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    1) Polis‚ "a city state in ancient Greece‚ especially as considered in its ideal form for philosophical purposes"‚ came prominence in the Aegean basin. This happened during the 9th century B.C.E‚ induced by the furthering of relationship and contact between the Greeks and Phoenicians. This formation of society came into eminence and notability‚ as the ancient Greek associations were in dire need of structure and stability. This lead to development of many 1‚000 different polis‚ with city states

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    Greece after the Peloponnesian War: • Nature and impact of the Spartan hegemony; role and significance of Lysander‚ Agesilaus - Sparta won the Peloponnesian War. The war had ruined many states economically and spiritually. A true leader was needed. Thucydides believed Sparta would unite Greece and lead through goodwill. However‚ during the war Sparta had medised and sold the Ionian states to the Persians. Sparta could hardly claim to be the ‘liberator of the Greeks’. - Sparta had however earned

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    PUNISHMENT: HISTORY Effectiveness // History // Moral aspect (1) Capital punishment is a legal infliction of the death penalty; in modern law‚ corporal punishment in its most severe form. The usual alternative to the death penalty is long-term or life imprisonment. The earliest historical records contain evidence of capital punishment. It was mentioned in the Code of Hammurabi. The Bible prescribed death as the penalty for more than 30 different crimes‚ ranging from murder to fornication

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    getting for everyone‚ which had “Uncle Mike’s Crazy European Road Trip 2013” on the front and picture of Greece and Italy as well as “ Carpe Diem #YOLO on the back‚ were a big hit. Security and boarding were uneventful. This was Jake’s first flight. We stayed relatively low the whole time—we never got too high to see cars. For mankind as a whole‚ flight was a gradual process‚ moving slowly from a distant possibility to a real possibility to a very rare and expensive and useless fascination to an everyday

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    History (from Greek ἱστορία - historia‚ meaning is about an umbrella term that relates to past events as well as the discovery‚ collection‚ organization‚ and presentation of information about these events. The term includes cosmic‚ geologic‚ and organic history‚ but is often generically implied to mean human history. Scholars who write about history are called historians. History as well as ancient geometrical applications of history can also refer to the academic discipline which uses a narrative

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    A BYTE OUT OF HISTORY Escape from Alcatraz06/08/07 | Aerial view of Alcatraz Island‚ January 1932. | In its heyday‚ it was the ultimate maximum security prison. Located on a lonely island in the middle of San Francisco Bay‚ Alcatraz—aka “The Rock”—had held captives since the Civil War. But it was in 1934‚ the highpoint of a major war on crime‚ that Alcatraz was re-fortified into the world’s most secure prison. Its eventual inmates included dangerous public enemies like Al Capone‚ criminals

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    Many of the strategies and of military. Athens‚ mostly in the Golden Age has too offer philosophy(Plato)‚ art in all of its forms(statues)‚ politics (rhetorics )‚ architecture (Acropolis)‚ science (math‚ physics‚ history). city-states in ancient Greece. the capital and largest city of Greece; named after Athena (its patron goddess); "in the 5th century BC ancient Athens was the world’s most powerful and civilized city Persian Wars- The Persian Empire was the dominant power. When the Greeks defeated

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    renowned for their mural paintings and their portrait sculptures.. The gods‚ goddesses or any other important religious figures of the respective religions of these civilizations were commonly the subjects of these artworks‚ along with rich people from higher classes and rulers. Both internal and trading through trading routes had a crucial importance in the economies of these civilizations. The main commodities of the Indians were agricultural products such as cotton‚ rice and wheat‚ while the Chinese

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    In his study of ancient Greece‚ David Cohen highlights various differences in the way legal matters were handled in Athens as appose to how we handle legal matters today. One of the more obvious differences is the limit of individuals allowed to participate in the institution of law. During ancient Athens‚ “women‚ slaves‚ foreigners‚ and certain social outcasts were excluded” (Cohen‚ 195‚ p.64). Furthermore‚ there was no strict body of rules and procedures for Athenians to follow. There was no focus

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    With Ancient Greece came powerful leaders and discoveries that changed the world. A lot of things the world uses today was created by Ancient Greece‚ like The Olympic Games. They also invented the alarm clock‚ the water mill‚ and basis of geometry. Ancient Greece’s time period is the 6th century BC to C 600 AD. During that time they influenced the Roman Empire and modern Western Culture. The Ancient Greece period ended when Alexander the Great conquered it. Ancient Greece began in 2000 BCE and

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