Ancient Roman holidays & Festivals by emily deal Ancient roman calendars were a little different than ours for‚ example their weeks were eight days long. The eight days didn’t even have names‚ they were just letters. A‚B‚C‚D‚E‚F‚G‚H. On the eighth day of the week‚ H‚ a regular school holiday‚ kind of like our weekends. It was called Market Day‚ the meant for washing your whole body and going to market to get the food
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Genghis Khan: Destined to be a Hero Arriving in this world with a blood clot in the palm of his hand ‚ Genghis Khan was destined to be a hero. In 1167‚ Genghis Khan was born to Yisugei‚ Chieftain of the Kiyat-Borjigid‚ and his wife Ho’elun. He was named Temujin (which means blacksmith) after a Tatar Chieftain his father had just captured. As a young boy‚ Temujin experienced many hardships after his father was poisoned by a group of Tartars. This loss of their leader caused the Kiyat tribe to
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the army from Trajan‚ the great conqueror. There were 30 legions with 6‚000 men each. Apart from the great numbers‚ the Roman legionaries and auxiliaries were well equipped and trained. The Roman army had experienced wars with rival kings such as Hannibal and Mithradates. The Romans also had the Germans and Celts to the north of their borders in Germany‚ Scotland and the Middle East. The Qin also had a large‚ efficient army and capable generals. The army used the most advanced weaponry of his time
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Socio-cultural- Ch. 4 Abnormal- Ch. 5 Health Psychology- Ch. 7 III. THINGS YOU WILL NEED TO BRING: 1. textbook‚ entitled‚ Psychology Developed Specifically For The IB Diploma. 2. supplement‚ entitled‚ Psychology‚ Course Companion‚ by John Crane & Jette Hannibal. 3. Ink pen‚ notebook paper‚ 3 X 5 note cards 4. box of tissues. IV. COURSE PROCEDURE: 1. Homework- it is essential that reading assignments be completed. Outlines are not mandatory but may be crucial at exam time. . 2. Tests will consist
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After this defeat Pompey fled to Egypt‚ under the rule of the Ptolemy family‚ in a last ditch attempt to rebuild his forces. Unfortunately for Pompey‚ the king of Egypt‚ Ptolemy XII‚ thought it would be an easy way to gain Caesar’s favor by beheading Pompey and giving the head to Caesar when he arrived. Caesar‚ who arrived to find his son-in-law’s head in a basket‚ was not amused with Ptolemy’s decision to kill a distinguished Roman general and statesman and ended Ptolemy’s control over his own kingdom
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Roman women lived in a world with strict gender roles. Men were placed above women. Men were active in public life and free to come and go as they willed‚ women’s lives were controlled by the men in their life. Most women were assigned the role of a homemaker‚ where they were supposed to be good wives and mothers‚ but nothing else. Women in ancient Rome were viewed as possessions of the men who they lived with. They were handed from their father to their new husband at the time of their marriage
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Jasmine Sydnor Seaborn History 101 21 June 2013 Alexander the Great Alexander III the Great was a King and a conqueror of the Persian Empire. He was known as one of the greatest military prodigies of all time. He inspired many‚ such as Hannibal the Carthaginian‚ the Romans Pompey‚ and Napoleon. He was born around July 20‚ 356 B.C. in Pella‚ which is the prehistoric capital of Macedonia. Alexander was the son of Phillip II‚ King of Macedonia‚ and of his fourth wife Olympias‚ an Epirote princess
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‘vulgatior fama’ or the common story. One of the major things Livy was concerned about was the lack of mortality within Rome and how it seemed to be almost extinct. In the introduction entitled Livy’s History of Rome: “Legends of Early Rome” and “Hannibal and the 2nd Punic War‚” he writes mores‚ gravitas‚ fides‚ and virtus are rapidly losing popularity in Rome and how he believes that people of Rome should continue these Roman traditions. Livy makes the distinction between the historical fact and
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Mr. Mark Twain‚ an interesting man‚ and author‚ whom I believe‚ was definitely in the first group of people. Mr. Twain‚ whose original name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens‚ was born on November‚ 30 1835; in Florida‚ Missouri. As a child‚ he moved to Hannibal‚ Missouri; a town on the bank of the Mississippi river. When he was young‚ Twain lived in a time when slavery was still legal‚ we see influence of this in many of his novels. Another primary influence in Twain’s novels were his ambition as a boy
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The Slavery Debate The British colonies in North America depended on slavery. They depended on it to increase their crop yields‚ to improve their economies‚ and most importantly‚ to make life easier for themselves. There were many events that contributed to the institution of slavery‚ including Key slave codes‚ Bacon’s rebellion‚ and the Transatlantic slave trade. Although historical events did in fact influence the institution of slavery‚ it is also true that slavery influenced the development
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