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    one government Egyptians had many farms and growing livestock to trade for their tools to make their food. Minoan Bronze age civilization‚ Minoan religion seems to have been based on the religion of the Neolithic peoples they conquered in moving to Crete. Bulls were sacred to the Minoans‚ and bull-leaping was a religious ritual. The labyrinth at Knossos is the best-known example of a Minoan temple. They also had many different kinds of languages like the hieroglyphic script‚ Linear A‚ which consisted

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    1. Pandora’s Box - http://myths.e2bn.org/mythsandlegends/textonly562-pandoras-box.html Summary: Epimetheus and Prometheus were two brothers who annoyed one of the most powerful Gods‚ Zeus. Because of Zeus’ annoyance‚ we punished all humans by taking away their ability to create fire. However‚ Prometheus rebelled‚ went to a blacksmith named Hephaestos‚ and stole his fire. Zeus became very angry and came up with a harsher punishment for all humans. He made a girl out of clay‚ named her Pandora‚ and

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    mainland group of Greeks; first Greek civilization Homer- Composed epic poems. Wrote the Lliad and the Odyssey Aegean Sea- Sea that the Greeks sailed on in early ages Black Sea- Sea that Greeks sailed across to make contact to outside world Crete- Island southeast of Greek mainland Ionia- Strip of territory on the Western shores of Asia Minor; between Greek and Persian empire; constantly under siege Dark Ages- (1100-750) Time where Greek population and food production declined. Not much

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    Explanation: Rome changed the world; there is doubtlessly of that. They built a mind boggling system of streets that associated Europe and they set up the idea of having three administrative branches. Rome’s part on the planet is best shown in the humorous Monty Python’s ’Life of Brian.’ Specifically‚ a scene where the People’s Front of Judea and NOT the Judean People’s Front asks‚ "aside from better sanitation and prescription and water system and general wellbeing and streets and freshwater frameworks

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    Ancient Greeks valued greek heroes greatly because of their ability to overcome any tasks that comes their way. Greek Heroes possessed superhuman abilities which allowed them to achieve seemingly insurmountable goals. Overtime Greeks have already tried‚ and failed to accomplish the tasks that Greek heroes have completed. All of these heroes had many qualities which Ancient Greeks valued. Some of these qualities are physical strength‚ perseverance‚ and courage. Ancient Greeks and people today still

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    Cronus had learned of a prophecy that foresaw the day he would be overthrown by one of his children‚ and in fear‚ he ate his children. Rhea devised a plan to feed her husband a rock as her supposed child‚ and hide him away on the island of Crete until the time came for him to defeat his father. Guarded by seven good-tempered giants called Curetes‚ Zeus spent his younger years being raised in the Diktaean Cave. It was said that every time Zeus would cry‚ the giants would masked the crying

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    Discuss the role of the supernatural in Aeneid 3 In ancient poetry‚ gods were people too; early epic was history but a history adorned by myth. This fantastical‚ mythical element came via the gods‚ envisaged as anthropomorphic deities. In Virgil’s Aeneid these gods function in epic as literary vehicles and as characters no less detailed and individual than the people in the poem. In this world where the mortal and the supernatural not only coexist but interweave with one another‚ the Aeneid follows

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    The Debate Over OSHA Is it Effective or Not? When people go to work the one thing they should be able to count on is safety‚ which is exactly what the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)‚ was created to do. You do not expect to be injured in your place of employment‚ but the one hundred and forty six women working for the Triangle Waist Company unfortunately were killed in a fire that should never have happened. The debate still stands today as to whether or not OSHA is truly

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    ART 1/PREHISTORIC THROUGH GOTHIC ART Chapter 1: The Birth of Art 1-5 Nude Woman (The Venus of Willendorf)‚ 28‚000-25‚000 B.C. 1-6 Woman Holding a Bison Horn‚ from Laussel 25‚000-20‚000 B.C. 1-7 Two Bison‚ 15‚000-10‚000 B.C. 1-9 Bison‚ detail of cave at Altamira‚ 12‚000-1‚000 B.C. 1-10 Spotted Horses and Negative Hand Prints‚ cave at Pech-Merle‚ 22‚000 B.C. 1-11 Hall of Bulls‚ Left wall‚ 15‚000-13‚000 B.C. 1-14 Stone Tower‚ Jericho‚ 8‚000-7‚000 B.C.

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    Pythagoras of Samos is often described as the first pure mathematician. He is an extremely important figure in the development of mathematics yet we know little about his achievements. There is nothing that is truly accurate pertaining to Pythagoras’s writings. Today Pythagoras is certainly a mysterious figure. Little is known of Pythagoras’s childhood. Pythagoras’s father was Mnesarchus‚ and his mother was Pythais. Mnesarchus was a merchant who came from Tyre. Pythais was a native of Samos. As

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