Aristotle‚ Greece was divided into city-states with a wide variety of constitutions‚ ranging from Sparta ’s military dictatorship to Athens ’ direct democracy. Most city-states had about 300‚000 people‚ each divided into one of three classes : citizens‚ metics‚ or slaves. The citizens represented a total of one - third the population. The members of this class participated directly with politics in the various institutions‚ and decisions were derived by popular vote‚ known as direct democracy. This
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Midterm #2 Parts 1-3 Part 1 Q 2. Athens/Sparta: ALERT: This question is not comparing Athens and Sparta First‚ Identify and analyze 5 components of Athens that gave it strength. Then 5 components that weakened it. Second‚ Identify and analyze 5 components of Sparta that gave it strength. Then 5 components that weakened it. (You probably will want to include consideration of the following aspects - political‚ social‚ economic‚ and cultural aspects). Third‚ 1 thing" you admired about Athens? 1
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Introduction HIS100 History of Western Civilization to Middle Ages Lesson 5 Quiz This assignment is worth a total of 60 points. Please make sure you have answered all questions prior to submitting. Once you click the submit button‚ you will not be able to return to this section. Question 1 of 60 What type of columns does the Parthenon have? | Alsacian | | Ionic | | Corinthian | | Doric | Question 2 of 60 In 490 B.C.E. the Athenians defeated the Persians at the Battle
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8-28 Timbre -The tone quality (not good or bad) of sound -The reason a Violin and Trumpet sound different *lowest pitch---> fundamental Aerophone -Primary sound caused by a column of air vibrating. – Trumpet‚ Flute‚ Organ etc. Membranophone -sound produced by a vibrating membrane Idiophone -Sound caused by the body of the instrument vibrating (cowbell‚ wood blocks) Chordophone -Sound produced by a vibrating string. *Lute- Has a body and a neck *Zither- Only has a body Listening
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Aulularia is a comedic play written by Titus Maccius Plautus during a time when Athens was one of‚ if not the most powerful city-states in all of Europe. For this great society‚ historians use literary works to research and understand what the period was like. Aulularia is great play that can help historians investigate how slaves were‚ through Plautus’ humor you can catch how marriage and pro-creation is done and viewed in Ancient Athens. Titus Maccius Plautus‚ born sometime around 254 B.C.E.
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Monday‚ September 8th‚ 2014 — Around the Crimean Sea‚ there is good land to grow land — Greek has several dialects i.e.: (Attic Greek‚ Doric Greek [Spartans]‚ — Political units separated by Valleys — Athens- Attica‚ Sparta- Laconia are examples of city states/polis. — All the city-states are extremely competitive with one another; constantly at war — Spartans beat Mecinians during 700 BC and enslaves them (Helots)… for 300 years — Common themes in Greeks were religion — Pantheon of
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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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The ancient Romans were very different from the ancient Greeks. The ancient Romans were realists‚ not idealists. You can see this in their statues. The Greeks made statues of perfect people. The Romans created real life statues. A statue of one of the Roman emperors is a good example. His nose is huge! The ancient Greeks would never have done that. The Romans built roads all over the empire‚ and all roads led to Rome. The ancient Greeks had roads‚ but they were not built nearly as well‚ and
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The Change of Women’s Lives HIS 103 World Civilizations I (AFF1238A) Instructor: Steven Brownson October 15‚ 2012 Women’s lives‚ roles‚ and statuses changed over various early world history eras and culture areas in many ways. Ancient Persia‚ Paleolithic‚ Athens‚ Mesopotamian and Roman eras were all different in very unique ways. The Paleolithic era treated women fairly and were treated equally. During the Neolithic era women were not treated fairly. She was the daughter of her father or the
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Introduction Classical Greek culture had a powerful influence on the Roman Empire‚ which carried a version of it to many parts of the Mediterranean region and Europe. Greek culture influenced the development of Roman civilization because at first Rome absorbed ideas from Greek colonists in southern Italy‚ and they continued to borrow from Greek culture after they conquered Greece. Ancient Greece has had an enormous amount of impact on culture in the western world. For this reason‚ Classical
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