The Trojan War : The Truth About an Epic Tale of Love‚ War‚ and Greed Individual Exhibit Junior Division Shyamsai Bethina Process Paper Why I Chose This Topic: I got the idea to represent the Trojan War as my NHD project by watching the movie “Mr. Peabody and Sherman”. At the time‚ the NHD club started and I had learned about the theme of the year: “Exchange‚ Encounter‚ and Explore”. In my school‚ we were studying Ancient History and that got me inspired to choose the Trojan War. I also
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The Trojan War was a lengthy war fought between the Trojans and the Greeks over a woman. A lot of blood was spilled. A lot of time was lost. A city was ruined. We have learned about the Trojan war from epic poems‚ myths‚ and the city of Troy itself. To begin with‚ myths have taught us that all started when Eris wasn’t invited to the weeding of Peleus and Thetis. She gave a golden apple to the fairest goddess. Of course‚ vanity and narcissism stepped in and the goddesses Aphrodite‚ Hera and Athena
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The Second Great War had many reasons for its happening‚ most directly from the First World War. Today‚ many people have no idea why World War Two happened‚ only that it did. This is a major problem for today‚ as many people do not know the mistakes that were made to get to this point. The Second Great was caused by a direct be the first‚ the rise of nationalism‚ and revenge. First‚ we see the first major reason as to why the Germans created and supported the Nazi government‚ the Treaty of Versailles
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What if the Civil War had not happened? The slavery system in the North America will die out slowly later because of the trend of the times or it will continuously spread out its influence to non-slaved states. It is difficult to find the most exact situation in this case. However‚ the human beings know that the slavery had existed for a long time before it was abolished completely. Surprisingly‚ 1981 is the year the last country‚ Mauritania‚ abolished slavery1. The end of Civil War is in 1865‚ meaning
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Introduction The famous (10) years Trojan War as lamented by renowned poet Homer‚ pitted the Greeks against the Trojans. The Trojan War is arguably the most notable tale from Greek mythology. The war saw the involvement of the Greek gods and goddesses‚ who took sides as the Greeks battled the Trojans at Troy. Following is a summary of the cause of the Trojan War‚ and the role Paris and Helen played in the conflict that led to its destruction. The excerpts are from written accounts‚ according to
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World War One or ’The Great War’ as it got to be known happened because of numerous reasons‚ some of which are unexposed till today. The clear trigger for the war was the death of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie on 28th June 1914. The death happened amid the Archduke’s visit to Sarajevo. The Archduke was focused because of the general feeling among Serbians that‚ once named to the throne‚ Ferdinand would proceed with the mistreatment of Serbs living inside the fringes of the Austro-Hungarian
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Q: Was there a Trojan War? Compare the literary with the archaeological evidence. "...in that matter of Wilusa over which we were at enmity." Despite the continuing debate‚ the literary and archaeological evidence indicates that there was a Trojan War. The reality of this war however‚ was not the epic conflict as narrated by Homer‚ but more likely part of an ongoing enmity between the Mycenaean ’s and the Hittites. Troy was a wealthy city‚ well placed at the mouth of the Hellespont in the
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Civil War The reason of the Civil War starting is because when Abraham Lincoln became the president it cause about seven Southern countries to secede from the union and they formed a thing called “Confederate States”. So after that there was many other reasons of the why the Civil War happened but some of the reasons are the idea of slavery‚ tariffs‚ trading and states rights. So‚ one of the reason of the civil war is the Missouri Compromise and it was extending to the California border and they
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The Trojan War Fact or Fiction? The Trojan War. Confined totally to the pages of Homer’s The Illiad‚ the indulgent fantasy of a Greek poet who lived over two and a half thousand years ago- or a historic fact at the centre of the most famous quarrel ever? The Illiad is the ancient tale of a mighty city called Troy that lay at the edge of Asia Minor whose prince abducted Helen‚ the most beautiful woman of all time‚ from the king of Greek Sparta‚ causing the Greeks to send an army in a thousand
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and Odyssey were factual accounts of the Trojan War. Through critical examination and investigation of prominent theories regarding the legend‚ it is evident that the Trojan War occurred‚ though not as described by Homer‚ however the Trojan horse is an aspect of the myth‚ which remains debatable. In order to develop definite conclusions concerning the Trojan War‚ it is necessary to understand the legend surrounding the war and horse itself. The Trojan War details an epic battle‚
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