Ancient Japan had many interesting places and customs. It also had samurai to defend Japanese citizens and festivals to attend to celebrate. It even had beautiful cherry blossom trees‚ it still does to this day. Ancient Japan had the beautiful side and the dark side. With earthquakes‚ tsunamis‚ and volcanoes‚ oh my! Japan is about 377‚915 square kilometers‚ about the size of California. There are four main islands. Hokkaido‚ Honshu‚ Shikoku‚ and Kyushu. There are also thousands of smaller islands
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Ancient Civilizations DBQ In the beginning of human existence‚ nomadism was the main form of living in order to survive. Many of our early civilizations started out with a group of people gathering and hunting their food‚ never staying in one place because their food always moved. That is until the Neolithic revolution‚ the domestication of plants and animals‚ which really started the chain reaction of civilization. Because of the start of Mesopotamia‚ Ancient Egypt‚ and The Indus Valley‚ many
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Ancient Egyptian Pottery I chose to do my research paper on Egyptian pottery because in my art appreciation class I was most fascinated with the ancient Egyptian era. I found this website that explained all about how pottery they made helped them function in everyday use. It also told me a lot about how the made everything. The need to store things led to the development of containers‚ first among them bags of fiber or leather‚ woven baskets and pottery. But clay lends itself to many other purposes:
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The beliefs and ideas of Ancient India such as the caste system‚ karma‚ reincarnation and Buddhism greatly influenced its society by keeping the people calm and happy even in unbalanced situations. The caste system is a hierarchical structure in which people are born into their class‚ or caste‚ with no exception. For example‚ if two people were low-ranking farmers‚ the son and/or daughter of these parents would also be born as farmer even if he/she showed outstanding intelligence and leadership
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SLAVERY IN ANCIENT INDIA:- Slavery was a universal social evil and had its origin even from the early period of history. In India‚ its origin is closely associated with the caste system. It is believed that Sudras might have been reduced to slaves. A.L.Basham considers the Aryan conversion of the nativs into slaves as the origin of slavery in India. In ancient India slaves were well treated and their right well protected. Sarat Patil use in his book “Dasa‚ Sudra‚ Slavery” that the Sanskrit term-
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Ancient civilizations The following 4 ancient civilizations all have very different types of development whether it be because the difference in geographical‚ economic or social location does not change the fact that these four civilizations have come (and some have not come) to present day extremely different from one another because of their different developmental patterns. Extremely early Egyptians began settling along the Nile during the Neolithic period. The Nile provided necessary resources
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civilization that is often mentioned to be a part of this prestigious group is that of the Ancient Greeks. The primary reason being the Ancient Greek’s military advancement made them superior to the other ancient armies of the time allowing their civilization to grow. The Greeks went through many‚ many years of colonizing‚ invasions and other rough times before they were able to become the envy of the ancient world. Early Greek historians say that the first civilized Greeks were the Minoans that
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were kept at home where they were taught the proper manners and duties of a desirable wife. "Marriage was the inevitable goal to which her whole life tended. To remain a spinster was the worst disgrace which could befall a woman" (Everyday Life in Ancient Greece‚ pg. 82). However‚ it was seen as more of a disgrace on her father who owned’ her until she was married. Although Athenian women were completely in charge of their household and slaves‚ they didn’t have much freedom. They rarely left the house
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We have grown to know and learn that women in the ancient world inferior and had less status than men‚ because of the patriarchy system of government. In the ancient world‚ most of the societies were patriarchal; which is a society or government that is bee controlled by men. However‚ there were some exceptions to this social system. Not all ancient world considered women inferior beings to men‚ because in some part of the ancient world‚ women were priestesses‚ pharaohs‚ entertainers‚ goddesses and
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Women were not treated very well in ancient societies‚ being looked down upon and seen as those who are there just to watch the children and cook for the family. The women were expected to do whatever their husband told them and if they didn’t‚ they’d be seen as bad wives. This view was prompted and promoted by many different things There were major figures like Aristotle who preached this idea and people were taught that women were less than men.. Women in the ancient societies of Greece‚ Rome‚ India
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