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    Cats in Ancient Egypt

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    Bast as the goddess of pregnant women‚ fertility‚ home‚ the moon‚ and fire. Herodotus talked about a peculiarity occurring when a fire started around cats‚ mentioning the cats bounding over men headfirst into the roaring flames‚ which left the men in deep mourning. The goddess Bast represented a protective goddess because of a cat’s ability to kill vermin that spread disease and watch out for their crops. Herodotus also recounted a story about a just kittened mother. The female cat no longer

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    and they unknowingly changed the world. There were so many great ancient Greek writers that wrote great literary works. Some of the writers were Sappho‚ Herodotus‚ Homer‚ and Aesop. Sappho was a gifted lyric poet that used few words‚ and wrote about feelings and emotions. Statues were built in her honor because she was such a great poet. Herodotus wrote about real world and people. One of his works was called “As Much as you can carry”‚ that was a story about the king of Lydia Croesus. He quoted that

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    CRAETIVE JOURNAL Qian jieqi 12780468 Lecturer:Pauline Ong Lecture:BU2005 Entrepreneurship Campus:James Cook Australia Institute of Higher Learning Semester:SP52 Date handed in:18/09/2013 Journal 1 Brief The mind and actions of the entrepreneurship has provided an overview of the characteristics that influence the entrepreneur and shape their behaviour. The factors influencing entrepreneurship are found both internally and externally to the individual

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    Our Debt to Themistocles

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    We know nothing of his early life. Themistocles (thuh MISS tuh kleez) was born between 510 and 520 BC and stepped onto the world stage in 490 BC. At that time‚ the lives of the Greeks were entwined with the imperial ambitions of the Persians‚ the greatest military power in the world‚ who had just retreated to Persia from their loss by outnumbered Athenians at the Battle of Marathon. All serious statesmen and military leaders fully expected the Persians to return. In 482‚ Themistocles challenged Aristides

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    Homer and Correct Answer

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    1. This is the Greek word for "city‚" used to designate the independent city-states of ancient Greece. A) polis B) aulos C) ethos D) hubris Points Earned: 4.0/4.0 Correct Answer(s):A 2. This is a type of standing male statue‚ always shown nude. A) kouros B) paean C) kythara D) kore Points Earned: 4.0/4.0 Correct Answer(s):A 3. One of the Greek orders of architecture‚ elaborate and graceful in style‚ it features columns that have capitals decorated with volutes. A) Ionic

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    Irrefutably‚ while the Great Sphinx and Pyramids of Gaza in Egypt transpires as its greatest known attraction today‚ in ancient Egypt‚ Karnak/Thebes exists as “the Most Select of Places‚” and the chief location of worship of the god Amun/Amon. The earliest priests believed that all other gods derived from the god of Thebes‚ Amon; whose head and skin existed as that of a ram or goat. Although‚ the ram/goat existed as a ubiquitous creature‚ being widespread and in all places; still‚ in the area of

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    Real Sparta VS Movie 300

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    Political System. N.p.‚ 11 May 2009. Web. 10 Jan. 2014. "Battle of Thermopylae." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation‚ 01 Nov. 2014. Web. 11 Jan. 2014. "Sparta." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation‚ 31 Dec. 2013. Web. 12 Jan. 2014. "Herodotus‚ The Histories A. D. Godley‚ Ed." Herodotus‚ The Histories‚Book 8‚ Chapter 25‚ Section 0. Trans. A. D. Godley. Annenberg CPB‚ n.d. Web. 13 Jan. 2014.

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    The Persian Empire

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    Interaction. Evanston: McDougal Littell‚ 2007. Print *"British Museum - Cyrus Cylinder - translation." British Museum - Welcome to the British Museum "British Museum - Cyrus Cylinder." British Museum - Welcome to the British Museum. Web. Dec. 2009. . *Herodotus Karam‚ P. Andrew. "The Royal Road of Persia." Science and Its Times. Ed. Neil Schlager and Josh Lauer. Vol. 1: 2‚000 B.C. to A.D. 699. Detroit: Gale‚ 2001. 371-373. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Gale. Vernon Hills High School. 11 Dec. 2009 . "Lydia

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    Who Built the Pyramids

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    theories revolving around the construction of Egypt’s pyramids: two of which are that the Hebrews under the control of the pharaoh Khufu built the pyramids or that the pyramids were built by extra-terrestrial forces. The famous Greek historian Herodotus traveled to Egypt around 430 B.C. In Egypt‚ he visited the pyramids and came to the conclusion that the pyramids were built by demoralized Hebrew slaves working under the command of the immoral pharaoh named Khufu. Throughout the years and until

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    future? It’s always important to look back at history and determine the mistakes that were made in hopes that we don’t repeat them. Herodotus ("the father of history") once wrote that “cassia‚ a form of cinnamon‚ could only be obtained by wearing a full-body suit that protected the wearer from winged creatures like bats‚ which screech horribly and are very fierce" (Herodotus’ Histories Book 7 ). He also wrote that no one knew where the cinnamon actually grew‚ but that the sticks were "brought to Arabia

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