ANCIENT HISTORY ASSESMENT: SPARTA By Jorge T What are the main features of Spartan government in the period to 500BC?: HOW SPARTAN CONSTITUTION/GOVERNMENT CAME TO BE: Throughout the Greek world at this time‚ a great period of expansion and colonization took place‚ chiefly due to land hunger. Sparta attacked neighboring Messenia and engaged in a series of wars‚ reducing the population to serfdom. The success in these wars enabled Sparta to double the agricultural resources. At some point
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The birth of the Greek goddess Athena was more than unusual‚ it was truly amazing! It was the headache to end all headaches! Zeus‚ the mighty king of the Olympian deities‚ regretted having swallowed his first wife‚ Metis. When Zeus had learned that she was pregnant‚ he feared that she was carrying the son that had been prophesied to supplant him on the throne. Though swallowing Metis had seemed a good idea at the time‚ it was now causing him great suffering which eventually proved to be totally
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The Persian Wars Eric D. Blanco Persia‚ known as Iran‚ was the largest empire the world had ever seen by the 5th century B.C.E. The name Iran derives from the word “Asyran‚” and during the first half of the first millennium‚ the Iranian-speaking people moved gradually into the area of the Zagros Mountains‚ the largest groups known as the Medes and Persians. According the author of The Greek and Persian Wars 499-386 BC by Philip de Souza‚ The Persians were part of a group of ancient
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“According to Herodotus‚ Leonidas was descended from Heracles. His father was King Anazandrias” (World History). If he was descended from Heracles‚ then they believed he was part god‚ and trusted him with the army. Leonidas became in power of the Spartan army after the
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The Role of the Spartazn Army Sparta‚ a city in Southern Greece‚ was a militarist state‚ whose territory included all Laconia and Messenia‚ and was the most powerful state in Peloponnesus. Having the army to conquer and then command such a vast range of land must be put down to the high skill and tactical minds of the army. If it were not for their formidable attacking and defensive capabilities‚ which they had trained for so many years to perfect‚ Sparta would not have been the power we know
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house of her choice. They served as priests‚ they initiated lawsuits and hired who they pleased. As much as one third of Ptolemaic Egypt may have been in the firm grasp of women. Cleopatra was a prankster‚ often making fun of the sarcastic words of Herodotus‚ a Greek author. She would publicly stand while urinating and say “the women of egypt urinate standing up‚ and the men sitting down!” Mimicking Herodotus’s words. Cleopatra descended from a long line of murders and faithfully upheld the family name
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Chapter 4—Eurasian Empires‚ 500 B.C.E.–500 C.E. The Big Picture: After the First Civilizations: What Changed and What Didn’t? Chapter Learning Objectives To consider the nature of imperial systems in the classical era To explore why empires developed in some regions but not in others To show the important similarities and differences between imperial systems and the reasons behind them To reflect on the significance that classical empires have for us today KEY TERMS Ahura Mazda: In Zoroastrianism
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The Persian Wars - 499 BC to 479 BC In the 5th century BC the vast Persian Empire attempted to conquer Greece. If the Persians had succeeded‚ they would have set up local tyrants‚ called satraps‚ to rule Greece and would have crushed the first stirrings of democracy in Europe. The survival of Greek culture and political ideals depended on the ability of the small‚ disunited Greek city-states to band together and defend themselves against Persia’s overwhelming strength. The struggle‚ known
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THE ENGLISH PATIENT Book Review The English Patient is a novel by Michael Ondaatje. Ondaatje was born in Sri Lanka in 1943‚ moved to England in 1954‚ and settled in Canada in 1970. He is a Canadian poet and novelist. Ondaatje’s work includes 13 books of poetry and 5 novels. Among them‚ The English Patient won him the Booker Prize. Though Michael Ondaatje is a really good poet‚ he does not have an extensive popularity among readers. Even after his novel The English
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Trent Bentz Pam McBroom Writing 54 30 October 2013 Marijuana History When it comes to using the drug for medical purposes‚ though‚ no one did it like the ancients. Around 2000 B.C.‚ the Egyptians used cannabis to treat sore eyes (Webley). A millennium later‚ doctors in India could be found mixing the weed with milk to use as an anesthetic (Webley). In 200 B.C.‚ the Greeks used marijuana to remedy earaches (Webley). Pot even enjoyed its freedom in America ’s early days stated in the article
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