Hippocrates Born: c.460 BC at Kos‚ Ancient Greece Died: c.370 BC at Larissa‚ Ancient Greece Hippocrates was an ancient Greek physician who was born around 460 BC on Cos‚ an Aegean island. Many consider him to be the “father of medicine” because he transformed the path of Greek medicine. He believed that diseases were caused by some type of natural action instead of being caused by the spirits or gods. His Early Life: Hippocrates was the son of Praxithea and Heracleides. His family’s wealth allowed
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Item #1: I was surprised to learn that the ancient Greeks practiced pederasty and were not considered pedophiles. I never heard of pederasty‚ so I was unaware of the difference. Ancient Greek pederasts were adult males‚ usually socially prominent‚ who have an erotic attraction to adolescent boys. These men would take on an adolescent male pupil and lover. Pederasts had bisexual relationships because many of the men had wives. And the sexual relationships with adolescent boys would not interfere with
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The roots of hazing are firmly placed in ancient Greece‚ in which Spartans have been said to have used hazing for initiating young soldiers. “They would publicly whip them to see who could endure the punishment the longest without screaming” (Ktenas). The boys would sometimes withstand the pain from
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In the Ancient Grecian culture there were various political systems in use depending on the city or Poleis. Today we shall take a look at the following systems monarchy‚ aristocracy‚ tyranny‚ oligarchy‚ and democracy‚ there were some others but these will be our focus. Interestingly enough while we think of ancient Athens as being a democracy it wasn’t always so‚ it eventually evolved into a democratic nation‚ but between the 8th to 6th century‚ Athens was ruled by aristocracy and according to The
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ANCIENT PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PRACTICES IN GREECE‚ IN ROME‚ IN ENGLAND AND IN INDIA ➢ Greece and Judea (a Roman province) introduced basic concepts and values on government and public life. Politics‚ philosophy and law were also first developed here. However‚ administrative culture was yet to be developed. (1) ➢ Because of the increase in the complexity of government activity‚ the administrative culture we associate with our contemporary world emerged in the Alexandrian Era (AD 412‚ before
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Ancient history is the study of the written past[1] from the beginning of recorded human history to the Early Middle Ages. The span of recorded history is roughly 5‚000 years‚ with Cuneiform script‚ the oldest discovered form of coherent writing‚ from the protoliterate period around the 30th century BC.[2] This is the beginning of history‚ as opposed to prehistory‚ according to the definition used by most historians.[3] The term classical antiquity is often used to refer to ancient history in the
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Greek and Roman history is often intertwined. Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome certainly weren’t far apart geographically‚ and they weren’t alien to each other at all. Together‚ they’ve had a great influence on the modern world. Because of this‚ these two civilizations are often confused with one another. The purpose of this essay is to examine two iconic buildings in each of these civilizations and see how each is unique. I will also point out to some differences and similarities between the two
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The Ancient Greece have a huge effect on the American education. Most people are able to notice the similarities between the education in America and the education in Europe which was the continent that the ancient Greece existed in‚ although the American education was mostly influenced by the ancient Greece‚ not many people know that and in fact education systems would’ve never existed if the ancient Greece have never developed it. At the end the ancient Greece are the ones who basically invented
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The three major types of government that existed in ancient Athens were oligarchy‚ democracy‚ and tyranny. Democracy is a government where the government was controlled by the people and is used a lot today. Oligarchy is like democracy but was ruled by only a few like the rich. Tyranny was very common in ancient Greece but now only a few countries still use this method where only one man is in charge‚ like a king. Ruled by the people. In the direct democracy‚ the government is controlled by the
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Michael Jones 10/5/2012 Cabrera Egypt‚ Mesopotamia and Ancient Greek Civilizations The Ancient Egyptians‚ Mesopotamia‚ and Greeks were some of the oldest complex societies‚ although similar in many aspects. Mesopotamia is located in the Fertile Crescent‚ land in and between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers usually known as modern day Iraq and Eastern Syria.(24) In Egypt‚ the Nile River creates a fertile valley which is rich in nutrients and essential to their survival. The Nile flows from
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