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    It is said that life consists of black and white with grades of grey in between and without their difference we could have fed up with the only grey and more thought without there similarities we couldn’t see these varieties of grey. So when we talk about architecture our eye can’t get off differences and similarities between things so when we are dealing with great buildings like the Parthenon and the pantheon we must have a fast look on differences and similarities between Greek and Roman architecture

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    Roman Greece

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    Roman Greece is the period of Greek history (of Greece proper; as opposed to the other centers of Hellenism in the Roman world) following the Roman victory over the Corinthians at the Battle of Corinth in 146 BC until the reestablishment of the city of Byzantium and the naming of the city by the Emperor Constantine as the capital of the Roman Empire (as Nova Roma‚ laterConstantinople) in 330 AD. The Greek peninsula came under Roman rule in 146 BC‚ Macedonia being a Roman province‚ while southern

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    first line of the poem‚ “my gentle father” shows a sign of acceptance and admiration of his father‚ Skrzynecki’s overall statement shows resentment‚ dissatisfaction and alienation‚ “Watched me pegging my tents further and further south of Hadrians Wall”‚ Hadrians Wall used as a symbol comparing the differences of his culture and heritage with his father. Likewise the poem ’Migrant hostel’ was written in Parkes‚ 1949-51‚ which happened to be during the time of ‘White Australia’ policy. The fact Skrzynecki

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    Summary Council of Nicaea

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    Council First Session (September 24‚ 787) — Three bishops‚ Basilius of Ancyra‚ Theodore of Myra‚ and Theodosius of Amorium begged for pardon for the heresy of iconoclasm. Second Session (September 26‚ 787) — Papal legates read the letters of Pope Hadrian I asking for agreement with veneration of images‚ to which question the bishops of the council answered: "We follow‚ we receive‚ we admit". Third Session (September 28‚ 787) — Other bishops having made their abjuration‚ were received into the council

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    Marcus Aurelius

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    ALPER TUNGA YURDAKUL 20901344 MARCUS AURELİUS Aurelius is one of the most remembered of the Roman emperors because of his Meditations (c. 169–c. 180)‚ a classic work of Stoic philosophy consisting of a collection of his private notes gathered posthumously under one title. As the last of the five “good emperors‚” as head of the Roman Empire from 161 to 180‚ and because he was revered for centuries after as the perfect emperor‚ Aurelius continues to be of great interest

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    Q1. The First‚ Second‚ Third Punic Wars. (Answer all parts) Discuss the clash between the Romans and the Carthaginians. a. The Punic Wars are considered one of the most important Wars in the entire history of Western Civilization. Why? b. Then I need you to present a War Package. Include: o Causation‚ winners‚ losers? o Why did Rome win and what did it win? o What was the basic cause(s) for the whole war package‚ do YOU think? I need the OVERALL REASON (S) c. In what ways did Rome

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    parthenon vs. pantheon

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    is made out of granite‚ marble‚ concrete‚ and brick. The Pantheon was originally built by Marcus Agrippa in 27 BC as a temple to all the gods of ancient Rome‚ but was destroyed because of poor building skills. It was later rebuilt by the emperor Hadrian and made a Christian church in 126 AD. Today‚ the temple is used as a Roman Catholic Church‚ which was established during the Italian Renaissance. This temple epitomizes the grandeur of the Romans and the strong influence they had from the Greeks

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    Neolithic Period

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    Neolithic period or the New Stone Age is the period when humans started to domesticate animals and plants to settle in fixed dwellings. As food supply becomes assured‚ many groups started to shift from hunting to farming. Previously wandering hunters settled down to organize community living in villages and cultivated fields (Violatti). The Temple of Olympian Zeus and Stonehenge both represent this revolutionary period of the Neolithic period. Each of the structures represents the revolutionary innovations

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    First early architects learned a lot of planning skills and how to measure and use different tools. Nevertheless‚ architects came from all walks of life‚ from freedmen all the way up to the Emperor Hadrian‚ and they were responsible for all aspects of building on a project. Romans were typically focused on the forum (a large open plaza surrounded by important buildings)‚ which was the civic‚ religious‚ and economic heart of the city. Pompeii‚ Italy

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    Body Art

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    The practice of body adornment has roots reaching back at least 30‚000 years. Evidence at archaelogical sites in Africa has uncovered forms of body modification‚ including flesh permanently marked either by a knife or tattoo needle and elongated earlobes and necks. These and many other practices have fascinated the Western world for years; the body decorations are seen as exotic distortions which served numerous purposes in various cultures. Cultures cite different reasons for body adornment and

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