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    Religion has impacted civilizations since Paleolithic times. Ancient civilizations flourished with religion‚ as it influenced the virtues of ancient governments‚ art‚ architecture‚ and literature in Mesopotamia‚ Egypt‚ and the Hebrew culture. While the Hebrews‚ Mesopotamians‚ and Egyptians developed separate cultures‚ each have had religion shape the values of society by impacting the art‚ architecture‚ and literature. Hebrews were monotheistic and believed in Yahweh‚ the one true god. Literature

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    Ancient Greek Art

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    Throughout history there have been many influences that played part in the world of art‚ however‚ many of those influences originated from the ancient Greek and Roman world. In this essay I will examine the effect that the classical tradition of Greek and Roman art had on the 1700s as well as contrast the ways artist strayed away from the traditions of Greek and Roman classical traditions. As the 1700’s approached the classical ideals of Greek and Roman art were admired and reiterated in a new style

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    Origins of Egyptian Hieroglyphs The ancient Egyptians believed that writing was invented by the god Thoth and called their hieroglyphic script "mdwt ntr" (god’s words). The word hieroglyph comes from the Greek hieros (sacred) plus glypho (inscriptions) and was first used by Clement of Alexandria. The earliest known examples of writing in Egypt have been dated to 3‚400 BC. The latest dated inscription in hieroglyphs was made on the gate post of a temple at Philae in 396 AD. The hieroglyphic

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    Ancient Roman Inventions

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    The Roman Empire was the most successful ancient civilization.They created many inventions.Second‚They had very great food.Third‚ they had the best army. Inventions The Romans invented toilets‚they invented toilets in the bronze and iron age‚Indoor plumbing was not for everybody‚only the richest could afford them in their houses‚all toilets were public except the people you bought them in there house.They built numerous concrete structures that still stand today.They built numerous concrete structures

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    Ancient Greece Dbq

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    DBQ The ancient societies of Greece and China each produced a civilization remarkable for its time. Although these civilizations emerged nearly one thousand years apart‚ their philosophies were completely different‚ had various forms of governance‚ and had unique economic classes. First‚ the thoughts of the numerous Greek philosophers were absolutely different from those of the Chinese philosophers. Chinese philosophers believed that the individual was not as important as the kingdom was as a

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    Ancient Egypt and Dreams

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    stated on the dreammods.com website The Complete Book of Dreams by Julia & Derek Parker‚ Dream Interpretations date back to 3000-4000 B.C.‚ where they were documented on clay tablets.   In Ancient times‚ Dreams were originally believed to be messages from the gods‚ or supernatural communications of some kind.   In ancient Egypt‚ Egyptians had a process called “dream incubation”.   If a person was emotionally disturbed‚ or wanted to ask the God’s for help they were put into a sleep temple and the priest

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    Ancient Egypt Geography

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    The annual flooding of the Nile and summer monsoons deposit black silt‚ creating an area known as black land. This black land is ideal for farming‚ which was one of the driving forces that made Egypt a dominant civilization in ancient times. The Egyptians were able to farm cotton‚ grain‚ and papyrus. Papyrus was harvested from the aquatic plant of the same name‚ and was used to make an early form of paper. The Egyptians were the first to use papyrus paper as early as 3000 B.C.

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    Slavery In Ancient Greece

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    In ancient Greece‚ most jobs were done by slaves instead of free people. This was because the Greeks had no money to pay workers with (until the Archaic period)‚ and because they had no clocks (to measure how long somebody had worked). But it was also because it is cheaper to force people to work for you than it is to pay them. Most people who were slaves in Greece had been born free. They were sold into slavery by their parents when they were children‚ because their parents were too poor to take

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    The Ancient Olympics

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    The Ancient Olympics Today‚ the Olympic games are known world wide‚ but it did not always used to be this way. Early Olympic games were much different than they are today. The games played and those who attended them were some of the biggest differences. Today’s Olympics have competitors from around the world. There are now hundreds of events in the modern athletic competition. This is a significant difference compared to the amount of events in the ancient Olympic games. The modern Olympics

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    Ancient Egyptian Culture

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