for building the Great Pyramid at Giza‚ but not much is known about Khufu himself. The only surviving depiction of Khufu is a small figurine that was found at Abydos. Herodotus‚ an ancient Greek historian described Khufu as “cruel and impious” (Hawass‚ “Khufu”). The construction of Khufu’s Great Pyramid complex may support Herodotus’ characterization due to Khufu’s apparent ability to control the immense quantity of materials and human labor resources that were needed to construct the tomb. Khufu
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Sudan‚ and Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea‚ with a total distance of 5584 km. From its remotest headstream in Burundi‚ the river is 6671 km long. The river basin covers an area of more than 3‚349‚000 sq km. Not only is the Nile considered a wonder by Herodotus‚ but by people all over the world‚ due to its impotance to the growth of a civilization.<br><br>The first great African civilization developed in the northern Nile Valley in about 5000 BC. Dependent on agriculture‚ this state‚ called Egypt‚ relied
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Perseus (Greek: Περσεύς)‚ the legendary founder of Mycenae and of the Perseid dynasty of Danaans there‚ was the first of the heroes of Greek mythology whose exploits in defeating various archaic monsters provided the founding myths of the Twelve Olympians. Perseus was the Greek hero who killed the Gorgon Medusa‚ and claimed Andromeda‚ having rescued her from a sea monster sent by Poseidon in retribution for Queen Cassiopeia declaring that her daughter‚ Andromeda‚ was more beautiful than the Nereids
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The origins of coinage Lydia and the earliest coins According to the Greek historian Herodotus‚ writing in the fifth century BC‚ the Lydians were the first people to have used gold and silver coinage. He was almost correct. The earliest coins are found mainly in the parts of modern Turkey that formed the ancient kingdom of Lydia‚ but are made from a naturally occurring mixture of gold and silver called electrum. These coins were first produced in the seventh century BC and had a design on one
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they marry later and do so under more favorable economic conditions (Glick 1984; Houseknecht and Spanier 1980). Education is negatively associated with widowhood‚ too‚ since men and women choose partners with similar levels of education (Kalmijn 1991; Qian and Preston 1993)‚ and well-educated people live longer than those with lower levels of education (Rogot‚ Sorlie‚ and Johnson 1992). Although education is negatively asso- ciated with marital dissolution‚ either through divorce or widowhood‚ it is
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This scroll entitled ‘Court Ladies Preparing Newly Woven Silk’ is a Chinese realist masterpiece painted by the Emperor Huizong (1082-1135) in the Song Dynasty. This painting‚ which now resides in the Museum of Fine Arts‚ Boston‚ interestingly is a careful copy of the original painting by a professional Tang court painter‚ Zhang Xuan (AD 713-755). At the time of the Song dynasty‚ the courtly painting style during the Song Dynasty was characterised by a focus on technical skills and realistic expression
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CLASSICS 101: GREEK MYTHOLOGY Spring 2013‚ CSULB J. Mark Sugars‚ Ph.D. Sec. 06 Course #1364 TuTh 1230-1345 My office: MHB - 611 DESN – 112 j.marksugars@csulb.edu Mailbox (Dept. of Comp. World Lit. & Classics): MHB-517 Course Objectives: Greek myths have inspired and influenced literature‚ music‚ and the rest of the arts‚ especially in the
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(including Phaedrus‚ who adapted the fables into Latin)‚ say that he was born in Phrygia.[3] The 3rd-century poet Callimachus called him "Aesop of Sardis‚"[4] and the later writer Maximus of Tyre called him "the sage of Lydia."[5] From Aristotle[6] and Herodotus[7] we learn that Aesop was a slave in Samos and that his masters were first a man named Xanthus and then a man named Iadmon; that he must eventually have been freed‚ because he argued as an advocate for a wealthy Samian; and that he met his end in
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HIEU 101 Final Exam Review Sheet Identifications Ionian Revolt Themistocles Pericles Cimon Peloponnesian League Herodotus Thucydides Ephialtes Sophists Satrap Areopagus The Council of the 500 Pisistratus Agoge Stasis Peloponnesian League Aristagoras The Sixth-Parters The Definition of the Word Tyrant The Peace of Callias The Battle of Marathon Megarian Decree Boards of Ten Parthenon Aristophanes Essays 1. The great Persian invasion under Xerxes was a crucial
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the Sophist and master of Music Damon‚ and the philosopher Anaxagoras as well as Zenon of Elea. Pericles was a very patriotic man as well as dignified and upright‚ that was why he got so much recognition. Pericles was also friends with Sophocles‚ Herodotus‚ Phidias‚ Socrates and Protagoras‚ that being another reason on how he came to be known. Not only was Pericles a popular social light‚ he was also considered an inspirational and powerful speaker
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