Ancient History: Assessment Task 1 1) What do we mean by Hellenistic civilization? Include the features a city needed to have to be seen as Greek The Hellenistic Age marks the transformation of Greek society from the localized and introverted city-states to an open and sometimes exuberant culture that permeated the entire eastern Mediterranean‚ and Southwest Asia. Greek culture and power extended itself across the known world: while the classical age of Greece produced great literature‚ poetry
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Machu Picchu was an ancient civilization‚ in the Andes mountains‚ built between 1300 and 1500 AD. One of the reasons this agricultural wonder is so fascinating is because the people that built the structures did not have tools to assist them in constructing it. Till this day the structures still stand strong in the Andes mountains. At the time Machu Picchu was built they didn’t have any heavy lifting machines‚ this made it difficult to move the larger rocks. These people were resilient and moved
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Ancient Egyptian Cosmetics: ’Magical’ Makeup May Have Been Medicine for Eye Disease By American Chemical Society Jan. 12‚ 2010 source: science daily Date of review: January 17 2010 Queen Nefertiti and other ancient Egyptian women may have worn heavy makeup to protect against eye infections that were a constant threat in the time of the pharaohs. Summary: Christian amatore‚ philippe Walter‚ and colleagues had found the black-eye make-up that Queen Nerfertiti
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2. When it comes to religion‚ scholars are deeply divided on how it affected Egyptian life. Some scholars believe Egypt was a secular state and religion did not impact the individual. Other people argue the opposite saying that religion influenced all aspects of an individual’s life. However‚ the case for middle ground can also be made. Another plausible theory is that religion helped to govern society‚ but it was not all consuming. This is a more likely theory as both the idea of a secular
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Additionally‚ the correlation between ancient Egyptian diets and ancient Egyptian dentistry were factors in the causation of dental anomalies. Dental anomalies are diet irregularities in dental development‚ such as: Hypodontia‚ Hypercementosis‚ Taurodontism‚ Gemination and Fusion. Hypodontia is the partial absence of teeth‚ whereas Anodontia is the complete absence of teeth‚ which was less common in Miller’s examination of Egyptian skulls. Miller claims that: “Hypodontia is less common in the primary
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Michael Jones 10/5/2012 Cabrera Egypt‚ Mesopotamia and Ancient Greek Civilizations The Ancient Egyptians‚ Mesopotamia‚ and Greeks were some of the oldest complex societies‚ although similar in many aspects. Mesopotamia is located in the Fertile Crescent‚ land in and between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers usually known as modern day Iraq and Eastern Syria.(24) In Egypt‚ the Nile River creates a fertile valley which is rich in nutrients and essential to their survival. The Nile flows from
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ANCIENT GHANA AN ANCIENT CIVILIZATION Table of Contents Introduction to Ancient Ghana 3 Geography 3 Religion 3 Daily and Family Life 4 Social Structure 4 Fashion 4 Food 5 Art and Architecture 5 Symbols 5 Attractions 6 Introduction to Ancient Ghana Ancient Ghana is a place where millions of people come to visit to trade. It’s remembered in history as being one of the richest ancient
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Ancient civilizations have a lot of similarities and differences. The two civilizations are the Aryans and the Shang. The Aryans ruled over India from 1500 B.C. to 1000B.C. The Shang ruled over china from 1750 B.C. to 1122 B.C. The Aryans and Shang had similarities and differences in writing‚ religion‚ and Technology. There are many similarities and differences in writing in the Aryans and Shang dynasties. The Aryans used Sanskrit as their method of writing. The Shang used a method of making symbols
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The discovery of the lost Egyptian city after 1200 years. After 1200 years‚ the long lost Egyptian city Thonis-Heracleion was finally unearthed near Alexandria. Thonis-Heracleion was beginning to become extinct to memory of mankind. The only written evidence of this place was preserved in ancient classic texts and inscriptions found by archaeologists. The existence of this mythical city was confirmed to be true when discovered in the year 2000 by archaeologist Franck Goddio and the European institute
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The Ancient Egypt civilization started 3000 BC. The Ancient Egypt civilization is one of the 6 civilizations located in Northeastern which is in the lower reaches of the Nile river and it is now called the modern country. The Nile river is a north flowing river located in Northeast‚ Africa AKA the longest river in the world 6‚853 km long and 4‚258 mi long. The Nile river is in the mouth of the Mediterranean sea. The ways the Nile River improved the life in Ancient Egypt is by giving water‚ food‚
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