2012.7.25 Traditional Education and Modern Education Education has been a means of transmitting one’s culture from one generation to another. As the oldest industry‚ it is the main instrument used by society to preserve‚ maintain and upgrade its social equilibrium. A society’s future depends largely on the quality of its citizen’s education‚ so having a good educational system is very important. Traditional education and modern education is a hot topic among many people‚ especially
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Physical education In most educational systems‚ physical education (PE)‚ (also called physical training (PT) or gym)‚ is a course which utilizes a play or movement exploration setting for the transmission of physical knowledge and skills to an individual or a group‚ the application of these skills‚ and their results. It also can refer to any intramural or extracurricular sportor physical activity students take part of through their school system. It should be noted that unlike other curricula‚ a
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Life in Ancient Sumer - Cassandra Johanson People in Ancient Sumer had to work hard for their rights and to be part of the society. Ancient Sumerians were very religious‚ God was the centre of their lives and everything was based around their religions. They also had many laws‚ given to the ancient king by the Sun God Shamash. They were a very practical and advanced society‚ they learnt how to live in their surroundings and created a large civilization. The Sumerians were a very religious civilization
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Ancient Greek medicines had a great influence and contributed part of the foundation of medical knowledge in today’s medicine. 1000 years before the birth of Christ‚ the Greeks were practicing medicine and the importance of physicians had already been recognised. Besides physicians‚ government‚ and research at that time also played an important role in development of medication. Alexander the Great who conquered most of the known world‚ was Aristotle most illustrious and influential pupil. He helped
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Ancient Origins of Public Relations Ancient civilizations and medieval society offer glimpses at public relations-like activities. Ptah-hotep‚ the advisor to one of the ancient Egyptian pharoahs‚ wrote about 2‚200 BCE of the need for communicating truthfully‚ addressing audience interests‚ and acting in a manner consistent with what is being said. Archeologists have found ancient bulletins and brochures in ancient Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq) dating to about 1‚800 BCE. These publications on
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Women and men had quite different roles in ancient Greece; women had limited privileges‚ the rarely played notable roles in public affairs. There are actually no names of female poets‚ artists‚ or philosophers from classical Athens. However‚ the “status of woman was strictly protected by law” (p.83). Only the woman was in charge of the household and the family’s possessions‚ and only the sons of a citizen woman could be citizens. Woman had these law rights‚ but they were mostly to protect their
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As rulers‚ there are only three female Pharaohs in the whole ancient Egypt and Hatshepsut was the first one‚ though the most known is Cleopatra. “Hatshepsut offers us no explanation for her unprecedented assumption of power. It seems that there was no opposition to her elevation‚ although‚ of course‚ it is very unlikely
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China thousands of years ago! Well‚ it’s true. Back then‚ noble Chinese ladies and gentlemen played games and had various kinds of entertainment. Hunting‚ Polo‚ and a type of football were just some of the more active games. The ancient Chinese also had quieter games. One ancient game called Liu Po was played long ago. Although the rules of this game were lost to modern times‚ it is known that it consisted of 6 game pieces‚ which the player moved around on a board. Other games such as Parcheesi‚ Chess
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with a closely guarded gate (Morley 18). Every year‚ many people died working on the pyramids and villages lost men. Accidents usually happened when the stones were being moved (Macaulay 46). The market was where people would exchange goods. The ancient Egyptians were paid wages in food and clothing‚ because they did not use money (Morley 22). All the hard work that went into the pyramids was all done for the Pharaoh. Many people spent lots of time working on the art that was carved and painted
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Throughout all of history‚ one thing remained constant‚ and that’s the fact that religion played a huge role in all societies. An example of this would be the role of Christianity in Ancient Rome. Christianity was a religion that the Romans has never seen before and was challenged for its beliefs and morals. Although the Romans questioned the religion‚ Christianity spread rather easily in Rome as a result of its vast territories being in one governance. In the end as time went by‚ all the Roman gods
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