History of Sport Tutorial Paper 1: Women and Sport in the Ancient World Is there evidence of female participation in the ancient Olympic Games? According to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) there have been over 30‚923 women participating in the modern Olympic Games over the period of 108 years since the first women participated at the 1900 Paris Olympic Games. At the latest Olympic Games held in Beijing‚ out of the 11‚196 total athletes‚ 4‚746 were women that were involved at
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The Ancient Games were held in Athens where as today’s games are held world wide and a country can bid to host the games. The Ancient Games lasted only five days‚ whereas the games of today last seventeen. These differences are not really surprising as the size of the event has grown‚ so it takes longer to complete and it is only fair to change the location as so many countries are involved. On the first day of the Ancient Games‚ the athletes had to complete a number
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1.Timeline of Ancient Egyptian civilization: c. 5000 BC: The coming of farming to the Nile Valley c. 3500-3000: The Pre-dynastic period‚ leading to the unification of Egypt c. 2650: The beginning of the Old Kingdom c.2575-2465: The Great Pyramids of Giza built c. 2150: The fall of the Old Kingdom leads to the 1st Intermediate period begins 2074: The Middle Kingdom begins; Egypt is united and powerful again 1759: The fall of the Middle Kingdom leads to the 2nd Intermediate period
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Ancient Greece is the home of democracy‚ and‚ unbeknownst to many‚ the birthplace of the socratic seminar. On October 18‚ 2015‚ I went back to Ancient Greece(established in about 800 B.C.E.)‚ to the time of Alexander the Great. During my travels‚ I experienced the life of the Ancient Greeks and heard the news from Alexander’s conquests of Persia. While in Greece‚ I was given a never-before-seen view of the culture of the Greeks. In Greece‚ especially Athens‚ Greeks were encouraged to have personal
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but its roots are in ancient history. Weapons are needed for the military because they need fire power. In addition‚ soldiers are needed in order to have an army to use those weapons. Military soldiers and weapons have been used to make enemies of a society go away. Enemies are always the targets because they want to hurt the society forcing the society to fight back. In the military‚ the soldiers must always respect their leaders in order to succeed. The military in ancient China‚ was very powerful
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ANCIENT CHINESE INVENTIONS The Chinese invented many useful inventions such as Gunpowder‚ hang gliders‚ and the compass. Today these inventions are used daily in our everyday lives. Currently gunpowder is used in fireworks and deadly weapons such as guns. The compass is used when people are outdoors‚ hiking‚ or camping. Hang glider is used for recreation. People get on top of a high ledge and jump off to get acceleration. Now these ancient inventions are used every day and are very
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first it was a collection of villages divided into upper and lower Egypt. Upper Egypt was south and lower Egypt was north‚ since the Nile river runs north. A man named Narmer united both parts of the country‚ creating the great Egyptian empire. Ancient Egyptian history can be divided into three distinct kingdoms: the old‚ middle and new kingdoms. The old kingdom began with Narmer uniting upper and lower Egypt. It was known as the pyramid age‚ as it was when all of the great pyramids were constructed
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Ancient Astronaut Theory Language and Communication: Research LAT1 February 07‚ 2012 Ancient Astronaut Theory Research suggests that in ancient human history‚ extraterrestrials came to Earth‚ where they were hailed as deities and helped form human civilization. This idea is called the “Ancient Astronaut Theory” and can be supported by examining several areas of human history and practices. First‚ by examining religious texts and beliefs and the information
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What do sources reveal about the lives of woman in Sparta? Sources reveal that the lives of woman in Sparta‚ that they were treated differently to spartiate men‚ they were not allowed to do majority if things that the Spartan men did‚ such as hunting‚ working‚ and most leisure activities such as watching cockfighting or boar fighting. Woman were to stay at home and do home duties such as cooking‚ cleaning and ultimately look after the children. Women were expected to raise children and to make
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Greece: Bronze Age Society – Minoan Society (b) Explain what relevant evidence reveals about Minoan religious beliefs and practices. Most of our sources about Minoan society come from Linear A and B together with depictions in frescoes and on coins and the discovery of evidence found in shrines‚ caves‚ palaces and villas. It is from this evidence that we learn about Minoan religious beliefs and practices‚ including places of religious worship and sacrifices‚ the gods and goddesses that the
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