References: Cantarella‚ Eva‚ & Lefkowitz‚ M. R. (1987). The Role and Status of Women in Greek and Roman Antiquity. New York: Johns Hopkins University Press. Dewald‚ C. (1981). Women and Culture in Herodotus. In H. Foley (Ed.)‚ In Reflections on Women in Antiquity (pp. 91-125). New York: Unknown. Finnegan‚ R. (1995). Women Pioneers and the Male Image Seduction. The Professional Careers‚ ‚ . Retrieved November 20‚ 2002‚ www.ucd.ie/~classics/Finnegan95
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Civilization is a complex way of life that came about as people began to develop urban settlements. The earliest civilizations developed after 3000 BCE‚ when the rise of agriculture allowed people to have surplus food and economic stability. Agricultural populations advanced beyond village life‚ and many people no longer had to practice farming at all. Civilizations first appeared in Mesopotamia‚ in what is now Iraq‚ then in Egypt. Civilizations thrived in the Indus Valley by 2500 BCE‚ in China
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The Early Historic Period was a period of change. It began in the 6th century BCE‚ a time often considered to be a turning point in early Indian history. This is so‚ because‚ for the very first time in Ancient India‚ we witness the emergence of several known political entities known as the mahajanapadas. The mahajanapadas were kingdom states that covered greater parts of Northern India and through them‚ social‚ political and cultural complexities began to tangibly take shape. The period under question
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was created by the Phoenicians 23. Egyptian is not of Indo-European origin 24. THe original homeland of the Indo-European speakers was southern Russia 25. Horse-drwan chariots were first invented by the Hittites CH.3 1. THe Greek historian Herodotus used the phrase "the gift of the Nile" to describe Egypt 2. The earliest Egyptian and Nubian
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mainland Greece. Wine was thought to be later introduced by the gods rather than always being present. * 870 BCE – One of the most amazing feasts in history was given in Assyria‚ courtesy of King Ashurnasirpal II * 430 BCE – Greek historian Herodotus visited Mesopotamia and noted that the main export (to Babylon) was wine. * 323 BCE – Alexander the Great died from a mysterious illness that was thought to be contributed to by wine. * 146 BCE – The Italian Peninsula became the world’s
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How was Sparta governed? The Spartan Government Ancient Spartan government was a complex system of intertwined elements‚ which affected the power control. In many ways‚ ancient Sparta was a communist state‚ with the lack of luxuries‚ other Grecian states enjoyed and the strict control for equality but was complicated with the almost religious need for a democratic vote. Sparta had three levels of government; the Kings’‚ the Gerousia‚ the Ephors and the Ekklesia‚ each having their own requirements
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LETTERS TO THE YOUNG WOMEN OF MALOLOS On February 22‚ 1889‚ Rizal wrote the famous letter now known as “To the Young Women of Malolos” as per the request of Marcelo H. del Pilar. This famous letter was written by Rizal in Tagalog while he was residing in London. The story behind this letter is as follows: On December 12‚ 1888‚ a group of 20 young women from Malolos petitioned Governor-General Weyler for permission to open a “night school” so that they could study Spanish under Teodoro Sandiko
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discipline of history.[8][9] Events occurring prior to written record are considered prehistory. Herodotus‚ a 5th-century B.C. 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 Persian Wars: How the Greeks Won The Persian Wars were a series of conflicts fought between the Greek states and the Persian Empire from 500-449 BC. It started in 500 BC‚ when a few Greek city-states on the coast of Asia Minor‚ who were under the control of the Persian Empire‚ revolted against the despotic rule of the Persian king Darius. Athens and Eretria in Euboea gave aid to these Greek cities but not enough‚ and they were subdued by the Persians. The Persians became determined to conquer
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References: Bailey‚ R. Speaking American: A History of English in the United States. Oxford: Oxford University Press‚ 2011. Bakker‚ S. “The Noun Phrase in Ancient Greek: A Functional Analysis of the Order and Articulation of NP Constituents in Herodotus”. In Amsterdam Studies in Classical Philology Series‚ Vol. 15. New York: BRILL‚ 2009. Berg‚ T. Linguistic Structure and Change: an Explanation from Language Processing‚ 2nd edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press‚ 1998. Dirven‚ R. and Radden‚ G
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