”). Jacqueline grew up on Park Avenue. She greatly resembled her father who was considered to be a very handsome man and was also often mistaken for Clark Gable. They both shared the same dark flowing hair, wide-spaced delicate eyes, and blunt nose. The father and daughter also shared the same large, square face. Even when Jacqueline was a child, she graced the presence of others with her natural social skill. At her second .....

.... on educational subjects. Booker T. Washington became a very famous speaker he had been invited to eat dinner in the White House with President Theodore Roosevelt. Slowly Booker began to get the respect he deserved. Booker preached that Blacks should accept that they were inferior to whites, he told them that we have to prove to them that we are socially capable of taking care of ourselves. He said the way we do this is make successful businesses we get educated and get into politics. For these beliefs that Booker believed in is why he was called "The Great Compromiser." Many white ex-slave owners began to respect Bookers notions. Not only was he .....