The Parallels of Greek and Trojan Culture Homer’s The Iliad paints an epic and gruesome picture of the Achaeans and Trojans civilizations warring over a ten-year span. If one were to compare these once great cultures‚ the striking similarities would suggest friendship rather than enemies. Not only did both nations perform similar rituals and sacrifices‚ but also these rites were directed to the same group of gods. Specifically the Trojans and Achaeans had a tremendous respect for the dead and
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Native-born African Americans contributed to the growing slave culture. They started mixing the cultures in elements of speech‚ religion‚ and folkways. Off the islands of South Carolina’s coast‚ Africans evolved a language with elements of English and African dialect called Gullah. The ring shout‚ a dance Africans performed in Africa‚ were brought from the slaves and contributed to the development of jazz. Other contributions to the American culture by the Africans were the banjo and bongo drums. Slaves
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Ancient Greek culture was full of different types of art. Ancient Greeks decorated almost every part of their lives‚ from their buildings and city’s streets to the inside of there homes‚ many objects in Greek life were created with beauty in mind. Greek artists created masterpieces in painting‚ metal work‚ mosaic‚ sculpture‚ architecture‚ literature‚ and pottery. Until recently‚ archaeologists only knew about Greek paintings through Ancient Greek stories. These stories‚ which were written by authors
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HOMER First seeds of poetry were born among the Greeks even before writing was invented. Poets were bards‚ chanting gripping narrative epic war poems and emotional ballads. Homer was a Greek poet‚ to whom are attributed the great epics‚ the Iliad‚ the story of the siege of Troy‚ and the Odyssey‚ the tale of Ulysses’ wanderings. The place of his birth is doubtful‚ probably a Greek colony on the coast of Asia Minor‚ traditionally is described as blind and is believed to have lived in Ionia around
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Running Header: Roman technological and engineering The marvel of early Roman technological and engineering advances HIS103: World Civilizations January 6‚ 2013 Roman technological and engineering The marvel of early Roman technological and engineering advances Rome is a city in Italy that has always been a source of great innovation and incredible advances in areas of technology and engineering. A city that originated from such humble beginnings soon
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general‚ Indian English has fewer peculiarities in its vowel sounds than the consonants‚ especially as spoken by native speakers of languages like Hindi‚ the vowel phoneme system having some similarities with that of English. Among the distinctive features of the vowel-sounds employed by some Indian English speakers: * Many Indian English speakers do not make a clear distinction between /ɒ/ and /ɔː/. (See cot–caught merger.) * Unlike British‚ but like some American English‚ some Indian speakers
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The geography which had so graciously gifted the Greeks with rich resources and the politically powerful location was quickly starting to turn on the civilization. Although Alexander the Great united all of the Greek city-states under the title of the Corinthian League‚ he did not truly unite them as one single Greek power (“Alexander the Great”). To the individual Greek city-states‚ freedom meant the freedom to fight amongst other city-states. This dog eats dog view lends a great deal of itself
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subject that has fascinated many for centuries. Some of the more popular gods are the Greek gods and t he Roman gods. On many occasions people have confused the gods of these two ancient civilizations. For instance when a person thinks of the goddess of love they may think of Venus or Aphrodite and think that they are one and the same. They are not though‚ Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and Venus her Roman counter part. When thinking of the God of Love‚ Cupid is the first that comes to mind
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Greek vs. Roman Government The Ancient Greeks and Romans are two of the most influential civilizations in history. Their contributions in art‚ architecture‚ philosophy‚ and‚ warfare are still a major part of today’s society. Perhaps the most important part of these great civilizations’ history is their unique forms of government. The Roman Republic‚ as well as‚ the infamous Greek Democracy are both similar and different in a number of ways. They are alike in the way that they managed the people
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time from desktop computer we have developed to handy faster computers. Thus‚ now we can see the speed of advancement‚ development and new discovering technologies. In‚ there is medical field where many of the diseases are cured which took many lives early like chickenpox‚ polio‚ malaria‚ measles‚ pertussis‚ tetanus‚ typhoid fever‚ many of them had been found like Giardia‚ AIDS‚ Cyclospora and for many of them some cure is found like cancer. In media world major changes can be seen in graphics‚ sound
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