throne easily and she began amassing an army on Egypt’s border. Cleopatra developed a plan to meet Caesar on her own terms seeking a political alliance and a return to the throne. Cleopatra wrapped herself inside a rolled rug which was smuggled into Alexandria and delivered to Caesar. Once the rug was opened‚ she rolled out and immediately charmed him. She was known for her striking beauty and that she was in the prime of her youth. “She did not only possess striking beauty but had the most charming voice
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built to them was a celebration of either religion‚ peace‚ burial or afterlife ceremonies‚ freedom or simply the beauty of the structure like the hanging Gardens of Babylon. others had a more important and divers purposes such as the Lighthouse of Alexandria which was built in honor of the savior gods and was built to help the ancient sailors to a peaceful trip back or to the harbor. Some structures like the Great Pyramid of Giza were spectacular and complicated structures with several passageways‚
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The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus‚ a monumental marble tomb in Asia Minor‚ exists only in fragmentary form today. (6) The Colossus of Rhodes was a bronze statue of the Greek sun god Helios erected at Rhodes harbour. (7) The Pharos of Alexandria‚ on an island off Alexandria‚ Egypt‚ was a famous ancient lighthouse. THE PYRAMIDS Pyramids of Egypt‚ pyramid complex at Giza‚ on the west bank of the Nile‚ Egypt‚ one of the Seven Wonders of the World. The Great Pyramid of Khufu is said to be the only pyramid
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can be studied in its very own right or as it may be applied to other disciplines and subject matters in several aspects‚ one considers to be that of mathematics. The problem of testing a given number for “primality” has been known to be proven by Euclid in ancient Greece that there are in fact infinitely many primes. In such relations‚ a mathematician will describe in example two projects that use prime numbers‚ composite numbers and the quadratic formula to solve equations. From the projects
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The intriguing novel‚ To Kill A Mockingbird is written by the prestigious author Harper Lee. Lee has utilised the lifestyle and attitudes towards African-Americans" in the 1930’s to create a novel which presents the reader with Lee’s attitudes and values. The dominant reading of the novel is focused on the issues of racial prejudice‚ but there are also a number of other alternative and oppositional readings. Examples of this are the Marxist and feminist readings which can be applied to the text
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Although Egypt’s effect on European history dates back more than 5000 years‚ at the beginning of the nineteenth century‚ it was still a impossible to understand and unknown place to Europeans. One reason was that Egypt was Muslim and Europe was Christian‚ and the poison produce by the Crusades and subsequent wars hindered open communication. Another reason was that most information of ancient Egyptian society had been lost some time before the Greeks settled the coast‚ so even though many people
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few more freedoms‚ Alexandria wrote that‚ “In a virtuous household every activity is performed by husband and wife in agreement with each other‚ but it is never the less clear that if is the man who is in charge and has the power of decision” . For Athenian women like politics land was also off limits. Only the men were allowed to possess and own land. The Athenian government went through great trouble to make sure that in no case a woman could own land. According to Alexandria‚ if the male died the
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Neither the novel nor film version of To Kill A Mockingbird is superior to the other‚ just different. In the book you delve more into the separate characters while in the film you see the relationships in action. The book gives you a broader view of everything‚ but at the same time the movie points out everything that seems important. Lastly‚ the novel shows Scout as a girl caught in the middle‚ when the movie seems to paint Scout as a girl without a inkling of what is going on. The book shows
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conquered most of the known world‚ was Aristotle most illustrious and influential pupil. He helped to develop medicine by spreading Aristotle’s teachings far and wide throughout Greece‚ India‚ Persia‚ the Middle East as well as Egypt. The city of Alexandria was founded by Alexander and it turned into a great centre of Greek medicine‚ science
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the most natural direction.” These case histories could be accessed by anyone who needed medical assistance. Most of these case histories were located in the library of Alexandria so most civilizations after Greece could access these records and expand on the knowledge of these case histories. Unfortunately‚ the library of Alexandria was burned down so most of those records were lost. Furthermore‚ Hippocrates created the Hippocratic oath which was where‚ “prospective physicians pledge to do no harm
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