Prostitution is known to be “the world’s oldest profession”. According to the New American Bible‚ prostitutes existed even in Jesus’ time. In fact‚ Mary Magdalene and Rahab were prostitutes from the Old Testament. Aside from that‚ ancient sources from Herodotus say that the Sumerians used to practice “sacred prostitution”. During the Middle Ages‚ prostitution was tolerated even by the Roman Catholic Church with hopes that it would help reduce crime rates. (McCall‚ 1979) There is no doubt that prostitution
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his army at Thermopylae; this was a tactic which would funnel the Persian army towards his own force through a narrow pass. For a few days this tactic withstood the Persian army‚ Leonidas plan worked well. But Ephialates a local Greek is blamed by Herodotus as showing Xerxes a way over the mountains which allowed the Persians to surround Leonidas and his army. Leonidas sent all his allies except the 300 men and some
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of running‚ Leonidas fights his famous last stand‚ alongside his men‚ and dies a glorious death. This act of valor has made the military mindset of “Glory before Death” present in many modern day military forces. Excerpts from the Histories by Herodotus (Primary Source) 201. King Xerxes pitched his camp in the region of Malis called Trachinia‚ while on their side the Greeks occupied the straits. These straits the Greeks in general call Thermopylae (the Hot Gates); but the natives‚ and those who
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For example; even if a space between the words was not correct then the scribe would have to start all over. There are also 5686 Greek manuscripts of the New Testament while there are only 643 manuscripts for Homer‚ 8 for Herodotus‚ and 7 for Plato. Other than having more copies and manuscripts‚ all 333 prophecies about Jesus in the Old Testament are fulfilled in the New Testament by Jesus. For example Zechariah 11:12-13 prophesizes: “12 I told them‚ “If you think it best‚
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Understanding the Movement of Earth Continental drift is the idea that continents move freely over Earth’s surface‚ changing their positions relative to one another over time. This hypothesis has been around for more than 130 years. It’s amazing to know that once ago these continents on Earth were once joined together and have split and moved apart from one another. In 1596‚ Abraham Ortelius hypothesized that continents “drift”‚ but later a German meteorologist named‚ Alfred Wegener‚ fully developed
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following manner. The underpinnings of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is to create a framework by which everyone receives the opportunity to obtain quality and affordable health care‚ and that no person should suffer financial devastation due to illness (Simas‚ 2013). To clarify‚ the lawmakers and supporters of the ACA sought reformation with noble intent for the benefit of the masses‚ excluding themselves‚ from the position described above‚ and through the lenses of average citizens who are not similarly
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Oresteia Choeporoi Eumenides Persai (The Persians) – is a song of triumph for the defeat of the Persians Prometheus Bound – a retelling of the legend of the Titan Prometheus The Greek Gods and Goddesses 2 of the most excellent Historians Herodotus (father of history) Thucydides ( the better historian) 3 names tower above the Greek Philosophers Socrates Plato Aristotle Other Prominent Writers Hippocrates (Father of Medicine) Aristophanes (playwright who wrote comedies)
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fragment 1.1-14 Apollo is reticent to leave the Hyperboreans’ and stays an entire year before bringing laws to the Delphians. Here law and civilised life is suspended temporarily while the god Apollo marvels at the natural world of the Hyperboreans. Herodotus also attributes golden race traits to them noting that they have never migrated‚ so it is implied that they know no seafaring and thus warfare. Diodorus Siculus presents an ethnocentric view of the Hyperboreans as he accounts for the size of their
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Herculean myth resembles Jesus in many areas. The mortal and chaste Alcmene‚ the mother of Hercules‚ gave birth to him from a union with God (Zeus). Similar to Herod who wanted to kill Jesus‚ Hera wanted to kill Hercules. Like Jesus‚ Hercules traveled the earth as a mortal helping mankind and performed miraculous deeds. Similar to Jesus who died and rose to heaven‚ Hercules died‚ rose to Mt. Olympus and became a god. Hercules gives example of perhaps the most popular hero in Ancient Greece and Rome
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his hometown of Pei County. He was also granted the title of "King of Han" by Hegemon-King of Western Chu Xiang Yu‚ when Xiang split the former Qin Empire into the Eighteen Kingdoms‚ and he was known by this title before becoming Emperor of China. (SiMa‚ 1961) Background Liu was born in a humble farming household somewhere in Pei County at Zhongyang‚ Fengyi ( Feng County‚ Jiangsu Province nowadays) . His extraordinary birth is depicted as a destined miracle‚ here is the story: before Liu Bang
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