__2__. | Name: Tahira S. Miles Course: American GovernmentTeacher: Rowe‚ GailDate: 9/20/2012 | Main Idea: | Notes: 01.05 | Greece (Module Reading) | Notes:Greek civilization thrived from Greece gave us many things Olympic theater‚ advancements in science‚ art‚ great works of literature‚ amazing architecture‚ mathematics‚ and our first democratic government. Greece is known as The birthplace of civilization. A city-state is A sovereign state consisting of an independent city and its surrounding
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Gender Roles in Ancient Greece and Egypt Centuries of cultural and social evolution has afforded us the liberty to pride ourselves on being keen about who we are‚ what we want‚ and what we are willing to do to get it. It stands to reason that this evolution would be accompanied by opportunities and freedoms (generally speaking) enjoyed today which lend support to the varied expressions of self determined roles that often supersede fading gender prejudices. The trouble with freedom and opportunity
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Chapter 7‚ ‘The Art of Ancient Greece’‚ so far‚ has been the most enjoyable chapter to read about. When I was younger I read a series of books that combined Greek mythology and the modern day‚ needless to say‚ it was my favorite series for a long time. I have grown to love Greek culture and plan to visit Greece one day. Ancient Greece has been known for many things‚ such as the great philosophers Aristotle‚ Socrates‚ and Plato‚ and for their great military prowess. Thanks to history class‚ we know
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the end of the 4th centuries‚ the gallery of early European art / ancient Greece & Rome art from the museum‚ the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Center for the Visual Arts‚ have included and introduced several red and black figure vases from Greek. The one that appeals to me from a multitude of art pieces is the “Neck Amphora‚ 575-550 BCE‚ Black-figure terra cotta”‚ which was the vase created by the Castellani Painter in Greece‚ Archaic period. The vase not only shows the how great the technique that Greek
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it is argued to have begun around 1000 BCE)‚ during this time they invented many technologies and refined old technologies. These things are what caused the ancient Greek culture to be such a powerful influence on western society today. Ancient Greece was known for its philosophers and mathematicians. The Greeks were very interested in science as a way of organizing the world and making order out of chaos‚ and having power over some very powerful things like oceans and weather. By the 400’s BC
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were Greece‚ as it was considered one of the first democracies‚ and the Roman Republic which lasted several hundred years. Because each sovereignty ruled differently‚ they had different advancements in the areas of democracy especially in the people’s role in the government‚ the method of voting and fairness of law. Democracy is a type of government that is meant to give power to the people and give them control over their government and allow their voice to be heard. The democracy in Greece was
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Colonization in Archaic Greece Robin Osborne’s paper Early Greek Colonization? attempts to examine the questions and circumstances surrounding colonization in archaic Greece‚ starting with the connotation surrounding the word colony. Osborne contends that using colony implies “strong ‘statist’ overtones”‚ proposing that the term suggests that all such settlements were in fact state sponsored ventures to advance political and cultural control. He goes further to emphasize that Greek terms such as
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In Greece‚ as societies gradually became more focused on military prowess‚ women’s social (and political) status began to decline (Cantarella 23). Eventually‚ women had no rights and were supposed to devote themselves to childbearing (Cantarella 38-39). The practice arose for men with the means to confine the women of their family within the house (Cantarella 46). Only the poorest women would be seen outside the home (Cantarella 46). Though generalizations can be made‚ the roles of women in ancient
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and Other Reflections on the Classics. 1st ed. New York: W. W. Norton & Company‚ 1993. Spurling‚ Hilary. “Matisse and His Models.” Smithsonian October 2005: 72-80. Wood‚ Michael‚ Bruce Cole‚ and Adelheid Gealt. Art of the Western World: From Ancient Greece to Post-Modernism. 1st ed. New York: Summit Books‚ 1989.
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The sophists were a group of traveling teachers and philosophers in ancient Greece. They had a very different mind set than most of Athens. They argued that the human mind simply can not understand the universe‚ it was beyond our reach. True wisdom was being able to pursue and percieve ones own good. Sophists believed it was more important for individuals to improve and work on themselves. For them‚ there was so absolute right or wrong. They’re goal was to learn how to argue effectively‚ not to promote
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