The Ancient Olympic Games is a series of competitions held between representatives of several city-states from Ancient Greece‚ which featured mainly athletic but also combat and chariot racing events.[1] The origin of these Olympics is shrouded in mystery and legend.[2] One of the most popular myths identifies Heracles and his father Zeus as the progenitors of the Games.[3][4][5] According to legend‚ it was Heracles who first called the Games "Olympic" and established the custom of holding them every
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Ancient Rome Culture The Romans left behind many legacies. One of the most important legacies was their culture. Rome culture left the best legacy because it is architecture left an idea for today’s modern sports‚ it is art help inspire artists today because they still do painting and pottery‚ also language because we still use Latin phrases today. The Arch The Romans got their culture from the Greeks and Etruscans. The Romans have the Arch which was borrowed from the Etruscans and it is the most
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a ringer which produces a sound to announce an incoming telephone call‚ and a dial used to enter a telephone number when initiating a call to another telephone. Until approximately the 1970s most telephones used a rotary dial‚ which was superseded by the modern Touch-Tone push-button dial‚ first introduced by AT&T in 1963.[1] The receiver and transmitter are usually built into a handset which is held up to the ear and mouth during conversation. The dial may be located either on the handset‚ or on a base
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Ancient Chinese Inventions It is well known that China has an ancient and glorious history‚ from the feudal periods ending in 222 BC through the three Imperial and Intermediate Eras‚ up to the Modern era – over 4000 years of dynastic reigns. It may also be well known that China is the source of many wonderful and useful inventions from spaghetti to gunpowder. This list‚ however‚ will take a slightly different slant of the topic: Chinese inventions and developments that were not known to or adopted
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Athenians placed more emphasis on family life than Spartans - poorer Athenian families lived and worked together and spend more time as a family unit than wealthier Athenian families - Athenian boys went to school from ages 6-14 for additional schooling - at age 18 they attended military school until 20 war and decline - the pelopanesian war ended Athenian greatness ‚ caused the decline of Athens economy and damaged their democratic government - even though Athens lost the pelopanesian war the
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Thucydides is by far the most important of all early historians. He is the most reliable and trustworthy. Throughout this essay I will show how his work contributed to modern history. I will discuss the manner in which Thucydides wrote his history and the importance of it. I will also discuss branches of history in which Thucydides wrote his history such as; the war‚ politics and the plague. Thucydides (c.460-395BC) was born in Athens into what is believed to be a royal family. After proving
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strength. In defense of including Western sciences and languages in education‚ Prince Gong’s October 1861 Memorial claim that Western learning is “indispensable to the conduct of intercourse‚” parallels Yung Wing’s proposal for a system of individual schools (Doc. 9.1). Lastly‚ the belief that “we have not made use of [our intelligence]‚” as worded by Feng‚ reasoned why the Chinese were hitherto considered inferior‚ although they were superior. The three points of the Restoration reformers are connected
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MODERN GREEK LITERATURE Modern Greek literature refers to literature written in the Greek language from the 11th century‚ with texts written in a language that is more familiar to the ears of Greeks today than is the language of the early Byzantine literature‚ the compilers of the New Testament‚ or‚ of course‚ the classical authors of the fifth and fourth centuries BC. 1 The emergence of modern Greek literature (11th - 15th century) 1.1 Acritic songs 1.2 Romances 1.3 Tales set in the classical world
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Propolis: The Ancient Healer Did you know that honey isn’t the only thing that bees make? Bees also produce a compound called propolis from the sap on needle-leaved trees or evergreens. When they combine the sap with their own discharges and beeswax‚ they create a sticky and greenish-brown product that is used as a coating to build their hives. This is called propolis. Many ancient civilizations used propolis for its medical properties. Assyrians put it on tumors and wounds to prevent infection and
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Great Britain. 4. Two types of rugby football differ from each other only in the number of players. 5. Before 1865‚ brutality was a characteristic feature of prize fighting. 6. Cricket is widely spread in the English-speaking countries. 7. Schools and colleges in England followed similar institutions in the US in the revival of sports. 2.Choose the correct variant. 1. Competitions involving physical strength___________________ A. have interested people since the 19th century B. date
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