World Final Review: China: Major dynasties after Qin Shang Capital Anyang Had dynasty ruling families Shang Kings had little land and the nobles governed most of the land and were loyal to the king Noblewomen had status Majoristy of people were peasants and lived in poor conditions Chief God- Shand Di Polytheistic Believed ancestor worships- helped with war and crops Zhou Longest ruling dynasty Introduce feudalism Confucianism Qin Shi Huangdi: Leader Xiangyang: Capital Policy
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Compare and Contrast: Aneas and Turnus Victor Leon Mr. Campion The subtlety in the differences between Aneas and Turnus‚ reflect the subtlety in the differences between the Aeneid and the Iliad. Although both characters are devout and noble‚ Aneas does not possess the ardent passion of Turnus. Unlike Turnus‚ Aneas is able to place his beliefs in the fated establishment of Latium before his personal interests. Although Turnus is not a bad person‚ the gods favor Aneas
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military service if between ages 17 and 46. TWELVE TABLES OF LAW: 1st written law code; protected citizens from unfair treatment. PUNIC WARS-1: Roman navy built; defeats Carthage; Rome gains Sicily‚ Sardinia‚ Corsica. 2: control over Spain (Rome almost lost‚ Hannibal). 3 (149-146 BC): Carthage violates treaty w/ Rome‚ Rome destroys Carthage‚ and surrounding area becomes Roman. Rome expands after. JOURNALING- 1st ruler of the Roman Empire: Augustus. During the empire‚ the Roman legal system contributed
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The Roman army was an awesome force‚ their size and power wouldn’t be matched for over a thousand years after the fall of the Roman Empire. The Romans believed they were the decedents of Mars; Mars was believed to be the god of war. This essentially made all romans the children of the God of war. The Roman army started small just farmers and land owners fighting for what was theirs or trying to take over new land because theirs had become un farmable. This group of framer/citizen warriors over
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the other heirs to the throne. Alexander the Great had 3 probable wives named Roxane‚ Statiera‚ Parysatis. He had 2 children Herakles‚ son of Alexander’s mistress Barsine and Alexander IV‚ son of Roxane. While considering the conquests of Carthage and Rome‚ Alexander the Great died of malaria in Babylon on June 13‚ 323 B.C. He was just 32 years old. Roxana gave birth to his son a few months later. After he died‚ his empire collapsed and the nations within it battled
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Purcell’s ‘Dido & Aeneas’ Summarise the paragraphs in the square boxes and write your own ideas in the thought bubbles. Highlight any new information you come across‚ and summarise that in bullet points at the end. You could also add post-it notes with related points about Acis and Galathea around the outside. BACKGROUND This set work comes from the Baroque Era (c.1600-1750) This period in history witnessed a new exploration of ideas and innovations in the arts‚ literature and philosophy. Italy
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The first battle we will see will be the Battle of Lake Trasimene. The Battle of Lake Trasimene was fought about June 21‚ 217 BC. This battle was a big battle in the Second Punic War. It was the war against the Carthage. The Roman Republic was being led by Gaius Flaminius and the Carthage by Hannibal. Flaminius had been elected to replace Publius Cornelius Scipio and take control of his army. Flaminius had been sent to defend a city near Rome. Hannibal knowing this ran passed the army and destroyed
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about the year 3rd century B.C that they came into contact with the Greeks of Southern Italy and Sicily and began to learn about Greek art and literature and blend it into their own cultural identity. The exact dates are those of the Punic Wars with Carthage (264-241 B.C).This contact with the Greeks made them aware of their cultural void and when‚ at the end of the Punic Wars‚ there rose a demand for better education and amusement‚ the Romans looked no further than the well developed Greek epic and
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Introduction Throughout history there have been many great empires‚ but none have made a greater impact than the Greek and Roman empires. These empires began as small city-states‚ and grew to become the powerful empires we know today. The Greek and Roman empires were not always enemies‚ considering the Romans were greatly influenced by the Greek culture. The two civilizations shared many similarities‚ but had different opinions on government operations. There are three different periods that span
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was born in Greece but was deported to Rome in 168 BCE after the defeat of the King of Macedon‚ Persius. While in Rome he became friends with people like Scipio who was a leading aristocrat in Rome at the time following his success in the army at Carthage and Corinth. Polybius followed around Scipio on his journeys and wrote a Hellenistic history of Rome after all he observed. All of Polybius writings have Greek bias in them but non the less they each give the appropriate view from a Roman outsider
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