HEINRICH SCHLIEMANN AND THE DISCOVERY OF TROY “So fight by the ships‚ all together. And that comrade Who meets his death and destiny‚ speared or stabbed‚ Let him die! He dies fighting for the fatherland- No dishonor there! He’ll leave behind him wife and sons unscathed‚ His house and estate unharmed- once these Argives Sail for home‚ the fatherland they love.” –The Iliad Book 15 lines 574-580‚ by Homer Today‚ on the plains of Western Anatolia lies the site of one of the most well
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introduction to Vaulted Structures Arches‚ Vaults and Domes (AVD) have been used since millennia worldwide. With the developments in the 20th century of reinforced cement concrete‚ tensile and steel structures‚ vaulted structures have been left aside since then. The Auroville Earth Institute attempts to revive these techniques‚ shapes and skills of builders with these aims: Segmental vault‚ 10.35 m span‚ at Deepanam School‚ Auroville • Bring a worldwide awareness about the possibilities
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Iconography - Herakles Strangling the Nemean Lion The attic vase “Herakles Strangling the Nemean Lion‚” created in 525 BC‚ is one of many of its kind‚ celebrating the half man‚ half god Herakles and his immense strength and power. There are over 3700 vases that portray Herakles that were made between the 6th and 4th century BC (Woodard 295). Such an epic battle between Herakles and the ever ferocious Nemean Lion was a popular story of greek mythology. It shows a hero defeating a monster‚ gaining
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Humanities English Leela Crosby Period 8 February 18‚ 2017 Vocabulary and Homework Study Questions Book 8 Vocabulary: zenith (n): the time at which something is most powerful or successful rancor (n): bitterness or resentfulness‚ especially when long-standing 1
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World Final Review: China: Major dynasties after Qin Shang Capital Anyang Had dynasty ruling families Shang Kings had little land and the nobles governed most of the land and were loyal to the king Noblewomen had status Majoristy of people were peasants and lived in poor conditions Chief God- Shand Di Polytheistic Believed ancestor worships- helped with war and crops Zhou Longest ruling dynasty Introduce feudalism Confucianism Qin Shi Huangdi: Leader Xiangyang: Capital Policy
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Tension between an individual and life experiences is what creates interest in the poetry of William Butler Yeats. To what extent does this statement reflect your response to Easter 1916 and at least one other Yeats poem set for study Yeats derives his poetic strength from the fusion of his life experiences and his perspective of the world. The tension in the poetry is deeply rooted in the troubled political context of his time and the personal disappointment he suffered throughout his life. He
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Hercules or Herakles is best known as the strongest of all mortals‚ and even stronger than many of the gods. Hercules was a demi-god which was a half god half mortal. His father was the god Zeus and his mother was a mortal woman named Alcmene. When Hera found out that her husband’s mistress was having a baby‚ she became very jealous and mad. She was so mad that when Hercules was born‚ Hera sent two snakes to kill him in his crib. However‚ Hercules was too strong for the snakes and strangled them
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the poem. The gods intervene in the life of the mortals‚ engineering the mortal’s fate. The Greek gods showed both remorse and anger towards the mortals. The deeds of the people are watched over by the gods from Olympus. As Agamemnon‚ the king of Mycenae‚ dishonors the request of the priest Chyses‚ he angers the god of light‚ Apollo. Chryses‚ the priest of Apollo‚ prayed to Apollo to have Agamemnon pay for the “priests tears”‚ and Apollo who heard his prayers sends death upon the Achaeans. “He came
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A.P. History Guided Reading 3 The Mediterranean and Middle East Terms: 1. 1. Iron Age– the period generally occurring after the Bronze Age‚ marked by the prevalent use of iron. 2. Mass deportation– the expulsion of a person or group of people from a place or country 3. Hebrew– West Semitic language of the Afro-asiatic language family. 4. Ten Commandments– Decalogue‚ are a set of biblical principles relating to ethics and worship‚ which play a fundamental role in Judaism 5. “Children of
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Speech – KTsekenes -Turkey- To the international court‚ we request that the famed “treasure of Priam” currently held in the Pushkin Museum of Moscow‚ Russia be returned to its rightful owners‚ Turkey. The treasure was excavated by Heinrich Schliemann on the 31st of May 1883 at Hissarlik in North West Turkey. This site is also known as the site of ancient Troy. Schliemann did not originally have a permit at the time to excavate and subsequent agreements that followed between Schliemann and
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