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    Greece had very advanced civilisations that had good levels of sanitation and logical ideas about medicine and science. Because the Romans had good levels of sanitation they had better living conditions that meant they had better health; it took the western civilisations over 2000 years to associate human waste with illness. Their diet and concept of medicine also contributed to their good health as a civilisation. Religion was very important to the Romans‚ as they believed that the gods controlled

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    Tabitha Forms in Literature September 27‚ 2004 Period 11 All Quiet on the Western Front Essay A lost generation‚ emotional destruction‚ the reality of war‚ these are all ideas displayed in the novel All Quiet on the Western Front that prove the validity of the statement in the preface. These ideas and more expressed by the author‚ Erich Maria Remarque‚ present the reader with the war novel of a lifetime. A war novel that is different from any other because of these ideas

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    III. The Postclassical Period: Chapter 15- A New Civilization Emerges in Western Europe A. Chapter 15- A New Civilization Emerges in Western Europe 1. Postclassical period in Western Europe known as the Middle Ages a. Stretches between the fall of the Roman Empire and the fifteenth century 2. Civilization gradually spread beyond the Mediterranean 3. Christian missionaries converted Europeans from polytheistic faith 4. Medieval Europe participated in emerging international community 5. New

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    BOWLING HISTORY An early form of bowling may be over 7‚000 years old. Contents of an ancient Egyptian grave have provided archeologists with evidence of implements used for playing a game similar to bowling. Polynesians participated in an ancient game of bowling using elliptical balls and round‚ flat stone disks. The game was called Ula Maika. Bowling at pins started as a religious ceremony and developed into a sport. Characteristics of bowling may be found in an Italian game called "boccie" and

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    Ruslan Khamurzov World Civilizations 1 November 30‚ 2005 Post-Classical Europe‚ Muslim World and China. The period following the decline of great classical empires of Asia and Mediterranean is known as the post-classical period (500-1000 CE). This period is famous for the expansion of civilizations to new areas‚ spread of major world religions such as Islam and the decline of the Western world. While Europe was in a period of a decline‚ the Muslim world was on the rise and the Eastern world

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    History 101 Extra Credit Assignment 1. First Opium War 1839-42 The First Anglo-Chinese War known popularly as the First Opium War was fought between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Qing Dynasty of China‚ with the aim of securing economic benefits from trade in China. In 1842‚ the Treaty of Nanking the first of what the Chinese called the unequal treaties granted an indemnity to Britain‚ the opening of five treaty ports‚ and the cession of Hong Kong Island‚ ending the monopoly

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    Rough Draft-Black Plague One of the greatest disasters of the Western Civilization is without a doubt the Black Plague‚ but the Black Plague isn’t like any of your other diseases‚ it was a plague that was determined to reduce more than half of the western population‚ this disease was destined to end all humankind‚ given it’s way. With the Europeans trading with the East‚ a rumor was being spread that an infectious disease was forming in Asia. In Jordan McMullin’s book‚ “The Black Death”‚ he discusses

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    D ­ Ambrose of Milan born  347 A.D ­ Jerome born  354 A.D ­ Augustine born  360 ­ 430 A.D  374 A.D ­ Ambrose’s becomes Bishop of Milan  381 A.D ­ Christianity becomes the official state religion of the Empire  395 A.D ­ Roman Empire divided into Eastern and Western portions  397 A.D ­ Ambrose of Milan dies  419 A.D ­ Jerome dies  430 A.D ­ Augustine dies  450 ­ 550 A.D  480 A.D ­ Benedict born  500 ­ Beginning of the Middle Ages  527 A.D ­ Justinian’s rule began  537 A.D  ­ Hagia Sophia consecrated in Constantinople 

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    As it is known for being the core influence of Western Civilization‚ I firmly have adhered myself to the fact that ancient Greece has indeed a lot of say in the development and enrichment of today’s cosmos. It made such a grave mark on history; infusing the modern world with its own classical elements‚ from literature to the arts up to such political system. Even our various beliefs and ideas are possibly brought by the influence of great philosophers such as Plato‚ Socrates and Aristotle. Formulating

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    republic. While doing so‚ he established a political system pertaining to a monarchy that would allow him to concentrate the power in his hands alone. This new system of governing would deliver Rome to its peak‚ allowing the Roman Empire to shape Western civilization through a process historians call “Romanization.” Fourteen years of bloody civil war followed the assassination of Caesar Augustus‚ who was often referred to as the greatest emperor of Rome. Several men of power attempted to take the throne

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