The title of this work is View of Toledo by the Spanish artist El Greco. The painting depicts the landscape of Toledo‚ Spain‚ the city where the artist worked and lived for most of his life. This is a very significant work for several reasons: it is considered to be the first landscape in Spanish art‚ one of only two surviving landscapes painted by this artist‚ and because this artist rarely painted non-religious subject matter. View of Toledo is considered to be one of the most dramatic and individual
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Victoria Carpenter Mr. Fraley Ancient Literature 26 March 2014 Creation Myths of Ancient Greco-Roman and Hebrew Cultures. Ancient Creation myths are similar but at the same time are still very different. What is a myth? A myth refers to a fiction story or only half true story. What makes up a myth? It has several different characteristics that make it different from other types of stories. Ancient Greco-Roman myths are interesting because they talk about another religion and how they are being
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Mariama Barry 11/10/2017 Health‚ Illness‚ and society Greco-Islamic Medicine Medicine was an important part of medieval Islamic life; both rich and poor people were interested in health and diseases. Islamic doctors and a number of scholars wrote profusely on health and developed extensive and complex medical literature on medications‚ clinical practice‚ diseases‚ cures‚ treatments‚ and diagnoses. Islamic medicine built on the legacies left behind by Greek and Roman physicians and scholars. Islamic
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The Achaemenid empire was the largest in geographical area in antiquity and covered over 6 million square kms from the Caspian Sea in the north to the Indian ocean in the south from Egypt in the west to the Indus River in the east. In the Greco-Persian wars from 499 BC-449 BC this colossal empire lost due to superior Greek military capabilities residing in the exceptional Greek generals and professional troop contingents. Athenian democracy ensured that talented individuals rose to positions of
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The Roman Empire and Persian Empire were some of the greatest civilizations of all time. There were many similarities in how these civilizations rose to power and how they fell from it. Among these were the over-expansion of territory which led to many problems that built up to their downfall and a similar political system that made local rebellions minimal. However the way in which these civilizations chose to try and correct their flaws is quite different. One of the biggest factors
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Interpretation Response It is from the study on the historical background of the culture of Corinth and Greco-Roman culture that it was abundantly clear that the cross was foolishness to the people who were considered by many to be wise. God‚ in His omniscience‚ used the cross‚ which was foolishness to man‚ to confound the wise. Greek and Romans alike‚ with their logical thinking and revered for their wisdom‚ could not conceive that God was greater than their many gods of wood and metals. They
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(3) They treated their subjects fairly and gained the support of the Persians by doing so. Toghril Beg‚ who founded the Seljuk Dynasty‚ wanted a Persian city named Isfahan to be the capital‚ plus Persians were made government officials. Since the Seljuks had come while being almost illiterate and not knowing much about Islam‚ they followed the Persian’s culture and religion in some ways. The Seljuks deeply admired the Persians‚ using some of their
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The Gupta and Persian civilization were similar in the fact that the fall of the empire was because of internal conflict but‚ they are different in their treatment of women and architectural style. The Gupta Empire treated women in their civilization much harsher than the women in the Persian Civilization. The Gupta and Persian Empires both had very unique architectural styles that represented each Empire’s beliefs. The Gupta Empire flourished between 320 to 550 CE in modern day India. The fall
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ERA: 1450 – 1750 Ottoman Empire Safavid Empire Mughal Empire POLITICAL Leaders/groups Forms of government Empires State building/expansion Political structures Courts/laws Nationalism/nations Revolts/revolutions Turkic group called the Ottomans dominated other nomadic groups Led by Osman Built empire through Asia Minor and parts of Europe Mehmed II conquered the Byzantine Empire Extended the empire into Syria‚ Egypt‚ and North Africa (Arabs) Janissaries helped choose sultans using military
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battles they were still the ideal empires of their time. The Persians had a very good government. Before Persia became known as the largest empire in the world in its time period they were not unified. It wasn’t until 522 B.C. that the Persian Empire became unified. Emperor Darius accomplished the real unification of this empire. Darius set up a government that was then used as a template for later rulers. He then divided the Persian Empire into section; a government official called a satrap headed
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