mountain range and the Tyrrhenian Sea. Their civilization stretched from the Arno river in the north to the Tiber river towards the center of the Italian peninsula; it was on the Tiber river that a small village of Latins‚ the village that would become Rome‚ sat. So the Romans‚ who were only villagers during the rise of the Etruscan civilization‚ were in close contact with the Etruscans‚ their language‚ their ideas‚ their religion‚ and their civilization; the Etruscans were the single most important influence
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The leaders of our freedom movement‚ under the stewardship of Mahatma Gandhi‚ had dreamt of an independent and prosperous India. On this day in 1947‚ Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru took the first step towards the realization of that dream by hoisting the Tricolour at the Red Fort. The journey we began on 15 August‚ 1947 is now 65 years old. We have achieved much in these 65 years. Today is certainly a day to celebrate the success of our democracy. However‚ on this occasion we should also introspect about
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Why was the fall of Rome such an important. Tribes of fierce Germanic warriors began to attack Rome’s northern borders. The Persians then invaded the east. For almost 200 years the Romans defended themselves against these attacks. People that lived near the northern border began to abandon their land. Then the Germanic farmers began to farm the land and they ignored the Roman leaders. Disease swept through the empire killing many people. The Roman government was forced to increase the taxes. They
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Romans. Rome existed between 400 B.C.E. and 400 C.E. and controlled most of Europe. It started by a republic but later had numerous emperors as a tyranny. Rome might have survived excessive military spending and urban decay but economic inflation was too much to handle because they couldn’t afford to have the life style that they had before‚ which made people mad with the government because they were supposed to be in charge of the economy. A cause of Rome’s collapse was economic inflation. Rome stopped
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An Age of Empires: Rome and Han China‚ 753 B.C.E.-330 C.E. Key Terms: 1. Roman Republic: The period from 507 to 31 B.C.E.‚ during which Rome was largely governed by the aristocratic Roman Senate. 2. Roman Senate: A council whose members were the heads of wealthy‚ landowning families. Originally an advisory body to the early kings‚ in the era of the Roman Republic the Senate effectively governed the Roman state and the growing empire. Under Senate leadership‚ Rome conquered an empire
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Government Official country name: India Government System: Constitutional Federal (federation) Republic Head of State: Pranab Mukherjee Official Languages: Hindi‚ English Region: Asia Allies/blocs: Russia‚ Singapore‚ South Korea People Population: 1‚220‚800‚358 Growth Rate: 1.51% Major religions/cultures: Hinduism‚ Islam‚ Christianity‚ Sikhism‚ Buddhism Standard of living: Overall life expectancy rate: 65 infant mortality rate: 72 per 1‚00 live births literacy rate:
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Ancient Alexandria was first and foremost a Greek city. Its history‚ however‚ is framed by two religious events that were alien to Greek intellectual traditions: Ptolemy’s creation of the cult of Serapis‚ which helped him establish rule‚ and the Christian riots that massacred the pagan philosopher Hypatia in A.D. 415. Between these two events is an unmatched record of intellectual achievement‚ elegantly chronicled by documentary makers Pollard and Reid. Among the many scientific advances they cover
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I’m going to miss Rome like crazy. It’s been here for over 1‚200 years and just like that‚ it’s gone. The Roman Empire was such an astonishing place I just know it will influence other cultures for centuries to come. I love everything about Rome but the things I’m going to miss the most are their architecture‚ their law‚ and their science. From the flowing water of the aqueducts to the gladiator games of the Colosseum‚ Roman architecture was a beautiful thing. I truly do believe that Roman architecture
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2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/1985.356.19. (October 2006) Calvert‚ Amy Smith‚ W. Stevenson‚ and Simpson‚ William Kelly. ”The Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt‚” 3rd edn. 1998‚ Yale University Press. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_of_ancient_Egypt. Department of Greek and Roman Art. "Geometric Art in Ancient Greece". In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: TheMetropolitan Museum of Art‚ 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/grge/hd_grge.htm (October 2004) Collins
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Slaves were a huge contributor to the Roman Empire. Without slavery‚ the Romans wouldn’t have been able to live the lifestyle that they wanted to. The idea of slavery in Rome started with a guy named Romulus‚ by giving fathers authority to sell their own children into slavery for money. As Rome grew bigger‚ slavery grew bigger. Slaves were one fourth of Rome’s population. The Romans had their own code called “The Twelve Tables.” This law code had several rules about slavery. Slaves that were married
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