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    In my opinion Athenians prepared their boys as best they could according to their needs. This education was meant to prepare him for any walk of life he may walk from being a soldier to a high ranking politician. His role as the future Kyrios would entail him to make sure his wife would run the domestic and economic affairs of the household. He would have also bought slaves from slave-markets and became the main representative at weddings‚ funerals and festivals. He must have been able to host

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    Athenians Democracy Ancient Athens has two documents that discuss democracy. The first one is “Document A: Pericles” and the other one is “Document B: The The Athenian Constitution”. In document A‚ I found that is truly democratic because your social class is not allowed the interfere with someone’s merit. For example‚ if you’re poor you’re still able to serve the state or be part of the government. In document A it also states that “you get equal justice.” And that’s the way it should be

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    of all marks available) Knowledge of the subject or topic must be accurate Must have sufficient depth of knowledge To UNDERSTAND the material‚ you must be able to select the right knowledge to answer the question Must use SOCIOLOGICAL knowledge rather than ‘common sense’ knowledge AO1 Yes I know what they mean No I don’t and therefore need to revise what they mean (a )Sociological concepts and theory: You must know what the terms mean Social order Social change Conflict Consensus Social

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    Drama 88 Day 4 How does Thucydides’ representation of the Athenians compare with the representation of the Athenians on the Parthenon Frieze? Thucydides describes the Athens as being superior to the other states while the Parthenon Frieze describes them as a whole and united and the figures they respected. Thucydides mainly talks about the warriors and the men of Athens while the Parthenon Frieze depicts people of all status. Thucydides makes the Athens seem arrogant and has the Athens believe that

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    to pass a driving test without completing it. These were examples of political corruption at the lowest levels of government‚ corruption also exists in the upper houses of government‚ as well as the executive office. For example‚ high ranking officials can enrich themselves by taking advantage of their nation’s natural resources such as petroleum and coal‚ as well as blocking either the legislation or business practices of

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    Department WHY DO STUDENTS PREFER PLAYING ONLINE GAMES RATHER THAN STUDYING ? SUBMITTED BY: SOFIA ALYANNA B. ORTEGA 4TH YR. ST. LAWRENCE OF BRINDISI SUBMITTED TO: MS. MARIBEL J. ROQUE In the modern age‚ computers have become a part of a student’s life. Almost all the things around us were made by computers with the aid of modern machines. From the edited books‚ design‚ special effects in movies‚ and television etc.‚ were all made by computers. Along with the evolution

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    Jannice Sandberg “Marriage” Gender roles are a set of norms that describes how a man or woman should behave or what they should do. This could be for example occupation wise or position in the family. In the past the women’s position in the family has been a lot different than what it is now. Today men and women are fairly equal but in the past the men have been the ones who should work while the women should be at home taking care of what was to be done there and look after the children. This

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    Athenian democracy originated and formed from the three definitions of "Demos". First of all‚ Demos is the Greek word for "village"‚ but the Greeks also used this word to translate as "People" and "Assembly". Initially‚ Demos means "Village" because it refers to the first step of democracy. The Athenians had a voting district‚ it was referred to as the "deme" and administrated the Assembly List. In order to qualify for the Assembly list‚ 18 year old males would have to prove to a political official

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    THE USEFULLNESS OF TRAFFIC SIGNS AND SIGNALS IN RELATION TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TRAFFIC LAWS TO COMMUTERS AND PEDESTRIANS AT PHASE 5 GOING TO PHASE 1 BAGONG SILANG CALOOCAN CITY 2012-2013 A researcher presented to the faculty of the Criminology University of Caloocan City In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the research TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT (LEA 006) B.S. Criminology By. CANCEL‚ CERVIN B. APPROVAL SHEET RESEARCH TITLE DR. FELIX LOR VALDUEZA Department head

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    Solution: In Athenians public life‚ the process of making decisions that affect the community is via democracy. However this form of democracy did not grant everyone in the community a say in the government. The only few who have right in government are men‚ free men with complete Athenian parents. According to our discussion forum‚ we discovered that democracy was the rule of the ‘Demos’ which means people that are free‚ native-born of Athens. These classes of citizens are referring to as ‘Thetes’

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