mathematics‚ specifically with regards to algebra. Muslims advanced the study of mathematics. They borrowed and based their ideas from ancient Babylon‚ India‚ and Greece. Scholars in Baghdad’s House of Wisdom translated the works of the Greek mathematician Euclid‚ as well as India’s important texts. Then they adapted what they learned and added their own contributions. Algebra originated in an Arabic phrase meaning "the reunion
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45. 1. The three great Greek classical philosophers are a. Eurypides‚ Pericles‚ and Darius. b. Diogenes‚ Euclid‚ and Ptolemy. c. Achilles‚ Hippocrates‚ and Sappho. d. Aeneid‚ Antigone‚ and Aristophanes. e. Socrates‚ Plato‚ and Aristotle. 2. What can be considered the symbol of Athenian naval success? a. The gunboat b. The trireme c. The astrolabe d. The rowers e. The lateen sail Spar 3.Sparta became a highly militarized society
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Yakin‚ and stars Denzel Washington as Coach Herman Boone‚ Will Patton as Coach Bill Yoast‚ Wood Harris as Julius Campbell‚ and Ryan Hurst as Gerry Bertier. The movie is set in 1971‚ Alexandria‚ Virginia right in the middle of Brown vs. the board of education‚ When two schools integrate to form T.C. Williams in Alexandria‚ Virginia. T.C Williams high school was one of the newly integrated schools in the south‚ meaning both African Americans and whites went to the same school. Racism is the main social
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was seeing Avenged Sevenfold headline the Buried Alive Tour in San Jose. I was very excited from the start knowing that I was going to see my favorite band live. The lineup featured some of my other favorite bands such as Black Veil Brides‚ Asking Alexandria‚ and Hollywood Undead; therefore‚ the show was going to be ten times better. As I entered the arena I noticed that the place was packed with hardcore Avenged Sevenfold fans. For the first time ever I felt like I fit in with the people around me;
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While Caesar was in Briton‚ tragedy struck again. Pompey’s wife and Caesar’s daughter Julia‚ had passed away at the hands of childbirth in 54 BC. Caesar‚ conscious that the Triumvirate was fading Tattempted to regain Pompey’s support. Caesar offered him Octavia (his great-niece) in marriage‚ yet Pompey declined. Then in 53 BC‚ Crassus was killed in the battle against the Parthians which further impacted to the Triumvirate’s fading friendship and also meant that the invasion on the East had failed
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New Testament. It is traditionally ascribed to the Barnabas who is mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles‚ although some ascribe it to another apostolic father of the same name‚ a "Barnabas of Alexandria‚" or simply to an unknown early Christian teacher. Toward the end of the second century‚ Clement of Alexandria cites the Epistle. Origen also appeals to it. At some points the Epistle seems quite Pauline‚ as with its concept of atonement‚ giving credence to the author being the Barnabas who was a companion
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Ptolemy XIV‚ the throne who Cleopatra proceeded to marry‚ thus recovering her crown. During this time‚ Cleopatra gave birth to a son named Caesarion‚ though it was debated whether or not Caesar was legitimately the father. Caesar’s business in Alexandria was finished by 46 BCE‚ so he returned to Rome where he would be murdered two years later. In fact‚ Cleopatra was in Rome during his assassination after the death of the brother she just married‚ but she retreated from any involvement with Rome
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attempt to get him in there now. The Winchester did throw him in there before‚ but he managed to escape with the help of a few people. As far as he knew‚ the Winchesters had no idea that he was back out and the only one who did‚ was his soulmate; Alexandria. That was who he was
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The Great library of Alexandria was burned down somewhere between the 1st century BCE and the 4th century CE‚ one theory for why it was burned down was that the people of the city destroyed it because the library was a symbol for wealth and the upper class in the city. In destroying
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was a lyric poet‚ which means her poems were sung‚ usually accompanied by a lyre‚ which was a type of musical instrument. She was included in the list of the Nine Lyric poets‚ which were seen as highly esteemed poets to the scholars Hellenistic Alexandria. It is widely thought that Sappho was born to an Aristocratic family‚ her father is said to have been Scamandronymus‚ and her mother Cleis‚ which Sappho is said to have named her daughter after. Her poetry was mostly about the love and passion of
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