architecture of a civilization is a window into its values and intended legacy. Greek religious architectural feats are often tied to expressing strength and power‚ which honor the gods. The Parthenon‚ built by Iktinos and Kalikrates‚ honors the legacy of Athens through divine allegory. So too does the The Altar of Zeus‚ a hellenistic temple from the Turkish city of Pergamon‚ embellish the city’s own prowess. Understanding the basis for this architecture is informative about the ways in which both cities
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System Test Name; ______________________________ Class: _________________ Date: ___________ General Instructions 1 Do not open the booklet until you are told so. 2 Answer all questions with pen. 3 Do not leave any unnecessary blanks. Type Booklet | Marks | Booklet A | /50 | Booklet B | /50 | Total Marks Given: /100 Booklet A 1 Answer all questions. 2 Write your answer in the brackets provided. 3 Time limits: 20 minutes Section A (MCQ) - Choose the option (1‚ 2‚ 3
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International Olympic Committee organized successful early competitions including few sports; from cycling‚ fencing‚ gymnastics‚ shooting‚ swimming‚ tennis‚ weightlifting and wrestling. After many years of planning‚ the first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens‚ Greece in 1896. Based on the documents‚ many competitors established love for their own sport and loved competing against others from around the world‚ as well as all of the benefits or what happened because of the new profound Olympics‚ and the
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Through the works of the Athenian historian‚ Thucydides‚ a myriad of information is shared pertaining to not only to his own life‚ but to the society and culture of Ancient Greece as well. He was born around 460-455 BC and through his life he wrote one of the most in depth recordings of the Peloponnesian War entitled‚ History of the Peloponnesian War. Not only did Thucydides live within the wartime period‚ he also fought in this war as well as a military general. The efforts that Thucydides contributed
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of Pheidippides and the messenger. Pheidippides was sent to Sparta to ask for the Spartans help in battle against the Persian army in 490 B.C. He covered 150 miles in a two day time period. When the Greeks won the battle‚ a messenger was sent the Athens‚ about 25 miles from Marathon to spread the news of victory (Lovett). This story inspired the idea of the marathon race. After seeing the race in 1896‚ the United States team from Boston decided to establish the Boston Marathon‚ which has been run
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Since all of the wars between all the city-states ceased at the time of the games thousands of athletes would travel from all over Greece‚ places such as athens and sparta‚ to compete. Then when the Roman Empire conquered the Greeks‚ Rome allowed non-Greeks to compete. In the beginning only the rich completed because they were the ones with the time and money. Although it was eventually opened up to the poor
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goddess of wisdom and battle strategy‚ Athena for the Parthenon in Athens Greece. While America made a cheap knockoff in Nashville Tennessee that one was made to made it look like the one in Ancient Greece just in one piece‚ instead of in ruins. Not much is known about the sculptor Phidias being that this was several thousand years ago‚ but we do know a little about Phidias. The ancients believed he had some of the greatest sculptors in Athens at the time‚ Hagias and Geladas. He is often said to be one
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the purpose of life on earth. This allowed the Western civilization to widely adapt. Fine arts had also affected western civilization. The Parthenon‚ the most famous temple in classical Greece‚ stands in magnificence at the top of the Acropolis in Athens and is a masterpiece of illusion of straightness. These concepts of perspective and illusion in architecture did no appear again in western art until the Renaissance‚ another thousand years later(Doc.1).The Greeks also had many plays. The most successful
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One of the most popular Greek myths is the story of Theseus and the Minotaur‚ it centres around an early civilisation on the island of Crete‚ it is a myth told long before Athens became the ruling capital. It is the legend of the Minotaur. The legend of the Minotaur and the Labyrinth of Knossos in Crete has enthralled many historians‚ archaeologists over‚ anthropologists and so on over years‚ even centuries. However‚ one archaeologist was captivated by the entrancing and beauty of the myth of The
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Ancient Greece Olympics Today’s Olympics have changed a lot. The Olympics in Greece focused mainly on the gods. The Greeks made sacrifices to the gods on the first and third day of the Olympic Games (Ancient). That is not how they focus today at all. In fact‚ many people don’t believe in the gods being more than myths made up by desperate people in desperate times. The athletes have changed as well‚ there are female athletes as well as male athletes in today’s Olympics. There used to be only free
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