Propolis: The Ancient Healer Did you know that honey isn’t the only thing that bees make? Bees also produce a compound called propolis from the sap on needle-leaved trees or evergreens. When they combine the sap with their own discharges and beeswax‚ they create a sticky and greenish-brown product that is used as a coating to build their hives. This is called propolis. Many ancient civilizations used propolis for its medical properties. Assyrians put it on tumors and wounds to prevent infection and
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Ancient Greek History Why should one study the Ancient Greeks? There exist almost countless contributions that Greek culture has made to western society in the areas of art‚ literature‚ philosophy‚ drama‚ architecture and politics. Lasting visions of thought and inspiring intellect helped shaped today’s western culture with notions of democracy and personal freedoms. Greek scientists made revolutionary discoveries in medicine‚ mathematics‚ physics‚ and astronomy. It was the Greeks who‚ through
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and therefore settled down. They also began farming‚ and domesticating animals. The nearby rivers available in these river valley civilizations made these things possible. For the Egyptians‚ “the Nile River played a great role in the development of Ancient Egyptian civilization. It’s regular flooding gave the Egyptians extremely fertile soil‚ which produced great agricultural wealth.” (Hero‚ 13) Also‚ the Maya which is another river valley civilization had a very successful agricultural system because
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The ancient Greek Olympics By Gabriel Merrill So many people know what the Olympic Games are but how many know how or why they were started. The Olympics were started in 776 BC in Olympia and thus were called the Olympics. The games were held once every four years‚ which is an Olympiad. To the Greeks the games were more than just a source of entertainment the games were part of their worship. They put the games on in honor of Zeus and to appease the gods. During the celebration of the games there
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Ancient Egyptian Religion Ancient Egyptian society revolved nearly completely around religion. The most worshipped god was the supreme god Amun-Ra (can also be spelled as Amun-Re) It was believed that he had created all the gods‚ and heaven and earth. He is usually depicted as a man either standing or seated on a throne wearing a crown with the sun disk. Ra was also worshipped as the creator of gods and men. Every day when the sun set‚ Egyptians believed that he would go to war with Apepi‚ the
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The practice of religion and the worship of gods and goddesses had a significant role in everyday life in Ancient Egypt. Hapy is a mummified man with a baboon head. Hapy the god of silt deposited by the yearly Nile river flooding. The yearly flooding is called inundation. Silt is in the water from the Nile and on the banks. Hapy is prayed too from everyday Egyptians to have a good flood that year so silt goes all over the land. Egyptians need this silt because it helps crops grow so‚ when the Nile
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Ancient Egyptian Agriculture There are many valid points to be made in Ancient Egyptian agriculture. Irrigation‚ ploughing and planting‚ harvesting‚ and of course‚ crops. These will be some of the subtopics I will be touching upon in this essay of ancient Egyptian agriculture. Irrigation When the Nile is overflowing‚ it floods the Delta and the lands called Libyan and Arabian‚ for a distance of a journey of two days from both banks in places‚ and sometimes‚ sometimes less. I could not learn
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The Ancient Olympic Games is a series of competitions held between representatives of several city-states from Ancient Greece‚ which featured mainly athletic but also combat and chariot racing events.[1] The origin of these Olympics is shrouded in mystery and legend.[2] One of the most popular myths identifies Heracles and his father Zeus as the progenitors of the Games.[3][4][5] According to legend‚ it was Heracles who first called the Games "Olympic" and established the custom of holding them every
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The Role of Horses in Ancient Greece by: Sarah Kline Horses have been an important‚ if not vital‚ part of most great societies. This fact was no less true in Ancient Greek society where horses were held on a level just below the gods. According to I. Menegatos‚ a lecturer from the Agricultural University of Athens‚ there were eight different breeds of Greek horses. All eight breeds were valued equally as "majestic or awe-inspiring beasts." This was especially true in scenes of battle. In
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Patriarchal society?‚” I must say that in a Patriarchal society men have higher authority over women. This goes way back in time to the very first civilizations where people believe that men do have higher power. If looking at civilizations like Ancient Greece‚ Rome‚ and even China you would see that it has always been a male that has been dominate with power. All of these civilizations at one point obtained a Patriarchal society. The upcoming writing will help the reader understand how these civilizations
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