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    punishments well help a reader get a better understanding of the issues surrounding those types of punishment. Instead of killing a person or torturing them I believe banishment to be a more humane way to punish someone. Ancient Greeks and Ancient Romans to various civilizations in the world use corporal punishment and capital punishment to kill or inflict great pain against a person who defies the King or Religious authority. Corporal punishment was used to cause pain and discomfort; unfortunately

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    than the Greek and Roman empires. These empires began as small city-states‚ and grew to become the powerful empires we know today. The Greek and Roman empires were not always enemies‚ considering the Romans were greatly influenced by the Greek culture. The two civilizations shared many similarities‚ but had different opinions on government operations. There are three different periods that span the history of the Greek and Roman empires; the Hellenic‚ Hellenistic‚ and Roman civilization. I will thoroughly

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    Almost everything that happened in ancient Greece influenced us‚ but art and architecture is the area the Greeks made the biggest contribution. To begin with‚ the ancient Greeks influenced the way many of the sculptures are today. The sculptures that were men were called Kouroi‚ the women were called Korai. Back in ancient Greece the sculptors began to create and sculpt their statues in more relaxed postures. Occasionally‚ they constructed their sculptures in an action scene. Sculptors oftenly were

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    The Mesopotamians named the Indus Valley Civilization‚ Meluhha. At first‚ archaeologists weren’t so sure that Meluhha was‚ in fact‚ the Indus‚ however when they did further research‚ it became a reality. The Sumerian tablets had written records of Mesopotamia trading with Meluhha and were first time it was mentioned by Sargon the Great. To further signify that Meluhha was‚ in fact‚ a city in the Indus Valley Civilization‚ Indian archeologist‚ Ratnagar‚ Shereen identified all the products from Meluhha

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    Even to this day‚ ancient Greece’s complex culture has shaped modern day cultures. Some of the particular values they had highlighted among most others‚ counting religion‚ faith in their gods‚ justice‚ leadership‚ ‘moira’ (fate)‚ and honor‚ has shaped modern day society. To the Greeks‚ religion has the utmost influence. It pilots their lifestyle‚ describes natural procedures in the place of modern science‚ and sets their communal ranks. Even their observations of science are a quality to the

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    influence on Western material culture and civilization‚ and yet‚ at least at first‚ colonizers were not so fast to credit the people of the new territory. Napoleon felt that inhabitants of the orient could not represent themselves‚ that they had to be represented. Nineteenth century colonizers painted an image depicting Arabs as barbaric‚ violent‚ crude and bombastic‚ who can only be milked for their natural resources. From this came social constructs and demeaning propaganda‚ impacting how these people

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    Imperialism Near the end of the nineteenth century‚ there was a sharp increase in the need for people of Western civilization to expand their way of life across the globe. Colonization had begun in the 1600s as a method of economic gain for European countries. The reasons for expansion in the late nineteenth century‚ however‚ had deviated from only economical prosperity. The notion that evolution as well as the belief in their racial and cultural superiority caused many white Europeans and

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    Ancient Greece had one of the greatest militaries of all time. All throughout Greece there were different city-states. Each city-state had a different style of war. In Athens‚ they had the largest navy in Greece and fought battles on water. Sparta dedicated all their men to military and were all soldiers. The Greek civilization began around 2800 BC and started in the bronze age. The Greek military was the most important part of Greek Civilization because it protected Greece against others‚ with good

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    Both Ancient Greek and Ancient Chinese are remarkably magnificent‚ a billion people believe the intellectual from Ancient Greece and Chinese traditional thoughts. The achievements of ancient Greek and Chinese from 2000 years or more before are remarkably different. Those civilizations were formed in different regions and climates with different ancestors. In some parts‚ of course‚ they have similarities. For example‚ both developed with empire. Ancient Greek’s political approach shares some similarities

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    In ancient patriarchal civilizations‚ such as that of Rome‚ Greece and the Norse (or Viking) women had very little say in the public life. Yet religion and the goddesses they worshipped provided women with an opportunity for equal representation in society. The goddesses worshipped in some cases depicted the complete opposite of what was expected of women. In many of the ancient civilisations women were looked down on and limited rights‚ yet in societies such as that of Rome‚ Greece-and-the-Vikings

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