Ancient Athens‚ Greece was a direct democracy. It began in 461 B.C. and ended in 338 B.C. Ancient Athens defined their citizens as any male who is 18 years old or older‚ and has citizen parents. Like Ancient Rome‚ Athens had separate branches of government which helped them organize and maintain society. Pericles‚ an influential statesman‚ contributed a lot to the history and legacy of Ancient Athens. He helped rebuild Athens after the Persian Wars. He also contributed greatly by promoting the idea
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character with whom Feudalism is especially identified. It was an institution of the Middle Ages‚ which grew out of the miseries and robberies that succeeded the fall of the Roman Empire. With the collapse of the Carolingian Kingdom/Holy Roman Empire in the 9th century‚ Europeans entered what many consider the core period of the Medieval age - the Central Middle Ages. This age is also described as the "feudal" period in European history. Feudalism is a term we have used before. Feudalism means a situation
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Great Pyramids of Giza * Built in c.2560 B.C * Took 20 years to construct * One pyramid contains the tomb of Pharaoh Khufu * Temples dedicated to Khufu * One of the oldest man made seven wonders of the world Cairo Museum * Contains 120‚000 ancient Egyptian artifacts * For example: treasures of King Tutankhamun‚such as his solild gold mask * The Museum contains 9 mummies * For example: the mummy of Queen Hatshepsut Memphis ‚ Ancient Egypt * The location
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structure. This is represented in my first pyramid. As you can see the kings are the most powerful‚ next come the nobles‚ then the knights‚ and finally the peasants. The box that has the word “church” in it to the side means that they had as much power as the kings and nobles. This society was based on the feudal system. It was mainly constructed for one reason‚ which was security. It was possible for everyone to move higher up the ranks of the pyramid. This is what most people aspired to do. England
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THE DECLINE OF FEUDALISM There were three main reasons for the decline of feudalism. The development of the Magna Charta and the Model Parliament contributed to the decline of feudalism. The Bubonic Plague greatly affected the people of Europe and played a large part in the collapse of the social structure. The Hundred Years’ War was the final event leading to the end of feudalism. These three blows to the political structure made feudalism desolate by the late 1400’s. The development of the
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society gave peasants things to help their family survive‚ although it was in small amounts. Some people might think that being a peasant was not a good deal because they were the lowest rank‚ and had to do so much labor to carry the weight of feudalism and manorialism. This might be true‚ but peasants still got some benefits. Peasants were given a small piece of land‚ which was enough to have a small house
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liked best and was the easiest one to understand for me. I think it was because some of the points of The Middle Ages I learned when I was in college. But the points that took my attention during The Middle Ages were its beginning‚ a system called feudalism and the role of men and women during this period. The Middle Ages encompass one of the most turbulent periods in English History. Starting with the Battle of Hastings and the Norman Conquest. When Duke William of Normandy‚ better known as William
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(1989). Castles of England‚ Scotland and Wales. London‚ GB: George Weidenfeld and Nicolson Ltd. Bartlett‚ R. (2002). England Under the Normans and Angevin Kings. USA: Oxford University Press. Middle Ages. (2012). Feudalism in England. Retrieved from http://www.middleages.org.uk/feudalism-in-england.htm Spartacus Educational Publishers Ltd. (2011). Norman Castles. Retrieved from http://spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/NORcastles.htm
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church‚ and the commoners. Relationships between groups and people were based on a balance system‚ a sort of “you do this for me‚ and I’ll do this for you” approach. In the feudal system‚ everyone was a vassal‚ meaning servants. At the top of the pyramid was the local king. Near the bottom were the knights‚ the professional fighting men. In the middle were the lords‚ other nobles‚ counts and officials. At the very bottom were the peasants. The king would give large estates to his friends and
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Name: Isabella Smit Date: 12/5/2014 Graded Assignment Document-Based Question: Feudalism Submit this assignment to your teacher by the due date to receive full credit. (45 points) 1. To complete this Graded Assignment‚ retrieve the Feudalism DBQ. Use this document with its essay instructions and the DBQ Checklist to complete this DBQ essay. Make sure that your essay has an introduction‚ three body paragraphs‚ point-of-view analysis‚ an additional source that would strengthen the essay‚ and a conclusion
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