HELEN OF TROY In Greek mythology‚ Helen of Troy was the most beautiful woman in the world. A daughter of the god Zeus*‚ she is best known for the part she played in causing the Trojan War*‚ a story told by Homer in the Iliad] and the Odyssey]. Some scholars suggest that Helen was also a very ancient goddess associated with trees and birds. Birth and Early Life. Some myths say that Helen’s mother was Leda‚ the wife of King Tyndareus of Sparta*. Others name Nemesis‚ the goddess of revenge‚ as her
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actions and what consequences they might have. On the other hand‚ Aristotle argues that history is singular. He goes on to say‚ “The distinction between historian and poet is not in the one writing prose and the other verse–you might put the work of Herodotus into verse‚ and it would still be a species of
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How Spartan boys became Spartan warriors Imagine being taken away from your family and your home when you were just seven years old. The Spartans may have built one of the finest militaries of the ancient world‚ but their culture was so harsh that the word “Spartan” has become synonymous with an austere way of life. Spartan society was carefully constructed around a strict moral code and sense of duty‚ and its people underwent extreme hardships and deprivation on their way to becoming accepted
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Western World I Test One Answer the following as TRUE or FALSE 1. Harshepsut was Egypt’s most famous indigenous woman Pharaoh. True 2. Maat stood for truth and righteousness and balance. True 3. Osiris and Thanatos were both gods of death in their cultures. False 4. Apsu was the god of salt water. False 5. Tiamat was destroyed by Anu. False 6. Humankind was created with clay and the blood of Kingu. True 7. Holofernes was an Aakaadian general. False 8. Hathor’s symbol was a cow
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they do not support the "disinterested investigation" required of the discipline of history. Herodotus‚ a 5th-century BC Greek historian is considered within the Western tradition to be the "father of history"‚ and‚ along with his contemporary Thucydides‚ helped form the foundations for the modern study of human history. Their work continues to be read today and the divide between the culture-focused Herodotus and the military-focused Thucydides remains a point of contention or approach in modern historical
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The history of joining metals goes back several millennia‚ called forge welding‚ with the earliest examples of welding from the Bronze Age and the Iron Age in Europe and the Middle East. The ancient Greek historian Herodotus states in The Histories of the 5th century BC that Glaucus of Chios "was the man who single-handedly invented iron-welding."[1] Welding was used in the construction of the iron pillar in Delhi‚ India‚ erected about 310 AD and weighing 5.4 metric tons.[2] The Middle Ages brought
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Human experiences are organized in a particular way when it comes to games and play. This is a starting point that underlines the particularity of play experiences and is closely related to a concept first introduced in Johan Huizinga´s work Homo Ludens; a study of the play-element in culture (1938/1955) known as the “magic circle”‚ which was later stablished as the key concept to address the boundaries that separate games from the “ordinary life.” As Huizinga states‚ “All play moves and has its
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Kim‚ by Rudyard Kipling‚ and The English Patient‚ by Michael Ondaatje‚ were created almost a century apart by authors with different cultural backgrounds‚ yet they are each dependent on the converging stories of Western and Eastern characters‚ whose worlds and cultures have become intertwined by personal choice or inclination as well as by political and historical forces beyond their control. Ondaatje weaves culturally diverse voices and stories together in the microcosm of a deserted Italian villa
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nor from anyone else. I was curious to learn why the Nile is flooding for a hundred days from the summer solstice; and when this time is passed‚ sinks again‚ and the river is low during the whole winter until the summer solstice again. -Herodotus‚ Histories 2‚19 Above‚ is a quote from a man recovered from an article of writing back in the ancient Egyptian times. Irrigation is a form of re-routing water‚ to parts of land that the water is needed‚ in farming terms. For Example‚ there are
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Oxygen – Carbon dioxide Cycle The Carbon Dioxide- Oxygen Cycle relates to the relationship between Carbon Dioxide [CO2] breathing plants and Oxygen [O2] breathing life forms. All oxygen-breathing life forms take in Oxygen and exhale CO2. Plants take in the CO2 and use it in their photosynthesis process and in turn give off oxygen. The Carbon Dioxide-Oxygen Cycle is a continuously occurring process whereby animals inhale Oxygen and then exhale carbon dioxide‚ and plants use the CO2 and "exhale"
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