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    Beauty in Ancient China

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    in Chinese history. As a result‚ it is difficult to ascertain exactly what these ancient beauties looked like. Through the poem Mulberries by the Path‚ we can get a glimpse of Eastern Han’s standards of female beauty. Unlike the modern ideal on female beauty‚ the ancient Chinese standard on beauty included much more than the physical trait of the female. They say “beauty is only skin deep” but the citizens of ancient Chinese dynasties may disagree. Confucian notions of female beauty on the relationship

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    Ancient Commerce in China

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    Ancient Commerce in China The Silk Road Antonio Camargo SiMBA 2011 ____________________ Jan / 2012 Table of Contents 1- The Route 3 2- Name and Purpose 4 3- Routes 4 4- Mongol Age 6 5- The Peak‚ Decline and Sea Route 7 6- Nowadays 8 7- Conclusion 8 8- References 9 1- The route The Silk Road‚ or Silk Route‚ is the most famous and important historically trading route of ancient Chinese civilization. This

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    The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Nature is portrayed in one million different ways it can be personified to portray human senses and appearances such as in this poem when Samuel Coleridge puts it in the Old Mariner’s point of view‚ this done so we as humans can see and relate to the character and also to what the feelings of the man are making you find your emotions. The image of death is represented to portray the fact that the mariner killed the graceful albatross as well as telling his curse

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    What are the common archetypes in ancient mythologies? I chose this topic because I have a large interest in past culture‚ and I would like to know more about the stories of heroes passed down through many generations. These archetypes help historians understand the lifestyle of past civilizations‚ such as Greek‚ Norse‚ and Egyptian. When people include an archetypal character in a piece of literature‚ “it helps to get the message of a work across to the reader‚ by appealing to specific universal

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    restaurants. Some are run by fraternal organizations and rented out as a fundraiser for the organization. Some condominium associations and apartment buildings have these to keep the noise of parties out of the residential units. In Ancient Time The idea of banqueting is ancient (see [Sellisternium]‚ [[Belshazzar|Belshazzar’s Feast]]‚ and [[Mead hall]]s). In the 16th century‚ a banquet was very different from our modern perception and stems from the medieval ’ceremony of the void’. After dinner‚ the

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    Slavery In Ancient Greece

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    used for working purpose and female slaves were used mostly for sexual services. Even in ancient Greece there was existence of slavery where they used only women and children as slaves for domestic work instead of rebellious men that got slaughter (Godrej‚ Dinyar‚ 2001). With the growth of the Greece civilization caused a growth in slavery as well‚ we could say that with increasing population of the ancient Greece and in the Roman Empire caused an increase in slavery.

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    Patriarchy In Ancient Rome

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    civilizations‚ societies everywhere have been dominated by the patriarchy. However‚ the level of degree of male dominance and social structure in society did differ between the civilizations. The Roman Empire and Han Dynasty were no exception to this. Both ancient civilizations were similar in the respect that from birth‚ girls were treated lesser than boys. Even if in the Han Dynasty‚ where the values of Confucianism were respected and followed‚ which stated that everyone under the empire were equal‚ the true

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    Ancient Rome Culture

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    Ancient Rome Culture The Romans left behind many legacies. One of the most important legacies was their culture. Rome culture left the best legacy because it is architecture left an idea for today’s modern sports‚ it is art help inspire artists today because they still do painting and pottery‚ also language because we still use Latin phrases today. The Arch The Romans got their culture from the Greeks and Etruscans. The Romans have the Arch which was borrowed from the Etruscans and it is the most

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    Ancient Egyptian Kingdom

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    first it was a collection of villages divided into upper and lower Egypt. Upper Egypt was south and lower Egypt was north‚ since the Nile river runs north. A man named Narmer united both parts of the country‚ creating the great Egyptian empire. Ancient Egyptian history can be divided into three distinct kingdoms: the old‚ middle and new kingdoms. The old kingdom began with Narmer uniting upper and lower Egypt. It was known as the pyramid age‚ as it was when all of the great pyramids were constructed

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    REPÚBLICA BOLIVARIANA DE VENEZUELA MINISTERIO DEL PODER POPULAR PARA LA EDUCACIÓN U.E. INSTITUTO ANDES MODERN AND ANCIENT DEMOCRACY Authors: Acevedo R‚ Sofia Rancel M‚ Isabella M Teacher: Miss Andrea de Paramo Caracas‚ May‚ 2013 According to Thucydides (c.406/455-c.399 BCE)‚ Pericles the ancient Athenian leader was chosen to give a speech in the funerals of the firsts who had fallen in the Peloponnesian war; he decided to state the values of democracy in this occasion. According

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