Fellow Athenians‚ Our beloved city has fallen to our greatest rival‚ Sparta. They have destroyed our great walls and warships. We are with no government. I am here to help with my money. You may be thinking how‚ but I am a young man with wealth. I am offering my wealth to Athens. You may be asking why or how can we trust you and the answer is I am willing to give all my wealth to Athens the city that will be. Even though‚ I will be helping to fund the city’s construction the rest
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songs that were sang were generally monophic and they often accompanied themselves with an instrument like a lyre or even a drum. 4. What are modes? Describe at least one type of mode. Modes were used before the modern day scales. One Kind of mode is Ionian. 5. What is polyphonic music? How does it differ from monophonic music?Polyphonic Music uses two or more independent melodies. It differs from monophic music because monophic music was dominated in early middle ages. Critical Thinking Questions
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A History of Ancient Greece The Greek Genius Author: Robert Guisepi Date: 1998 The Greeks were the first to formulate many of the Western world’s fundamental concepts in politics‚ philosophy‚ science‚ and art. How was it that a relative handful of people could bequeath such a legacy to civilization? The definitive answer may always elude the historian‚ but a good part of the explanation lies in environmental and social factors. Unlike the Near Eastern monarchies‚ the polis was not
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Divisions and Subdivisions: Albania has a great potential for tourism. There are many choices for every age. It is a small country in the southeast of Europe. It is surrounded by Greece‚ FYR Macedonia‚ Kosovo‚ Montenegro and the Adriatic and Ionian Sea. Its area is 11100 square miles or about 7 times smaller than Idaho. The national flag shows a black eagle with two heads in a red field. Today there are 3 millions of people living in Albania. a. The only
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Women’s Role and Status in Ancient Civilizations Throughout history‚ women have been subject to a multitude of treatments and statuses through the hands of their male counterparts. In Ancient Egypt‚ women enjoyed a clear majority of the same privileges as the men. In other civilizations‚ such as classical age Greece‚ women enjoyed very few social and political privileges compared to previous civilizations. The variation of the influence and status of women can partly be attributed to the cultural
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The Peace of Vienna After the end of the age of Napoleon European powers needed to discuss the now disorganized borders that the Napoleonic Wars had created. They met in Vienna and negotiated over borders‚ until they finally came to a conclusion‚ The Peace of Vienna. The Peace of Vienna was the most far reaching diplomatic agreement between the Peace of Westphalia of 1648 and the Peace of Paris 1919 which end the First World War. In the wake of Napoleon’s defeat‚ Europe was left deeply disorganized
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and Soutzoukakia‚ which is spiced‚ sausage shaped meatballs in tomato sauce‚ Souvlaki‚ which is meat kebabs in pita bread‚ and Moussaka‚ which is eggplant and meat casserole. In the small areas of Greece that were under the Venetians‚ such as the Ionian Islands and the Cyclades‚ foods were strongly influenced by the Italian culture. Dishes that were influenced by Italians included Bourdeto‚ which is a fish stew from Corfu‚ and Poutinga‚ which is a pudding that is outlawed by the Greek Church. Greeks
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covers 35.02 sq. miles or approximately 90.69 sq. kilometers. The reason this geological activity occurs is because the African and Aegean plates collide and the African plate subducts under the Aegean Plate (“Santorini‚ Greece”). This creates the Ionian trench and the volcanoes of Cyclades and one of them is Santorini (“Santorini‚ Greece”). Santorini had one of its’ largest eruptions around 1645 BC (“The Minoan Eruption‚” 2004). It’s actually believed that this eruption may be the story behind the
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The Rise of the Greek City-States The 8th century BC witnessed Greece’s emergence from the Dark Age and a simultaneous growth in prestige of the Greek cities. These cities would come to dominate political life and regional administration. The Polis‚ or city-state‚ perhaps developed first on the Greek coast of Asia Minor‚ in places such as Smyrna. The situation of the cities‚ surrounded by non-Greeks‚ would naturally focus on the urban centers. Such places were walled for defense. On the Greek
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Humanities Name ________________ Mr. Kelly & Mr. Waterman DBQ – Barbarian Invasions Introduction: Much of the Roman frontier followed the natural boundaries of the Rhine and Danube rivers across Europe. On the other side of these rivers were territories the Romans never brought under their control and tribal peoples such as the Goths‚ Franks‚ Vandals‚ and Huns. By the middle of the fourth century CE‚ many Roman governors had allowed these so-called “barbarians” to settle on the Roman side
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