Herodotus’ writes his Histories for Greeks. Specifically for Greeks living in Herodotus’ own time. The statement of purpose which begins the work seems to contradict this hypothesis. Herodotus claims to wish to "prevent the traces of human events from being erased by time‚ and to preserve the fame of the important and remarkable achievements " [Herodotus‚ 1.0]. The underlying assumption here is that the author is preserving these events and achievements for future generations and perhaps even future
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The Athenian Democracy was classified as a direct democracy which means that they were a form of government in which a group of just ordinary people make decisions. Any male citizen could make a decisions but women‚ slaves and others were not allowed and were born elsewhere. Even though it was made up of male Athenians and women didn’t have much right‚ the people in a way were all treated equally. The Athenian democracy pretty much dissolved due to numerous changes. The Athenian government was broken
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Introduction The presents of Her Grace‚ Georgiana Cavendish the duchess of Devonshire‚ was a hot topic‚ a celebrity‚ amongst her peers of the eighteenth century in England. Most recognizes her as a fashion innovator‚ a devoted mother‚ a lover‚ a drunken gambler‚ a lavish hostess of the grandest parties and most of all a main supporter of the Whig Party. Intelligent‚ charming‚ and beautiful‚ a woman equipped with such characteristics is bound to be a “prize”‚ for her mother had feared. “Georgiana
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The origins of comedy are in the 5th Century BC. So this was in the Greek era- these plays were performed in Classical Athens as parts of festivals called Dionysia. These were performed on different days to tragedies. Greek comedies would be zany and would mock both political and philosophical ideas. Aristophanes a prolific writer of comedy during the 4th and 5th century BC he is first and foremost a political writer; a satirist most commonly known for mocking the politicians of the time. Aristophanes
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The History of the British Isles. Around 3000 years BC many parts of Europe including the British Isles‚ were inhabited by a people called the Iberians. Some of their descendants are still found in the North of Spain (the Iberia Peninsula). We don’t know much about these early people. We can learn something from there skeletons‚ their weapons. The Iberians used stone weapons and tools. During the period from the 6th to the 3rd century BC‚ a people called Celts‚ spread across Europe from the East
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------------------------------------------------- Religious art Religious art or sacred art is artistic imagery using religious inspiration and motifs and is often intended to uplift the mind to the spiritual.[1]Sacred art involves the ritual and cultic practices and practical and operative aspects of the path of the spiritual realization within the artist’s religious tradition. ------------------------------------------------- Christian art Christian sacred art is produced in an attempt to
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Ancient Chinese Contributions Ancient China provided a great many inventions and contributions to the world. I will attempt to narrow it down to eight or ten examples. Cast iron was invented between the late 4th century BC and the early 5th century BC (Zhou dynasty). The process was created by melting pig iron. The blast furnace was used for smelting iron ore and coke (a high carbon fuel)‚ charcoal or anthracite (a type of coal). Limestone was used as a flux. Sand was used to create
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Bowen‚ other attendees include director J.J. Abrams‚ Michelle Monaghan‚ Busy Philipps‚ Jordana Brewster‚ Eric Dane‚ Jaime King‚ Soleil Moon Frye and Rebecca Gayheart. In honor of Jennifer Garner’s work‚ major A-list stars come together to attend the 5th Baby2Baby Gala. Garner is known for her work on making sure the country has ample diaper supplies. Recently‚ she announced that she felt that new moms are struggling to make ends meet. And it is always a toss up between milk and diapers. Choosing always
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a long and distinguished history There is good evidence for assuming high demand: The last three competitive England home games were sold-out2 Attendance figures for club matches are consistently high3 Recent cup finals at Cardiff Millennium Stadium were sold-out4 Actual demand varies between market segments but can be found from market research‚ e.g. membership schemes and studying events at similar grounds. 4 Market Segmentation The table below shows the range of customers
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Abstract * Historians take national states as focus (since mid-19th century) * Realize importance of large-scale historical process * Sea/ocean basins as framework for analysis * Not well for absolute/definitive category * Contour/characteristics change dramatically over time * Useful to bring focus to exchange * For > century European/Euro-American treat history almost exclusively to national states * Leopold focus on institution‚ constitution
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