Greek civilization is very interesting. Being a small land‚ you’d expect it to generally have the same beliefs and systems in place under a single government‚ in which case‚ you’d be wrong. Thanks to the mountainous region and sea‚ they were largely separated and developed independently of each other. While they developed separately‚ each had some glaring similarities. In each of these small communities‚ political participation and cultural expression was a part of day to day life. These reasons
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5.1 Individual Reading Assignment 1. If the writing of the early Indus Valley civilization could be deciphered‚ what new information could they hope to learn? If the writings of the Indus Valley civilization could be deciphered‚ I believe we could discover where they came from‚ whether another civilization taught them how to fire bricks and cultivate cotton. I believe their writings would tell us how they learned to build vast assembly halls and what type of occasions they were used for. Since
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Ancient History: Assessment Task 1 1) What do we mean by Hellenistic civilization? Include the features a city needed to have to be seen as Greek The Hellenistic Age marks the transformation of Greek society from the localized and introverted city-states to an open and sometimes exuberant culture that permeated the entire eastern Mediterranean‚ and Southwest Asia. Greek culture and power extended itself across the known world: while the classical age of Greece produced great literature‚ poetry
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LaTasha Johnson AC1202306 HS150 World Civilizations 1 Assignment 02 November 27‚ 2012 Alexander the Great. What types of qualities come to mind when you hear that name? An idealistic king? A brutal ant agonizer? Whichever trait you choose to describe Alexander the Great‚ one thing is for sure: he is one of the most perplexing great figure in out time. Alexander III of Macedon‚ more commonly referred to as Alexander the Great‚ was born in Pella‚ in July 356 B.C.E. At the age of 20 he became
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I believe that every civilization that made up the Mesopotamia and the Nile River in Egypt had an influence in one way or another‚ the two I want to compare are the Sumerians and the Assyrians. I believe that the Sumerians were the greatest influence during this ancient period. The Sumer Empire reigned from 3200-2350 BC. The Sumerians were located in the southernmost part of Mesopotamia or modern day Iraq. Since they were on the Fertile Crescent where irregular flooding was common‚ they created
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Contrasts Between Nomadic and River Civilizations When analyzing the problems of former civilizations‚ subsequent societies are able learn from errors and triumphs of the past. The nomads and the pastoralists faced trials and difficulties; however‚ the solutions were very different. These two societies had contrasting ideas when it came gender roles‚ economic development‚ and political structure systems. Nomadic and Urban societies differed in the roles between women and men. Nomads recognized
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Great River Civilizations Introduction The four great river civilizations involved four rivers; Yellow River‚ Indus River‚ Tigris and Euphrates River and Nile River. The people that were involved were the Chinese‚ the Mesopotamians‚ Egyptians and Indians of the Indus valley. The civilizations were characterized by their specific forms of literature‚ their modes of agriculture‚ their forms of governance and the art that was involved. The main reason for the birth of these civilizations was the fact
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PRE-HISTORIC CIVILISATION IN THE PHILIPPINES. By Elsdon Best. THE TAGALO-BISAYA TRIBES.—I. WHEN a powerful and highly civilised nation comes in contact with a barbaric and isolated people‚ who have nevertheless advanced many steps on the road of progress‚ it would naturally be thought that the superior and conquering race would endeavour to collect and place on record information concerning such people: their manners‚ customs‚ language‚ religion‚ and traditions. Unfortunately‚ in the case of the
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A council of nobles mainly governed city-states. Also an assembly of citizens governed political affairs. Later kings arouse to claim themselves as the military leaders and the highest priest in that city-state. The king was who represented the city-state deity. The Sumerians also believed that most of the land belonged to the city-states god or goddess. The king enforced laws and set penalties for wrong doers. Although there was some type of punishment‚ it wasn’t severe-meaning any physical injury
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BODY PARAGRAPH 1 (art) From the beginning of civilization‚ the empire of summer’s main usage of art was for temple decoration and ornaments. Often the temples were ornate with skillfully crafted interiors. One of Sumer’s greatest displays of art and architecture came from the ziggurat‚ a huge rectangular pyramids formed with mud prick in the shape of steps. An example of one of the greatest Sumerian ziggurats would have been the Nanna Temple of Ur‚ with its blue enamel tiles‚ invaluable cedar and
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