ceremonial meal for the human sacrifices. Archaeologists found that the meal was only partly digested‚ which means Windeby Girl’s death happened a few hours after her eating. After Windeby Girl had eaten her meal‚ her head was shaven in way described as Tacitus‚ and she was blind folded and pushed into the bog. She was then pushed down with branches and a stone until she drowned. Her body was found with jewellery and money‚ which were also part of the sacrifices mad to the goddess Ertha. New Information
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Module 2 – Crime and Order Maintenance in Celtic and Roman Britain ACTIVITIES. 1. Make Notes comparing how offenders were treated in Celtic Britain and how they are treated in modern Britain. Do you notice any similarities? 2. Make notes comparing how offenders were treated in roman Britain and how they are treated in modern Britain. Do you notice any similarities? 1. * People were fined for breaking the law in Celtic time. They were given a guarantor that could vouch they
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GERMANIC LANGUAGES Classification of Modern Germanic Languages and their Distribution Classification of languages means their placement into families or phyla [‘failə] on the basis of lexical or typological similarity or shared ancestry. Languages may thus be classified either genetically or typologically. A genetic classification assumes that certain languages are related in that they have evolved from a common ancestral language. This form of classification employs ancient records as well
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In just the blink of an eye life can go from living with one’s family to be a preserved body that scientists study for knowledge of the past. Pompeii is a small city in Italy located near the coast of the Bay of Naples and Mount Vesuvius. When Mount Vesuvius erupted it nearly effaced Pompeii. However‚ this catastrophe gave scientist an opportunity to study Ancient Roman. The tragic event of Pompeii changed the lives of the civilians. The remains of those who lost their lives were able to be studied
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What were the primary reasons for the “fall” of Rome? The Roman Empire was a very strong civilization in 100 C.E. but as everyone knows‚ all good things must come to an end. The Roman Empire fell because of many reasons including disasters such as earthquakes and plagues. But I will not be focusing on that in this essay because those are not the most important‚ I believe the most important was a weak leadership due to that reason having a ripple effect. To begin with‚ weak leadership in the
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Finnish holidays are similar to the Western Christian calendar and Protestant traditions. Holidays and traditions are a blend of the thousand-year old Christian presence and vestiges of old Finnish pagan traditions. Notable among these is Juhannus‚ the Finnish Midsummer. A majority of Finns retreat to summer cottages (mökki) on any one of Finland’s numerous lakes. Depending on the region‚ a bonfire at midnight celebrates the summer solstice‚ and in the Åland Islands‚ the Swedish-originated tradition
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political structure was a mess and was in dire need of change. It became apparent that the system of government that had been in effect for the last four centuries was no longer efficient and had become corrupt. In Book I of The Annals written by Tacitus‚ he begins by discussing the end of the Republic and that state that the government was in. “...the protection of the laws was unavailing‚ as they were continually deranged by violence‚ intrigue‚ and finally by corruption.”1 The failure of the Republic
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The persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire was‚ perhaps‚ not as severe as led to believe‚ because the eyewitnesses that remained were Christian‚ so the record can reflect a subjective Christian opinion. The story of Jesus Christ has many versions‚ one being the Jews killed him the other being the Romans. According to myth; the Romans in 30 BCE crucified Jesus‚ however‚ according to the Gospels the Jews were the ones who persecuted Jesus. Perhaps‚ in a way‚ the persecution of Christ in the
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goddesses. Thriving businesses were established‚ among them the manufacture of pottery and glass‚ the mining of ore‚ and the quarrying of building materials. Another source of information that opens up Germany culture is written history. Caesar and Tacitus both wrote about the German culture and the
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Curso 2008-2009 Economía mundial Magreb Índice 1 Introducción…………………………………………………………………………… p. 3 2 Contexto político-institucional…………………………………………………………p. 4 3 Contexto sociocultural .………………………………………………………………...p. 6 3.1 Demografía 3.2 Religión 3.3 Los idiomas 3.4 La situación de las mujeres magrebíes 4 Situación económica….……………………...…………………………………………p. 9 4.1 Cuadro macroeconómico
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