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    1. Best viewed with picture upside down. Name: Ambroos (AHM-braws) Meaning/importance: Ambroos was a legendary warrior believed to have lived 3500 years ago by the ancient Bhrytonian (bry-THON-ion) civilization. Its was discovered by warriors participating the strange practice of balancing on their head for hours a day in order to strengthen their scull and neck‚ similar to the practice of Qi Gong by the Shoaling Monks. All Bhrytonian warriors knew the legend of Ambroos and the legendary status among

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    Even to this day‚ ancient Greece’s complex culture has shaped modern day cultures. Some of the particular values they had highlighted among most others‚ counting religion‚ faith in their gods‚ justice‚ leadership‚ ‘moira’ (fate)‚ and honor‚ has shaped modern day society. To the Greeks‚ religion has the utmost influence. It pilots their lifestyle‚ describes natural procedures in the place of modern science‚ and sets their communal ranks. Even their observations of science are a quality to the

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    ‘The Greek culture had ruptured upon the scene in the 5th century BC producing impressive concepts such as democracy‚ and extraordinary infrastructure such as the Parthenon’ . While ‘for close to 200 years it has been common to support the concept of democracy from which evolved from classical Athens‚ to which has shaped our understanding of the political system which we use today. ’ The involvement of the Delian League sets forth the ideas of the Athens Empire‚ which slowly advances into Athens

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    Astronomy Test Review Chapter 1 1. What is our comic address in order of increasing size? - Our solar system is located a little more than half way from the galactic center to the edge of the galactic disk. - Earth - The solar System - Milky Way Galaxy - Local group - Local supercluster - Universe Where is the Sun in the Milky Way? -The sun is located in one of the Milky Way’s outer arms‚ about 25‚000 light years from the galactic center. - Also in the Orion Arim‚ more than half

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    The Importance of Burial in Greek Religion For the most part‚ the Greeks did not believe in a different afterlife for the good or bad—i.e.‚ no heaven or hell. In their view‚ the afterlife was almost universally grim; the important detail for the dead was whether they were buried or unburied. Those who did not receive proper funeral rites were doomed to wander by the river Styx‚ the entrance to the Underworld‚ for eternity; their souls could never be at rest. Thus‚ denying burial to a corpse

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    Ancient Greeks and Romans Contributed Ideas on Government The first societies to experiment with ideas on government that would later influence Americans were Ancient Greece and Rome. The Ancient Greeks and Romans developed the ideas of democracy and representative government more than 2‚000 years ago. A Democracy in Ancient Greece. The cities of Ancient Greece were organized into city-states‚ or small independent nations. Athens was one such city-state. For many years‚ Athens was ruled by a small

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    Veronica Miranda Astronomy 101 Camarota Lawrence October 21‚ 2014 Lunar phases For this second outside activity that I choose was to see the moon for each clear night y write down what I saw. This activity was really interesting because it was my first time that I paid attention what and how the moon works and moves also I love the moon when it projects a lot of light. My observations started on September 20th and they end on October 20th. During this time that I was looking for the moon there

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    Rebecca McKenney Introduction to Astronomy Mrs. Alburg 12 April 2017 Chapter 7 Notes If all the mass of the satellites‚ asteroids‚ meteoroids‚ comets‚ and planets (besides Jupiter) in the solar system were combined and doubled two and half times‚ you will get the mass of Jupiter. Both Jupiter and Saturn have “colorful bands that extend around” it’s respected “equator.” (Slater) The dark reddish bands of Jupiter are called belts‚ while the lighter color bands are called zones. The spots

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    Thesis: Which Character‚ Brutus or Cassius‚ would best fit Aristotle’s description of a tragic hero? Outline Introduction. Thesis‚ Point of Theme article. What is a Tragic Hero? Definition of a Tragic Hero N; a literary character who makes an error of judgment or has a fatal flaw that‚ combined with fate and external forces‚ brings on a tragedy. Explanation of Tragic Flaw N; the character defect that causes the downfall of the protagonist of a tragedy; hamartia. How Cassius could be

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    Abstract According to Aristotle‚ Sophocles play‚ Oedipus‚ was the perfect tragedy. It contained the elements of a hero of noble birth or rank‚ a fall for the hero based on a “tragic flaw” and evoked pity for the main character‚ King Oedipus. This essay will attempt to reflect how Oedipus is a prime example of Aristotle’s tragic hero. Thesis Oedipus illustrates Aristotle’s definition of the tragic hero through the esteem of the king‚ the fatal flaw the brings about the fall of the kind and

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