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    ANCIENT GREEK CONTRIBUTIONS DBQ This task is based on the accompanying documents. Some of these documents have been edited for the purpose of this task. This task is designed to test your ability to work with historic documents. As you analyze the documents‚ take into account both the source of the document and the author’s point of view  Historical Context Many of the roots of Western civilization can be traced back to the ancient Greeks. They made long lasting contributions in areas of

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    illusion of perfect balance on all sides. Their desire for balance in art and architecture represents the balance of the world; order and moderation are expressed in the simplicity of lines and shapes. Sophists‚ who believed that the views of society are standards and the sole measurement of good‚ truth‚ justice and beauty. Protagoras was a sophist. He said that‚ "man is the measure of all things." He believed in a constant flux‚ and that nothing is absolutely right or wrong‚ but subject to change

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    devices. This was a time of changing cultures‚ religions and ideologies‚ and society as whole had a thirst for knowledge i.e. the Middle East‚ Europe‚ India‚ Japan and China. Acquiring new knowledge and technological advancements‚ allowed certain empires‚ during this time‚ to rise above others. Timekeeping was a unifying factor. Timekeeping was another one of the many contributions made in Ancient Rome and Greece; Ancient Romans and Greeks were innovators‚ making roads‚ buildings‚ and aqueducts. They

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    sometimes to see a text that mixes together myth and history. its usable to view cultural values. Homer wrote it down‚ its just one of dz of stories. Homer is a relection on society at the time. even in antiquity there are multiply stories as to why the trojan war happen. Herodotus is in the mid 5th century 450 inventor of modern history. (per socretes) He is writing about his findings without bias and he wants orepor so that it’s not lost. (persians =barbarians) Herodotus puts his name on his work

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    The ancient Greek civilization had many contributions that helped explain its significance in history. During the Archaic Age‚ there were many economies and cultures. One economy were the coins. Although‚ the Greeks did not invent coins they did use coins to their advantage. They improved the design of the coins and the circulation of them. The Greeks added stamps to both sides of the coins for identification and made them of silver (Dutton 48). The Greeks used the coins for “collection of taxes

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    When the ancient Greek Empire fell to the Roman Republic‚ the Romans took Greek slaves‚ some of whom ended up as teachers for noble Roman children. This educational influence led to a strong cultural influence from Greece to Rome. Roman education relied heavily on Greek writers‚ including Homer‚ and various aspects of Roman culture borrowed from Greece. For example‚ the Roman religion has similar gods to the ancient Greek religion‚ but with different names. The Greek influence on Roman architecture

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    Cole Mills - World History 11/12/2012 Contributions of Ancient Greece – Alexander III the Great Alexander III the Great‚ the King of Macedonia and conqueror of the Persian Empire is considered one of the greatest military geniuses of all times. Alexander was born in 356 BC in Pella‚ the ancient capital of Macedonia. He was son of Phillip II‚ King of Macedonia. He spent his childhood watching his father make Macedon a great military power‚ winning victory after victory on the battlefields. When

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    rose to power as a result of powerful military organizations that allowed them to defend themselves and conquer new land. Forceful armies were especially important in both Rome and Greece‚ where their dynamic military permitted them to dominate and expand their territories‚ thus increasing their empire’s power and influence. Most notably in the Roman Empire‚ the strong martial force led the state to victory in several battles‚ including the Battle of Zama. The empire’s powerful military obliterated

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    in witness? Peter Weir uses symbolism to convey ideas throughout the film witness with representations of cultures‚ the Amish and the modern society. These symbols include John Books gun‚ Rachel Lapps bonnet and the Samuels explores Johns life is visually represented with the keys‚ id‚ money and police badge and a hand gun‚ these are all high modern day society items. The gun is another symbol which represents violence and the power of the “English” and to the Amish “only god should have the power

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    Privacy in Modern Societies Of all the human rights in the global archive‚ confidentiality and privacy are conceivably the largest problematical human right in this era. Classification of privacy differs commonly by circumstance as well as locality. In countless diverse regions and cultures around the world‚ countries have involved the right and justification of privacy with data or information protection‚ which interprets privacy with reference to managing delicate information. Outside these strict

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