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    Ancient Egypt is a fascinating and complex place that greatly influenced much of the modern world today. Egyptians had made great strides in written records‚ making them one of the first few cultures in which historians had an accurate depiction of Egyptian society and how it functions. The ancient Egyptians were a highly advanced people in terms of technological and economic innovations‚ placing much emphasis on religion‚ gender roles‚ and a strong hierarchy. Their location along the Nile river

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    Gender Roles in Ancient Greece and Egypt Centuries of cultural and social evolution has afforded us the liberty to pride ourselves on being keen about who we are‚ what we want‚ and what we are willing to do to get it. It stands to reason that this evolution would be accompanied by opportunities and freedoms (generally speaking) enjoyed today which lend support to the varied expressions of self determined roles that often supersede fading gender prejudices. The trouble with freedom and opportunity

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    In Ancient Greece‚ the geography has played a huge role in the development of the country‚ in both positive and negative ways. Positive impacts have made developments to things like trade development‚ religion‚ and city-states. Negative impacts that have hurt Greece are the volcanic zone‚ and the actual land that makes up the country of Greece. The first positive effect geography had on Greece was the mountains throughout Greece. The mountains were difficult to cross so the Greeks had to use the

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    HIS1001 The ancient Athenians had used an oligarchic constitution; it was not a good era to be stricken with poverty. The aristocrats dominated the peasants‚ so much so that the peasants were dependent on them. The poor worked the fields of the rich for a portion of the harvest‚ and if the rent was not met‚ their wives and children were seized in order to pay it off. Officials were chosen based on their birthright‚ at first for life‚ then for a decade. The officials consisted of the basileus‚

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    Empire had governmental as well as high ranking philosophical backing in their drive to advance their technology. A document that would help reinforce this analysis would be a letter from a government official asking other officials from around the world about any advances they would be willing to share. The Romans did not view technology as a tool‚ but a hindrance. High ranking officials and wealthy gentlemen viewed any kind of job that required the use of technology or tools was degrading and vulgar

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    Rome’s slavery started at the Roman Kingdom period (753BC- 709BC) . At first‚ slavery was not common in Rome. During the Roman Kingdom period‚ Rome was still a civilize society. At the Roman Republic period‚ the Roman wanted to expand the economy in a very short period of time so they required a lot of cheap labors to do tough works. Gradually‚ Rome became a slavery society. Who would become slave? --- The poor people that could not pay their tax or loan‚ prisoner of wars and the abandoned children

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    and has faced alot of different challenges and trials that they have overcome since then.The Latin were early settlers of Rome but it was the Etruscans that had the most influence towards the Roman life.But around 509 B.C. romans took their land back.But the first true ruler of rome was a man named Tarquin who was eventually overthrown by the people‚and after that event Rome became a republic.The first form of government was the Twelve Tables which had established Congress today.The only thing about

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    Work‚ discipline and feeding are three words that would perfectly sum up the daily routine of slaves in ancient Greece. Slaves were the backbone to the greatness‚ strength and stability to the ancient Greeks‚ according to Aristotle. Being divided into many different city-states‚ Greece as a whole contained a variety of social structures‚ and therefore‚ a range of positions occupied by slaves. Slavery allowed the citizens of Athens and also Sparta to focus on the aspects of life they thought were

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    The empires of Rome and China were very great ones‚ they both had many similarities and differences in the way they ran their empires. One major difference was the way they treated their women. Both Chinese and Roman women were unequal in social status than the men of the empires were‚ but they were definitely treated different in both empires. Women of China were treated quite harshly and were expected to take orders at all times by their husbands‚ and were to serve them always. This started to

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    In ancient Rome sports and entertainment played a major role in people’s lives. For instance‚ Romans were both entertained and participated in the sport of chariot racing. These types of races were originated by the Greeks and Etruscans. The Romans adapted the sport when they conquered Greece. Romans first use of the races began when Romulus wanted to distract the Sebine men. The purpose of distracting the men was to steal their wives. Romulus then took the women to Rome so Roman men could marry

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