Ancient Greece is a very famous country that is known for its unique fashion styles. Years ago‚ ancient Greeks did not care about the type of clothing they were wearing. Men and women wore similar things. Not knowing that a few hundred years later researchers would argue over if their clothes were better than today’s or worse than today’s clothing. The Greeks had unique ways of making clothing but it does not compare to today’s clothing. In Ancient Greece there were many different fashion styles
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__2__. | Name: Tahira S. Miles Course: American GovernmentTeacher: Rowe‚ GailDate: 9/20/2012 | Main Idea: | Notes: 01.05 | Greece (Module Reading) | Notes:Greek civilization thrived from Greece gave us many things Olympic theater‚ advancements in science‚ art‚ great works of literature‚ amazing architecture‚ mathematics‚ and our first democratic government. Greece is known as The birthplace of civilization. A city-state is A sovereign state consisting of an independent city and its surrounding
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Trevor Chalew 9/13/12 Period:3 Ancient Greece had a big influence on the world and how it is today. Greece lies at the southern end of the Balkan Peninsula‚ where the Mediterranean Sea is. In the region‚ mountain terrain made it so farming was limited because of the land. Because of that they turned to the Sea and became fishers‚ sailors‚ and traders to survive. The Greeks have influenced western civilizations in many areas such as government and sports. Government
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Ancient Greek culture had major influences on today’s culture; some of these influences include mathematics‚ government‚ art and architecture; they even did research in the field of medicine. Many cultures and religions have adapted their ideas from the ancient Greeks. Without the influences of the ancient Greeks our society wouldn’t be the way it is today. The Greek culture lasted from around 776 BCE to 146 BCE (though it is argued to have begun around 1000 BCE)‚ during this time they invented
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Socrates and Aristotle were both Greek philosophers who contributed philosophies. Socrates believed that all people contained real knowledge within them and that self critical examination was needed to bring this knowledge out. Socrates once stated‚ “The unexamined life is not worth living.” In this philosophical idea‚ Socrates is suggesting that an individual‚ who chooses to not think about their own actions‚ does not truly care about their own life. Aristotle believed in the concept of examining
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The Ancient Greeks and Romans both began their empires as city-states. While the strange coastlines and the rough terrain of the Greek peninsula isolated the various Greek city-states from one another‚ the city of Rome was located in the geographic middle of a plain bordered on the east by mountains and on the west by the sea. Therefore‚ Rome was exposed to the migrations and invasions of people from the river in the north and Sicily in the south. Both empires were ruled by several different leaders
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Amongst their numerous accomplishments‚ the ancient Greeks are credited with inventing competitive athletics‚ drama‚ democracy‚ oratory‚ rhetoric‚ biology‚ zoology‚ and the atomic theory. Several ancient Greek concepts have since been applied in civilizations throughout much of Western history. Greek principles in literature and drama‚ as well as those in art and government‚ are thus said to have had a continuing impact on people in countless phases of history. Certain themes in literature
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In Ancient Greece‚ the geography has played a huge role in the development of the country‚ in both positive and negative ways. Positive impacts have made developments to things like trade development‚ religion‚ and city-states. Negative impacts that have hurt Greece are the volcanic zone‚ and the actual land that makes up the country of Greece. The first positive effect geography had on Greece was the mountains throughout Greece. The mountains were difficult to cross so the Greeks had to use the
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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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It is no secret that ancient Greece greatly impacted today’s civilization. One of the most important social developments‚ democracy‚ can be traced back to the Greek city-state of Athens. Although this accomplishment is impressive enough‚ ancient Greece was more than the birthplace of democratic ideals. This small Mediterranean region‚ split down the middle by the conflict of two philosophies‚ closely parallels the modern world. The most obvious connection is the one between the Delian League and
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