Simon Wahba 12/12/12 Miss Weinstein Period 7 Democracy DBQ In the world many societies are switching to democracies from the demand from the people in that area. One of the first democracies ever was in Athens‚ Greece. Even though they were the first democracy ever assembled‚ questions arose as to how democratic they really were. Opinions vary‚ but although Athens became more democratic over time‚ because of a series of reforms‚ it still was still more un-democratic then
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Portrait of a Priestess By: Joan Breton Connelly The historical figure referred to as the “Oracle of Delphi‚” in ancient writings by Aeschylus‚ Aristotle‚ Diogenes‚ Euripides‚ Herodotus‚ Plato‚ Plutarch‚ and Sophocles‚ was the “Pythia‚” or “Priestess” of the temple of Apollo at Delphi; located in a cave on mount Parnassus‚ beneath the caspian Spring. The Pythia was a respectable position for a women among the ancient greeks. Several women were selected to succeed the position of Pythia over the
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Explain the origins and key ideas behind Absolutist and Relativist ethics. The Absolutist theory is that certain actions are right or wrong from an objective point of view; it doesn’t change according to culture. People are considered to have rational and self-determination – it means they are capable of making choices and acting upon them. So‚ someone who looks at something from a absolutist point of view doesn’t look at the result or the consequence of an action but the action itself‚ (they disregard
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this way: use present tense when dealing with text‚ past tense when dealing with historical context. For example: “In this passage‚ Thucydides argues that history is not simply the stories people tell. His approach contrasted sharply with that of Herodotus‚ who in his account of the Persian Wars mainly collected and retold stories already in circulation.” 2) Avoid unnecessary capitalization. High-flying concepts‚ such as State‚ Religion‚ or Monarchy‚ need not – should not! – be capitalized. They
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1. Summarize advances over time in determining the age of the Earth‚ including the importance of the discovery or radioactivity. Herodotus counted layers of earth near the Nile River in 450 B.C.E. The Bible was used in the Middle Ages to compute the age of the Earth. The 18th and 19th centuries brought a more scientific look into determining the age of the Earth by studying the salinities of the oceans‚ the rates of sedimentation‚ and models of cooling of different materials in order to calculate
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found in pharmacological cults around the world. Hemp seeds discovered by archaeologists at Pazryk suggest early ceremonial practices like eating by the Scythians occurred during the 5th to 2nd century BCE‚ confirming previous historical reports by Herodotus. One writer has claimed that cannabis was used as a religious sacrament by ancient Jews and early Christians due to the similarity between the Hebrew word "qannabbos" ("cannabis") and the Hebrew phrase "aromatic cane". It was used by Muslims in various
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The History of the Greeks: Hellenic and Hellenistic The Hellenic Age and the Hellenistic Age are the two main periods in Greek history. The Hellenic Age is significantly different from the Hellenistic Age. The Hellenic period saw the rising and falling of the polis while Hellenistic period was plagued by warfare among the remaining dynasties. Despite the differences between the Hellenic and Hellenistic periods‚ the one thing that remained consistent in both periods was the Greeks’ ability to not
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A young Canadian nurse‚ a Sikh bomb disposal expert‚ a thief turned spy‚ and a man burnt beyond recognition‚ meet in the last moments of the Second World War. The identity of the patient is the heart of the story as he tells his memories of a doomed love affair in the North African desert. Love and passion are set against the devastation of war in this inspired novel by Canadian writer Michael Ondaatje. It is a novel of revelation‚ and just as the identity of the English patient is slowly revealed
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Khufu was the second king of the 4th Dynasty of the Old Kingdom of Egypt. We know very little about him‚ even though he built the most famous tomb in the ancient world‚ "The Great Pyramid"‚ one of the seven wonders of the world. He ruled for 23 years after the reign of his father Snefru. His real name was Khnum-Khufwy‚ which means "the god Khnum protects me"‚ and Khufu was his nickname. Khufu planned that his son Kawab would be his heir. Kawab was a scribe and he wanted to be like his grandfather
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As seen from the Earth‚ a solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth‚ and the Moon fully or partially blocks the Sun. This can happen only at new moon‚ when the Sun and the Moon are in conjunction as seen from Earth. In a total eclipse‚ the disk of the Sun is fully obscured by the Moon. In partial and annular eclipses only part of the Sun is obscured.If the Moon were in a circular orbit close enough to the Earth and in the same orbital plane‚ there would be total solar eclipses
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