Farina‚ Lucy A3 Hustwit The Battle of Actium The Battle of Actium was a battle that took place during the time of the Roman civil war (32-30 B.C.) between Marc Antony and Octavian. This was fought on the day of September 2‚ 31BC in the Ionian Sea‚ more specifically in the Gulf of Ambracia. After the brutal assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BC‚ Rome was in need of a leader. Octavian was named the heir in his will‚ but Marc Antony was the one who took over and handled all of his papers and legions
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Characteristics of the Axial Age Karl Jasper defines Axial Age as‚ in his book “The Origin and Goal of History”‚ intellectual revolution that swept Eurasia from around 600 to 200 B.C.E. (Getz et al.‚ 2008‚ p.136).In fact we can see a connection between this definition and the wordAxial’s origin. The word axial derives from axis and pivot‚ in which axis means a straight line or a center point‚ and pivot means turning on a defined point. I believe the straight line stands for ongoing traditions and
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Humanities 101 Midterm Review Weeks 1 and 2 Mesopotamia: Sumerians‚ Akkadian‚ Babylonian‚ Assyrian Euphrates River Tigris River Fertile Crescent Uruk Cuneiform: wedge or nail shape marks pressed into wet clay –used for over 3000 years Sumerians 3500-2350 Located in lower Mesopotamia Between the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers Part of the Fertile Crescent Invented writing and beer (Kassi) Purpose? Records of goods and services 2700 BCE: rough date assigned the historical Gilgsmesh‚ King
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mountains and steep cliffs overlooking the ocean. 1. Puglia is very arid and dry; its landscape is very similar to Greece or parts of the Middle East. B. The region has over 500 miles of coastline on two seas‚ the Adriatic (to the East) and the Ionian (to the west). C. It is presently divided into 6 provinces: Foggia‚ Barletta-Andria-Trani‚ Bari‚ Taranto‚ Brindisi and Lecce. (Transition: Now that you know where Puglia is located‚ let’s talk about the history) II. The region was always a
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One of the most famous Ionian was Pythagoras‚ who resided in Cortona‚ Italy. Cortona was a seaport located in southern Italy‚ that was referred as greater Greece (Magna Grecia) and was the place where he setted up his famous school. His philosophy focused on mathematics and was
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4.0: Greek Dark Ages or (Dark Age Greece) circa 1100 BCE - 900 BCE. URING THE START OF THIS HISTORICAL PERIOD IN CIRCA 1100 BCE‚ IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE MYCENAEAN GREEK CIVILISATION WENT THROUGH A PERIOD OF CONSIDERABLE TURMOIL. The various Mycenaean cities warred one another and many of these cities were destroyed and left abandoned and in ruins for many decades if not centuries. The large death toll from this fighting caused the population to decrease severely. It is believed that this state
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Greece The country of Greece is one of the oldest in the world‚ ranging back to 3‚000 B.C. when inhabitants settled in its lands; the ancient Greek language dates back even older by 500 years‚ in which the modern Greek language evolved from. Greece shaped the ancient and modern worlds as we know it‚ especially in the context of western civilization and thought‚ and with a direct impact on the governing concept of democracy. This paper will explore an outline of Greek history‚ its people‚ and
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assembled an army and conquered his neighbor the Medes. Ten years after he defeats the Medes‚ Cyrus conquers the kingdom of Lydia‚ whose wealth was legendary. This brought the Persians to their first contact with the Greeks. The Greek settlements on the Ionian coast had been subjects of Lydia and had grown rich through trade.
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Ancient Romans claimed descent from Greeks‚ in fact the Great Roman poet Virgil wrote an epic poem entitled Aeneid where he tells that Romans come from Aeneas line who escaped from the Trojan fire to save his royal descent. He landed at Italy where married a princess named Lavinia. That means you have to consider Roman literature as an evolution of Greek literature: Romans learn from Greek but progress. Greek and Roman literature is wide and it includes: tragedies‚ comedies‚ poems‚ epics etc
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the upper class. Their music was generally monophonic and accompanied themselves with an instrument like the lyre or drums. 4. What are the modes in Western music? Describe at least one mode in Western music. There are seven different modes: Dorian‚ Ionian‚ Phrygian‚ Lydian‚ Mixolydian‚ Aeolian‚ and Locrian. Dorian mode in C begins and ends on D. 5. What is polyphonic music? How does it differ from monophonic music? Polyphonic music uses two or more independent melodies; whereas monophonic music has
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