The differences between Classical Athens and Han China were major and distinctive. The background information‚ government‚ values of the individual‚ and art of each society show how differently each empire developed. Within the background information of both Athens and Han China you can automatically notice evident differences between the two. The first document shows the maps of both empires side by side. The Han Empire is isolated and much bigger than Athens’s city-state Attica‚ which is a mere
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Democracy In Athens The city state of Athens was thought to be one of the first democracies ever. Cleisthenes made final reforms to the Athenian constitution and united four separate tribes in 507 B.C.E.. This became the seed of Athenian democracy. To this day‚ about 60% of all governments are democracies‚ which makes Athens the father of modern governing. However‚ by today’s standards‚ Athens was far from what one would call “democratic”. Athens had several democratic aspects to its society‚ but
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Mr. Behnke AP World History‚ 3rd period 19/September/2013 Classical Athens and Han China: How Great Were the Differences? As the young Rudyard Kipling once wrote‚ “Oh East is East‚ And West is West‚ And never the twain shall meet”. Right you are‚ good sir. In this case‚ our east is the great Han China with Athens being our west. Winter and summer‚ black and white‚ the differences of the hilariously outweigh the similarities. While both were
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Nayeli Hernandez Foundations 7/9/13 The classical brigade system vs the modern brigade system Before the the french revolution great chefs were employed by houses of french nobility. With the revolution and the end of the monarchy‚ many chefs‚ suddenly out of work‚ opened restaurants in and around Paris to support themselves. At the start of the french revolution‚ there were about fifty restaurants in Paris. Ten years later‚ there were about five hundred. Another important invention that changed
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Did you know that world leaders do not exactly agree on what a democracy means. A democracy’s most salient and universally agreed upon component is a voting system. Athens was not truly democratic because they had slaves‚ no woman rights‚ and no equal rights. The first reason Athens wasn’t truly democratic is that they had slaves. Slaves were viewed as insignificant‚ vapid people‚ for this reason they did not get to vote. Since they were classified as slaves‚ they didn’t have the privilege
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SOCRATES Socrates 469 BC–399 BC‚ was a classical Greek Athenian philosopher. Credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy‚ he is an enigmatic figure known chiefly through the accounts of later classical writers‚ especially the writings of his students Plato and Xenophon‚ and the plays of his contemporary Aristophanes. Many would claim that Plato’s dialogues are the most comprehensive accounts of Socrates to survive from antiquity. Through his portrayal in Plato’s dialogues‚ Socrates has
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Not all democracies are the same‚ but its survival depends on its institutional system. Arrangements of representation‚ schemes for the separation of powers and oversight‚ and the like all vary under different forms of democracies. Most existing democracies today are either presidential or parliamentary in form; many governments are semi or hybrid in either presidentialism or parliamentarism‚ but the two systems in their purest sense will be discussed and compared. In the end‚ the best promises
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Executive Summary 2 Contents 3 2.1 What is the symbian 3 2.2 Symbian Foundation 3 2.3 History of symbian 5 2.4 Features 14 2.4.1 User interface 14 2.5 Symbian phone list 17 2.6 Advantages and weaknesses of the Symbian OS 17 2.7 Symbian VS Android [22] 18 Conclusion 20 References 21 Appendix 23 Executive Summary Nowadays‚ mobilephones are becoming a necessary good to the human because modern mobile phones can support a wide variety of other services such as text messaging
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How Powerful Is The Taoiseach Within The Irish Political System? The Taoiseach is potentially very powerful indeed. The constitution of Ireland gives the Taoiseach extensive powers. He* also has extensive powers within the administration of the government and powers within his political party. The constitution gives the Taoiseach the power to nominate all the Government ministers‚ eleven members of the Seanad and the attorney general (he also has the power to fire any of the ministers whenever
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Minor Project 1: Cochlear vs Proteome Systems Limited by Yan He‚ Li Fan‚ Tamara Leahy‚ Jo Whittaker 1. Introduction Intellectual property has historically been regarded behind raw materials and capital in importance‚ but is increasingly being regard as the most important aspect of business success [1]. Companies that recognise the importance of intellectual property‚ and manage it accordingly‚ are better positioned to receive economic benefits[2]. However‚ in the biotechnology industry
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