some way‚ different from one another‚ we have different languages‚ habits‚ and beliefs. All these differences developed many years ago with our ancestors. Many primitive cultures advanced through discovery and innovation but still relied on spiritual and theological explanations to what did not make sense at that time in their cultural development. As part of this‚ ancient cultures created deities to help bring understanding to the unexplainable. In many ways‚ these deities also were reflection on the
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Ancient Greek Culture‚ Religion‚ and Customs In ancient times‚ the Greeks had absolute and undeniable respect for their gods. They demonstrated their admiration by putting in place many rituals and celebrations to reverence the gods that they loved and feared in order to ensure harmony with them. Ancient Greek culture was melded by their religion and the customs performed to appease the Gods. Examples of how religion affected their way of include the way they prayed‚ the sacrifices they gave
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Alexander the Great in 323 B.C.E‚ the Greek empire was divided. The control of Palestine was given to Greek leaders located in both Syria and Egypt. For about one hundred years‚ most of Israel was ruled by the Greeks in Egypt. Even though Greek Influence was noticed across Palestine (especially in Galilee)‚ the Jews were generally allowed to coordinate their internal affairs without any interference from Greek authorities. 198-142 B.C.E. From 198 to 142 B.C.E the Greeks in Syria controlled Israel. The
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The Greek Trireme warship played a very important role in the ancient Greek culture. It shaped the Athenian Empire and allowed the rise of Greek power and naval warfare. The ancient Greek ship called the trireme was the largest warship. The designers started working on it by attempting to build a boat that would do better on the seas for longer distances and in storms. The boats before the Trireme were not built very well and could not get very big or hold a lot of cargo. The Triremes were the
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Ancient Greek Architecture The Stone Sculpture from the Greek era of 300 B.C. is a beautiful fluted ionic column that stands proudly in the center of the Greek and Roman Art Room in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of- /26.59.1/ allows you to visit the virtual museum to view the stone column. The column is believed to be from the Temple of Artemis‚ from an interior room due to the elaborateness of the restored column. The delicate leaf like motives
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Did the Ancient Greek Gods exist? The Ancient Greeks regarded their religion and mythology with much respect and loyalty. Although the Ancient Greek Gods are now seen as an explanation created by man‚ for natural forces and the world around us‚ there has been much evidence both for and against the debate that these Gods were real. The Greeks believed that the Earth was created with the birth of Gaia‚ or Mother Earth‚ from the dark void known as Chaos. It was believed that Gods were all-powerful
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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 started to develop they were written
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Every single living thing on Earth must have water in order to survive. Even ancient Egyptians thriving in the middle of the sahara desert in the year 2920 BCE could not remain for as long as they did without water. They depended on the Nile for almost everything. It benefitted and supported the people’s lifestyles in several different ways. Their world revolved around the Nile. It provided old essentials such as food‚ water‚ transportation‚ shelter‚ religion‚ and jobs. Now‚ if we want to
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The ancient Egyptians were very clever people who made many great accomplishments throughout their lifetime. They invented many things and used resources surrounding‚ them to create them. The Egyptians did not have to worry about food supply because they managed to use the Nile for that. The Nile flooded every year and it left rich soil for the Egyptians to farm and grow crops. Since the Egyptians did not have to worry about food supply they had a lot of time to develop and improve their civilization
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for the Greek hero Herakles‚ the most popular figure from ancient Greek mythology. Hercules was the son of Zeus‚ king of the gods‚ and the mortal woman Alcmene. Zeus‚ who was always chasing one woman or another‚ took on the form of Alcmene’s husband‚ Amphitryon‚ and visited Alcmene one night in her bed‚ and so Hercules was born a demi-god with incredible strength and stamina. He performed amazing feats‚ including wrestling death and traveling twice to the underworld‚ and his stories were told throughout
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