men throughout history. The Etruscans were an ancient civilization that thrived in central Italy around the sixth century BCE. Little is known about the Etruscans‚ but what is known can be extracted through art-producing culture. Their artistic culture is related to but distinct from the civilization of ancient Greece. The ancient Greek civilization spanned from the tenth century to the end of antiquity. This civilization made enormous contributions to science‚ politics‚ and art. The Etruscan art
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“Transformation of the Western Civilization” “Examination Final” By Reinaldo Gutierrez Early Western History HIST 1090 – EV1 Professor Vincent L. Toscano December 6th‚ 2011 In a period about 250 years‚ the western civilization experiment a series of changes that will shift the medieval world of the 1400 to a brand new modern era by the mid-1600‚ all aspect of the medieval civilization suffer a notorious changes and transformation
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Few substances in history have had as profound an effect on human history as gunpowder... and its discovery was an accident! Ancient alchemists in China spent centuries trying to discover an elixir of life that would render the user immortal. One important ingredient in many of the failed elixirs was saltpetre‚ also known as potassium nitrate. Many western history books over the years have stated that the Chinese used this discovery only for fireworks‚ but that is not true. Song Dynasty military
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03/08/2012 Religion Paper #2 What is Western Civilization and how does one describe it? Where does the west begin and were does it end‚ what exactly is the meaning of civilization? These are the questions that we have to ask ourselves. Because people are often both partial and biased‚ our definition of Western civilization is going to be comparative to how we see ourselves in this day and age. So let’s take a look into a brief description of what is meant by Western culture‚ and two specific examples
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Assignment 2: Ancient Chinese Contributions Ancient China was vastly innovated and superior with its innovations and contributions that are still being used throughout the world today. Ancient Chinese inventions such as silk‚ paper‚ gun powder‚ printing‚ tea‚ wheel barrow‚ porcelain‚ toilet paper and the compass have been vital to not only the Chinese culture‚ but also to world civilization. Without a doubt‚ I believe paper‚ printing‚ gun powder and the compass are the most useful inventions/contributions
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As victors‚ the Spartans found themselves dominant in a Greece where polis was suspicious of polis and where‚ within each polis‚ faction disputed with faction. From Ionia‚ which the Spartans sold back to Persia as the price of their assistance‚ the Persians loomed once more as a threat to the whole Greek world. The new Macedonia in the north menaced the Greeks. Perhaps wiser or more vigorous leaders would have been able to create some sort of federation among the individual poleis that could have
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GRADE 6 INTERMEDIATE-LEVEL ASSESSMENT SOCIAL STUDIES “Unit 6: ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME DBQ” Student Name Period Date ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ Print your name and the Social Studies Period on the lines above. PLEASE TAKE YOUR TIME A D USE YOUR TEST TAKI G STRATEGIES FOR DBQ ASSESSME TS Mr. Moore’s Ancient Greece and Rome DBQ 1 Name ____________________ Date ___________ Directions
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In ancient Greece‚ ancient Egypt‚ and in the Minoan civilizations‚ they all used different thing for their use of sacred spaces. In ancient Greece they mad large palaces to appease the Greek gods and goddess. In ancient Egypt they used different techniques to appease the Egyptian gods and goddess. In the Minoan civilization they too also practice religious things however they do something that both Greece and Egypt do not‚ which is human sacrifices. They all use buildings to show/appease their gods
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Expressions of homosexuality were commonplace in ancient Greece. Homosexual practices impacted Greek culture and society‚ especially in religion‚ history‚ and the arts. Poetry was written on same-sex love‚ philosophers often discussed issues regarding male love‚ tragedies and comedies revolved around gay protagonists‚ vases and statues highlighted homosexual relationships and famous philosophers‚ leaders‚ poets‚ gods‚ and heroes were known to be involved in same-sex relationships. Many city-states
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Imperialism Near the end of the nineteenth century‚ there was a sharp increase in the need for people of Western civilization to expand their way of life across the globe. Colonization had begun in the 1600s as a method of economic gain for European countries. The reasons for expansion in the late nineteenth century‚ however‚ had deviated from only economical prosperity. The notion that evolution as well as the belief in their racial and cultural superiority caused many white Europeans and
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