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    DBQ: ANCIENT GREEK CONTRIBUTIONS The Ancient Greek contribution ranged by the 1900-133 BC‚ however its influence on the Western Literate Society lasts to this day. As the Greeks expanded their empire‚ they spread their ideas to other countries‚ while also borrowing from other cultures. During this period of time‚ the Greeks made many significant and long-lasting contribution to our modern culture in Philosophy‚ Art‚ Democracy‚ Drama‚ Math‚ and Science. These givings of important ideas

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    Measures of Astronomical Distances • Let’s view the Universe in terms of kilometres – The size of the observable universe is roughly 130‚000‚000‚000‚000‚000‚000‚000 km ! - Obviously measuring astronomical distances in km is inconvenient. - We need much BIGGER units of distance: • Some commonly used distance units: 1 ly (light year) = Distance traveled by light in 1 year = 9.46 trillion km 1 AU (astronomical unit) = average distance between the Sun & Earth = 150 million km A unit of distance‚

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    Architecture With Greece in all its glory and beauty one must imagine how it was all done. From the ruins of ancient Greece civilizations have learned so much and archaeologists are fascinated by the glory that Greece must have once been‚ between the natural landscape that still stands today‚ and the massive temples and structures‚ and the beautiful pieces of art that had been preserved underground for so long. As we continue learning about these people we are more and more astounded by their

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    Lord Gomez DBQ Essay The Ancient Greece culture has made many contributions to western civilization. The ancient Greeks affected the western civilizations math‚ government‚ sports‚ and medicine. They affected the western civilization in a big way. We even use some of these contributions today. A way that the ancient Greeks contributed to our government is that Greece had the first known democracy. As seen in document 3 Pericles had a lot to do with democracy. Pericles had three

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    Ancient Greeks Introduction In this project you will find out how the Greek life style was like in Ancient Greece like what food the Greeks liked .And what and some of my favourites are where Greece in the Morden world who were the Greeks and what school they went to. Who were the Greeks? Where is Greece in the Morden world? The Ancient Greeks lived in Greece and the countries that we now called Bulgaria and Turkey. The Ancient Greece Empire spread over Europe as far as France in the East

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    Hercules’s Lesson to the Ancient Greeks Hercules‚ the son of Zeus and Alcmene‚ offered ancient Greeks an ideal to live up to. His actions supported the idea that physical and mental strength are both necessities to achieve one’s goals. Hercules is sent to perform twelve labors given to him by King Eurystheus of Tiryns. Doing so‚ he utilized physical and mental strength to successfully complete his labors. In labors 1‚ 7 and 12‚ Hercules demonstrates physical strength by killing off monstrous beings

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    Religion In Ancient Greece - Ancient Greek Culture and Civilization Excerpts taken from: http://www.biblestudytools.com/encyclopedias/isbe/greece-religion-in-ancient.html http://www.leadershipclassics.org/AncientGreekCulture&Civilization.html GREECE‚ RELIGION IN ANCIENT || I. THE GREEK GODS 1. Greek Myths 2. Mythology Distinguished from Religion 3. Local Shrines 4. Epithets of the Gods 5. Nature of the Gods of Worship 6. Relation of Greek Gods to Nature 7. The Greater Gods

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    Theaters‚ actors‚ and plays were all started in the ancient Greek time period. Ancient Greek theater began between 550 and 220 BC. The plays or productions focused on the Greek God Dionysus. Dionysus was the God of wine‚ agriculture‚ and sexuality. Thespis was a person who told stories through songs to Dionysus. Thespis did two major things that transformed Greek theater‚ make actors instead of just storytellers and translated the hymns into Dionysus to story telling songs which people acted out

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    would the world be like without astronomy? Many people would agree that the world would be put to a halt without it. Astronomy is one of the oldest forms of Physical Science‚ with its roots dating back as far as thousands‚ even millions of years ago. Astronomy contributed a lot to every civilization; it assisted people throughout history‚ it made up religion to most‚ while it also helped people determine when the correct time to begin planting. The beginning of Astronomy didn’t exactly begin with a telescope

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    The ancient Greeks made many lasting contributions to Western civilizations. Many achievements of the ancient Greek civilization have positively affected the west. Roots in the most influenced areas of math‚ art‚ philosophy‚ and drama can be traced back to the ancient Greeks. The ancient Greek mathematician Euclid influenced mathematics in a large way after developing the Pythagorean theorem. His theorem (written around 300 B.C.) stated that “If two straight lines cut one another‚ the vertical

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