ESSAY: GREEK LEADER Here is your goal for this assignment: Write a report on a famous Greek leader of your choice Choose one of the places or persons from the following list and write a 250 word report. If you choose a place, tell where it was located, mention some of its important rulers or citizens, and classify its governmental system according to the threefold classification of Aristotle. If you choose a person, tell when the person lived, why he was famous, and what sort of government he lived under according to Aristotle's classification system (rule by one, rule by few, rule by many). Places: Persons: Chaldea Crete (Minos) Sargon Ptolemy Sumer Troy Hammurabi Pericles Akkad Sparta Nebuchadnezzar II Solon Assyria Knossos Homer (Iliad) Xerxes Carthage Seleucia Darius I Socrates Thebes Macedonia Euclid Archimedes

I certainly won't write your essay for you but I'd recommend doing your paper on Alexander III of Macedon aka Alexander the Great as he was a very influential and interesting figure in Greek history. Although king of ancient Macedonia for less than 13 years, Alexander the Great changed the course of history. One of the world's greatest military generals, he created a vast empire that stretched from Macedonia to Egypt and from Greece to part of India. This allowed for Hellenistic culture to become widespread.

the mongolian invasion of china and central asia resulted in a disruption of the silk road as the chinese garrisons lost support from the chinese kingdoms which fell under the mongols. however, as the mongols established a formal dynasty in china, the successors of genghis khan restored the garrisons along the silk road allowing the safe travel caravans again.