1) What were the main similarities and differences between Greek and Roman political structures? Answer: Similarities: emphasis on aristocratic principles with some democratic elements‚ localism‚ and city-state units. Differences: Rome had more emphasis on unifying laws and more success in developing institutions for empire. (Students could be assigned some additional reading on this topic.) 2) What is the significance of the Hellenistic period in Middle Eastern and Mediterranean history? Answer:
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Ancient Roman holidays & Festivals by emily deal Ancient roman calendars were a little different than ours for‚ example their weeks were eight days long. The eight days didn’t even have names‚ they were just letters. A‚B‚C‚D‚E‚F‚G‚H. On the eighth day of the week‚ H‚ a regular school holiday‚ kind of like our weekends. It was called Market Day‚ the meant for washing your whole body and going to market to get the food
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Ancient Babylon Public Works and Writing One Public Work in Ancient Babylon is The Royal Road. The Royal road was an ancient highway rebuilt by Persian King Darius the great. The course of the road was reconstructed from the writings of Herodotus. The path traveled through what is now the middle northern section of turkey. The path is believed to be split into two paths‚ one traveling northern east and the other continuing east. The road did not follow the shortest nor the easiest between the two important cities
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Abdelwhab History 121 – 901 03/28/2014 Paper 3 The Roman Republic The Roman republic was a part of the of ancient Rome struggle for stability. This struggle started with the collapse of the Roman Monarchy government structure in 509 BC. The republic lasted approximately 482 years pending its collapse through sequences of interior battles. The major cause for this down fall was the power struggle between the two classes. This rise of the Roman Republican government‚ which was ran by two consuls
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Oluwapelumi Aladeseyi Susan Louise Sgroi Humanities 1-23-2013 Greek and Roman Civilization The Greek culture is considered by many to be the birthplace of western thoughts and civilization. The most fascinating factor for me about the Greek culture is the great revolutionary technological advancement and discoveries that they have made over time. Some of these discoveries are still being used today. Greek civilization put values on Tekhne‚ known to be the spirit of art‚ technical skill and
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Ancient Rome and Ancient Greece played an important role on how our modern society and architecture is today. They influenced ideas that were spread and shared all over the world like their architecture‚ entertainment‚ and government. The architecture in Rome included things such as Viae‚ aqueducts‚ and arches. Viae were roads that the romans created and that we have today‚ but in ancient Rome is was primarily used as military supply lines. Another architectural innovation that Rome created were
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While technically the aqueduct is not a Roman invention‚ the Romans greatly improved on previous examples found in the ancient world in places like Egypt and Babylonia. Crucially‚ they exported hundreds of examples of their advanced version of the aqueduct‚ forever changing the face of urban civilisation wherever they settled. The first aqueduct in Rome was constructed in 321 BC. Many vestiges of Roman aqueducts remain as enduring monuments to Ancient Rome’s accomplishments in engineering and as
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China‚ Europe‚ Egypt‚ Babylon‚ India and the Islamic world. The clocks from China supposedly show up around 4000 B.C.E. and the ones from Babylon and Egypt came from the 16th cent. B.C.E. The exact dates of Indian clepsydras are not certain. In Ancient Greece‚ water clocks were placed in many different public locations. They would be used to time the speeches of orators. You would also often find them in the Greek court to monitor and limit speech time. In Egypt‚ for the temple rites and sacrifices
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problems of the ancient Greeks and Romans‚ the statement “cause and effect”‚ plays a very significant role in explaining the relationship between humans of that time and the effects that had placed on the environment around them. In many cases‚ the effects of their cause were very threatening to the environment. By looking back and what the Greeks and Romans had done‚ we can understand some of the environmental problems of today. Nonetheless‚ it is also acceptable to understand that the ancient Greeks and
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Ancient Alexandria was first and foremost a Greek city. Its history‚ however‚ is framed by two religious events that were alien to Greek intellectual traditions: Ptolemy’s creation of the cult of Serapis‚ which helped him establish rule‚ and the Christian riots that massacred the pagan philosopher Hypatia in A.D. 415. Between these two events is an unmatched record of intellectual achievement‚ elegantly chronicled by documentary makers Pollard and Reid. Among the many scientific advances they cover
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