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    Many people don’t know about ancient Greece. ancient Greece is an amazing civilization that existed years ago. ancient Greece develop many things we have today‚ including the Olympics‚ are alphabet and they even created Inventions that lead us towards technology! many people don’t think of ancient Greece as inventors of our ideas‚ but they gave us pretty much all of our ideas. all of our modern stuff today was ether invented by the Greeks or we improved it and made it our own. therefore we

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    SU_ENG_161_W1 Today‚ we live in a society filled with a vast variety of new technologies‚ discoveries‚ and information. These new and updated findings are what make the world we live in more modern. There are endless advancements being made daily‚ making the people who live on our planet more modern‚ individually and as a whole. I‚ in fact‚ am a modern person due to the way I live my life and the technologies I use on a day to day basis. The word “modern” means “of or relating to the present

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    Let’s take a vote: Are the Ancient Greeks impressive or what? Isn’t their organized government fascinating? Well‚ it’s definitely a unanimous vote in favor of the Greeks! By participating in that vote‚ you have just taken part of a Greek legacy. The government! One of Greece’s most beneficial contributions to the modern-world is our democratic system of government‚ which reached its peak in Athens during Pericles’ time. Greek’s government is a stable and unified form of government‚ whose connections

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    In Greece there was a city named Delphi‚ it housed the sanctuary dedicated eventually to the god Apollo. In the early centuries of Greek times‚ prophecy was practiced in many different ways throughout many different places. While the most popular place to receive oracles in Greek history was at Delphi‚ from Pythia‚ there were other locations and gods who performed different acts in order for their fate to be known. The oracle at Delphi shows how important prophecies were to Greeks and why it impacted

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    In early Athens before Draco’s laws‚ there were no written sentencing guides or punishments in place for crimes committed. This meant that the punishments for the same crimes remained inconsistent. Instead if the victim was dead then the family was left to get compensation from the criminal themselves or seek revenge by their own accord. ’He who kills another Athenian‚ without a purpose or by accident should be banished from Athens for ever. If the killer apologises to the family of the murdered

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    Kristina M. Lisanti Women’s Studies Research Paper 17 December 2009 "If we inquire‚ we find that all the kingdoms of the world have been overthrown by women." from Malleus Malificarum‚ a witch hunter ’s guide‚ 1486 Mid “Witchery” Wise women were spiritual advisors and healers. In the beginning all sorts of superstitions surrounded the birth of a child and wise women were there to help aid and welcome the new child into the world. She was asked to notice the alignment of the

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    REPÚBLICA BOLIVARIANA DE VENEZUELA MINISTERIO DEL PODER POPULAR PARA LA EDUCACIÓN U.E. INSTITUTO ANDES MODERN AND ANCIENT DEMOCRACY Authors: Acevedo R‚ Sofia Rancel M‚ Isabella M Teacher: Miss Andrea de Paramo Caracas‚ May‚ 2013 According to Thucydides (c.406/455-c.399 BCE)‚ Pericles the ancient Athenian leader was chosen to give a speech in the funerals of the firsts who had fallen in the Peloponnesian war; he decided to state the values of democracy in this occasion. According

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    ​1. In Ancient Greece‚ the death of a loved one or prominent person was met with a period of grieving and celebration of their life. Alongside the somber rituals of interment‚ viewings‚ and the distinguishing of graves the celebration of the person’s life took place. The people of Ancient Greece saw passing as an inescapable element of the circle of life. The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s article "Death‚ Burial‚ and the Afterlife in Ancient Greece" (Department‚ 2003) offers additional information

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    ANCIENTS VS MODERNS It seems that in today’s world of the radio‚ TV‚ and the internet we have a wealth of knowledge at our finger tips. With all this knowledge that we have we are constantly reminded that we have many liberties and freedoms to enjoy‚ yet when Election Day rolls around we can receive only around 60% of the American population out to vote‚ and that is on a good day. Is Benjamin Constant correct when he say’s “Our freedom must consist of peaceful enjoyment and private independence

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    control of one state over others. In ancient Greece (8th century BCE – 6th century CE)‚ hegemony denoted the politico–military dominance of a city-state over other city-states. The dominant state is known as the hegemon.[6] In the 19th century‚ hegemony came to denote the "Social or cultural predominance or ascendancy; predominance by one group within a society or milieu". Later‚ it could be used to mean "a group or regime which exerts undue influence within a society.” Also‚ it could be used for the

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