was derived from ancient Athens. Ancient Athens was very important in history because it was the first government to run as a democracy. Without their ideas‚ many other countries would not have a democracy. In Athens‚ women did not have a lot of freedom and spent most of their days in the house as a housewife. They were considered only one class above slaves and were practically an object that their husband owned. The role of women has improved a lot from Ancient Athens to modern American society
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Athens Vs. Sparta Throughout the ancient world there were two dominating empires. (S) The Athenian City (polis) and the Spartan empire. These two cities were both powerful and famous but significantly different. However‚ the city of Athens was by far a much more influential and powerful city-state in comparison to Sparta. Although both the city-states had their own strengths such as their government‚ social structure and their military tactics‚ Athens was a pivotal city that still to this day effects
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In Ancient Greece‚ the two most essential cities were Sparta and Athens. The two cities had a diversity of cultures‚ lifestyle‚ and values‚ even though they lived in the same region. Sparta was established around 900 BCE. It is located in the Eurotoas valley of Laconia‚ southeast of Peloponnese (Sparta‚ Ancient History Encyclopedia). Ancient Sparta has a population of about 100‚000 citizens. Spartans dedicate approximately all their time to military training‚ hunting‚ war tactics‚ and even war policies
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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in one of the two strongest empires 2‚500 years ago? Athens and Sparta were the most powerful empire and city-states in Greece 2‚500 years ago. They both shared many of their beliefs and heroes‚ but they were very different when it came to their government. Athens had a democracy and trade while Sparta was a military state and its focus was training the people for war. Sparta was a better place because the women had more freedom‚ they were prized
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Executive of the Olympic Authority Beginning July 22‚ 2005 David Higgins accepted the position of Chief Executive of the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) ("David Higgins Appointed Head of Olympic Delivery Authority‚" 2005‚ para. 2). The ODA was in charge of building key Olympic venues‚ facilities and infrastructures for the 2012 London Olympics. Higgins was directly involved with the construction of the Olympic Park‚ the Athletes Village as well as other site related to the 2012 Olympics ("London Olympic
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The Golden Age of Athens was a time period when Athens reached its height of influential capacity and success. The Golden Age started around 480 BC to about 404 BC in the Polis of Athens. Just getting out of the Persian Wars‚ there was much advancement especially within architecture‚ literature‚ art‚ and philosophy which have been brought through time and which was highly important to Greeks. Two examples that show how important this period was and still influences life today are the Parthenon and
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Life as a woman in Athens A historic view point by Cecil Fuson. Being a woman in Ancient Athens was not what the movies and Plays led me to believe. The Athenian Democracy was a democracy of the minority. Every man‚ no matter their class had equal say in the ruling of the government. But Women‚ Slaves and Foreigners had zero civil rights and no influence on how things were done. Because the Athenian’s were a very exclusive society‚ they rarely allowed outsiders share in the privileges the citizens
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Megan Barringer – Olympic Case Study The 2012 Olympics were held in Stratford in the East of London‚ many of the events took place here. The Olympic park covered an area of 500 acres which features the new built Olympic stadium‚ the London aquatics centre‚ the basketball arena‚ the London velopark and the riverbank arena. Boxing‚ fencing‚ judo‚ table tennis etc. was in the river zone which is located both sides of the River Thames in the Thames gateway area. The central zone which includes venues
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Sparta and Athens were two city-states in ancient Greece. They had many similarities and differences. One difference is that Sparta was an aggressive city state‚ but Athens was peaceful and calm. One similarity is that they both spoke Greek. Another similarity is that they were both coastal areas. Another similarity is that they both had a governing system and a good economy. They were both part of the Dark Age. The Greece Dark Age is the intermission between the collapse of the Mycenaean civilization
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Laura M Darden Professor Johnson Art Appreciation 17 November 2014 The school of Athens From the book Living with Art I chose Raphael. The School of Athens on page 160. This painting took place in Stanza della Segnatura‚ Vatican. Rome. This is a naturalistic stylized pace of art. The two visual elements of design that I saw in the Raphael painting‚ is color‚ and space. There are both horizontal‚ vertical‚ and diagonal lines to making up the arches and all the columns. An implied line is in each
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