World History AP Part B Compare and Contrast Essay Ancient civilizations could be very complex or very simple‚ it depended on who ruled them and controlled them. Shang and Indus were very much alike in how they were built‚ but they were very different to in how the people in them lived. There are many similarities between ancient civilizations Indus and Shang. In these civilizations they had a good defense system. Shang’s capital city was surrounded by thick walls to protect them from attacks
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Greece: The Bronze Age – Society in Minoan Crete Everyday Life (1) By Emily Gold Entertainment and leisure activities: Acrobatics was used in most leisure activities that the Minoan people used to keep themselves entertained‚ as running and leaping supplied to success in warfare ad hunting. Bull-leaping was the most famed and controversial of all Minoan sports‚ this sport consists of an athlete who would sprint head-long at a charging bull‚ grab the bulls horns and jump onto its back‚ then the athlete
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Cited: Giotto. "Bronze Age Civilizations- The Mycenaean’s." Mr. Giotto ’s Site. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 19 Oct. 2014. Homer‚ and Robert Fitzgerald. The Odyssey. New York: Farrar‚ Straus‚ and Giroux‚ 1998. Print. "Mycenaean Age (600-1100 BC)." Ancient Greece. N.p.‚ 2003. Web. 19 Oct. 2014. Riordan‚ Rick. The Lightning Thief. Vol. 1. New York: Miramax; Puffin‚ 2005. Print. Percy
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the birth of a human. This instrument was also played at drinking parties. This instrument was made out of cane and ivory‚ some were made out of bronze and copper. There is three mouthpieces that give the instrument a different pitch. The earliest aulos was found in 5000 bce in the Neolithic age. The domestication of animals happened during this age‚ permanent settlements and agriculture. The aulos was also played in the Cycladic period. During this period Barley and wheat were cultivated and
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Metallurgy: The Bronze Age Metallurgy was first practiced in Asia Minor a little after 4000 B.C.E‚ afforded individuals greater control over nature by providing harder‚ more efficient tools and weapons. At first copper ore was taken from the surface‚ but metalsmiths mined and smelted various ores to produce bronze. The technology of bronze-casting spread from Mesopotamia throughout the ancient world. In India‚ advanced metalwork techniques were used to produce jewelry‚ musical instruments‚ horse
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THE SEARCH FOR SODOM: IS IT BAB EDH-DHRA OR TALL EL-HAMMAM? Jill Toodle Biblical Archaeology BIBL471_D01 April 7‚ 2013 Since the early 19th century archaeologists and Christian bible scholars have discovered a difference in archaeological and geographical evidence that supports a northern view of Sodom or a southern view of Sodom. The Southern site for Sodom is commonly referred to as the Bab edh-Dhra and the
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equilateral cross with its arms bent at right angles‚ in either right-facing (卐) form or its mirrored left-facing (卍) form. Archaeological evidence of swastika-shaped ornaments dates from the Neolithic period and was first found in the Indus Valley Civilization of the Indian Subcontinent. It occurs today in the modern day culture of India‚ sometimes as a geometrical motif and sometimes as a religious symbol; it remains widely used in Eastern and Dharmic religions such as Hinduism‚ Buddhism and Jainism
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Name: Ho Yee Lam Student ID: 17226643 1. Wen Fong‚ “The Great Bronze Age of China: An Exhibition from The People’s Republic of China”‚ London‚ Thames and Hudson‚ 1980. The Bronze age collections provided by the China’s Cultural Relics Bureau are shown in this book. The catalogue not only displays a wide range of tools and objects in that era‚ many details‚ drawings‚ graphs and maps are also included. 2. Ying Wang‚ “Bronze Age China: Style and Material”‚ UK‚ Cambridge Scholar Publishing‚ 2010
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with Boyd’s work she offered the societies financial backing for her to continue her work in Crete (Zogby 1987). It was due to this that Boyd made her greatest discovery. In 1901‚ whilst carrying out excavation work in Crete‚ Boyd discovered a Bronze age site which is thought to have been occupied from as early as 3rd millennium BC to 1000 BC‚ thriving in the period 1800BC-1600BC (Zogby‚ 1987). This was to be the first Minoan town site uncovered. Discoveries at the site include a small palace
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DISCOVERED Late bronze age shipwreck (Late 14th century BC) The south coast of Turkey. Discovered in summer of 1982 by a sponge diver Excavated since 1984 by a team of archaeologists led by George Bass. Radiocarbon in the late 14th century BC. Totaling to 22‚ 413 dives which revealed one of the most spectacular Late Bronze Age. HISTORICAL PERIOD During the Bronze Age Earliest developments in Bronze Age Aegean civilisation of Crete Minoan trade on the large island of Crete in the Bronze Age The Minoans
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