University of Phoenix Material Ancient World Worksheet Complete the matrix section and the question section on the worksheet for each week. For each culture‚ identify the starting and ending dates of the culture‚ the structure of government‚ the role of the city government‚ and type of law created by the culture. Describe how the culture viewed the relationship between gods and people and how it defined citizenship. List the major events the culture experienced. The purpose of the matrix
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Ancient Greece: Society‚ Culture & Identity Ancient Greece was made up of independent city-states and sometimes they were called polis (oligarchy) except the cities of Athens and Sparta. The Spartans were ruled by monarchy while the Athenians introduced the first democratic government in the world. This meant that citizens of Athens were allowed to vote to choose in the political matters. Therefore‚ to be a citizen one would have to be born with Athenian parents and be a male. Men were either serving
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to watch films with big spectacle and great stories. They love to get lost in a world that takes them outside of themselves. Most of all‚ people love the themes represented in these “Epic” films. In the Ancient films we screened during this quarter‚ we screened the epic pictures of Ancient times. There have been many themes revolving around man’s most primal wants and desires. Themes such as; lust in Cleopatra‚ or Greed in Quo Vadis‚ are just examples of the basic primal wants that take over
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Women and men had quite different roles in ancient Greece; women had limited privileges‚ the rarely played notable roles in public affairs. There are actually no names of female poets‚ artists‚ or philosophers from classical Athens. However‚ the “status of woman was strictly protected by law” (p.83). Only the woman was in charge of the household and the family’s possessions‚ and only the sons of a citizen woman could be citizens. Woman had these law rights‚ but they were mostly to protect their
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In his article "The Rise of Women in Ancient Greece‚" Michael Scott says that after the Peloponnesian War‚ women in Athens "began to work outside the home‚" alongside the men‚ out of economic necessity‚ and in Sparta‚ many women owned land. He says women during this time wrote their own words‚ thereby showing that despite their inability to vote in Athens‚ they enjoyed a degree of literacy denied of even ancient Egyptian women and many women and girls in some countries in
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Introduction Ancient Greece as one of the cradles of civilization and an employer of several forms of governmental rule during its time in history serves as an excellent beginning point to compare and contrast some of the common structures of government. In my paper I will be briefly describing and discussing monarchy‚ aristocracy‚ tyranny‚ oligarchy‚ and democracy as forms of government in ancient Greek city-states and will provide my opinion of the results of those experiments in governmental rule
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Beginning in the late eighteenth century‚ the values of freedom‚ liberty‚ and independence‚ surrounded the state of Greece‚ making the way for the period in Greek history known as the Modern Greek Enlightenment. The enlightenment represented the idealization and growing dream of a one day‚ unified and free Greek state. Greece had been under Ottoman rule for over three and a half centuries of slavery and oppression. For many Greeks‚ the idea of the Enlightenment was the only hope left to answering
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Section 1 Terms * Epic poem- A long poem that tells the deeds of a great hero. * Arete- In early Greece the qualities of excellence that a hero strives to win in a struggle or contest. Section 2 Terms * Polis- The early Greek city-state‚ consisting of a city or town and its surrounding territory. * Acropolis- In early Greek city-states‚ a fortified gathering place at the top of a hill which was sometimes the site of temples and public buildings. * Agora- In early Greek city-states
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Cleopatra Read the following passage carefully at least twice. What does it tell us about Plutarch’s view of the relationship between Antony and Cleopatra? For Plutarch peoples actions‚ however trite‚ were great indications of a person’s moral character (Plutarch‚ 1914‚ p. 225). We can‚ therefore‚ assume that Plutarch would have placed great importance on the everyday activities of Cleopatra and Antony in reflecting the character of their relationship. Plutarch wrote 150 years after the events
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Rome and Han China were classical civilizations that built centralized empires‚ which eventually expanded. Both Rome and Han experienced unequal land distribution which led to political instability‚ and both suffered from invasions of nomadic tribes due to political instability which would lead to the collapse. However‚ only the western portion of the Roman Empire collapsed whereas the entire Han met its demise. Both Rome and Han experienced great times of prosperity. However‚ both regions also
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