Painted Vases‚ Bone and Ivory carving. Ancient History Topic – Sparta to the Battle of Leuctra Part A – Source Analysis Name of source – Spartan running girl Date - 520-500 BC Description – A Sculpture of a fit‚ healthy Spartiate woman made from bronze‚ which appears to be exercising or some sort. What Evidence does this source provide about the past? – Athletes in the Greek world were mostly male‚ and a running girl is therefore a rarity. However‚ ancient Sparta had a tough tradition
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result‚ this myth shows entertainment because it has humor‚ like when Odysseus’ men are turned to pigs. It also has a happy ending‚ and who doesn’t love happy endings? Likewise The Trojan Horse also provides evidence of entertainment. Instead of using bronze Odysseus used brains. He wanted the trojans to draw the horse into the city so that at night his army could go inside and open the gates to the city so that all of troy would be executes. The trojan horse was described to be huge as written: “In
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For gold coins‚ soaking in very hot soapy water works the best. For old pennies‚ soak the coin in vinegar for at least 24 hours. For bronze coins — usually ancient coins — soak in distilled water (the minerals in tap water can further taint the coin’s surface if soaking for a long time) or olive oil — olive oil is a very gentle way to clean coins‚ but you may need to soak them for several weeks. Silver‚ copper‚ and nickel-clad coins can be soaked in distilled water or‚ to remove tough
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To Arte di Calimala‚ the finest guild in Florence‚ I understand that you have a difficult decision on your hands‚ picking which bronze panel depicting the Sacrifice of Isaac should be placed on the beautiful bronze doors of the Baptistery of Florence I have a proposal on which artist‚ Brunelleschi or Ghiberti‚ I think should be chosen; I heavily favor Filippo Brunelleschi’s master piece. The story of the Sacrifice of Isaac is about a man named Abraham. This man and his wife had a child at a very
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them had either fallen under Rome or had been adopted by other Barbarian races. The Celtic people had Material Culture which consisted of an Iron Age sword known as the Grimston sword‚ A bronze figure of a mans head which was called La Tene Bronze head‚ Celtic Mars Votive offering a figure of a mans head made of bronze that represented a warrior god and many shields such as the Battersea shield. The decoration on the shields consisted of circles and spirals. As
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Title: Four Anecdotes from the Life of Wang Xizhi‚ ca. 1310 By: Zhao Mengfu (Chinese‚ 1254–1322) Type: Handscroll‚ ink on paper Size: 9 5/8 x 46 1/8 in. (24.4 x 117 cm) The artist of this calligraphy scroll‚ Zhao Mengfu‚ was highly praised by the Yuan emperor Renzong as unrivaled traditional Chinese polymath (for a lack of a better word). It is said that the emperor admired him for possessing the following seven outstanding qualities: wide learning‚ Song royal ancestry‚ elegant and charismatic
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EU-Phrates River Got a new lesson for you about ancient Mesopotamia The Euphrates River and Tigris River form the base of civilization Mesopotanians lived long ago Dedicated god’s and had control By the EU-Phrates River (x4) They believed in many gods‚ this is polytheism Shamash was the god of sun; Dagon of vegetation By the EU-Phrates River (x4) Akkadian was what they spoke‚ wrote on clay tablets some call notes They had temples called ziggurat They kept themselves united under Hammurabi’s
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Welcome to our colony‚ Milky Sea Island. We were colonized about 10‚000 years before Earth. As we do not really keep strict time records in our country‚ we are unsure of when that is‚ exactly. We are located in Messier 31 (NGC 224). We are on a small dwarf planet not much bigger than Pluto‚ and we are the only colony on the planet. You may be wondering why our colony is named Milky Sea Island. No‚ we are not named after the Milky Way‚ although we expectantly wait for the expected collision of
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protector concentrating on an unseen threat. I stated in my thesis that each of the Davids we are analyzing are unique in some way but Michelangelo David is the black sheep in comparison with the other’s creations. Where Verrocchio and Donatello made a bronze cast depiction of a life size young and effeminate David‚ Michelangelo created a powerful giant and thoughtful protector. By adding such detail and realism in his depiction of David Michelangelo created one of the most well known and powerful statues
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+http://connect.mcgraw-hill.com/class/t_prater_fall_2011_-_tr_530 2.06 units per hour 3.69 3.5 Requirement 1: (a) Calculate partial labor and capital productivity figures for the parent and subsidiary. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) U.S. LDC Labor productivity 5.00 1.33 Capital productivity 1.67 4.00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (b) Do the results seem surprising? Yes
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