A Comparison of Ancient Cultures Just as our world today is incredibly diverse and yet startlingly similar‚ so too was the ancient world. The ancient world was comprised of a myriad of diverse civilizations that were spread across the globe. Among these civilizations were the cultural groups of Africa‚ the Americas‚ Asia‚ Europe‚ and the Middle East. It is often easier to find differences in these groups than to compare them. However‚ in a broad sense‚ these groups have a great many likenesses. Although
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During biblical times‚ Israel was ruled by the Greeks and Romans. The Israelites had to assimilate to the Greco-Roman culture and try to maintain their own culture. The Greco-Roman culture focused on ideality. People from this culture strived to be the best person they could be; they believed that they had to do everything to the extreme. The Israelites were ruled by their strict adherence to the Halakha which is also known as the 613 laws from the Old Testament. They believed that they had to follow
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Mythology has been a very important part of Greek culture for many decades. Most myths date back about 2‚700 year to the time where writers such as Hesiod and Homer lived. A myth is described as “an idea or story that is believed by many people but that is not true”. For the people living in Greece back in the 8th century‚ they didn’t so much believe in these stories as myths‚ but more of a religion. Although all of the gods of their religion were very important‚ each in their own individual way
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Ciana Lancaster 11/12/12 Mayan Civilization Religion C & CM The Mayans loved their Gods; to show their love for the Gods‚ they would sacrifice humans. Maya religion was polytheistic- which means they worshipped or believed in more than one god. The Mayan gods were seen as forces of nature. Since so many Mayans were farmers‚ most of their gods were related to agriculture. Religion was the most important thing in life to the Mayan people. Just about everything in their lives revolved around
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Pericles In the history of the ancient Greek civilization‚ there were many powerful and contributing men and women. Only one could be called the “Greatest Greek” and that man’s name is Pericles. Pericles was a wise and powerful leader of the city of Athens. He was a great supporter of the concept of democracy. Pericles guided Athens almost through the entire Peloponnesian War. Pericles promoted the arts and literature. This was a main reason Athens held the reputation of being the educational and
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Investigation The research paper will be on the achievements of the Mayans. The research question developed for this paper is “How did Mayan achievements lead to the development of the empire? This paper will be focusing on how the achievements of the Mayans led to the development of their civilization. This will not look into the fall of the Mayan empire but will look into where the Mayans came from and the beginning of the Mayan empire. All sources in this paper are secondary sources. The paper
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of a culture. Most of the stories told were about the Gods and Goddess. There were different Gods and Goddesses for each part of everyday life. Throughout history there were many different cultures with many different beliefs. The religious difference between them weren’t so different such as in Greek‚ Roman‚ and Mayan. The Greek myths come from Greek stories. Greek mythology doesn’t have a text that is unique because it was told not written. The stories started in the Bronze Age. As Greek myths
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very large society that lived in Mexico‚ South America‚ The Yucatan Peninsula‚ Belize‚ Guatemala‚ and El Salvador. The capital of the Mayan empire was Tikal‚ located in Mexico. The Maya had an interesting economy; they valued jade and serpentine more than anything else. They did not use money‚ they traded goods instead. They traded with other Mesoamerican cultures. Farmers traded coco by traveling long distances with a basket/sack strapped to their back. Merchants traveled in hopes of employing porters
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THE MAYANS The Mayans lived in what is today Mexico‚ North America‚ and lived in both the highlands and lowlands of Mesoamerica. It was a very mountainous region‚ with many minerals in the soil‚ and a dry‚ cool‚ climate. The villages that were located in the highlands are where southern Guatemala is today‚ and the villages that were located in the lowlands are where northern Guatemala‚ Belize‚ and the Yucatán Peninsula are today. It was very hot and dry in the lowlands. The Mayans began their civilization
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In this essay i will be comparing two articles about Greek mythology and writing summaries about each one. The reason why i chose the topic about Greek mythology is because it has lots of stories about ancient deities and brave heros. When reading i’ll be looking for answers to the questions like which one i would recommend‚ Which one was easier to read‚ and if i had to choose which one was best. The first article comes from the source History.com and isn’t that long. It mainly talks about the
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