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    Egyptian Myths and Legends

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    Cited: Classics Technology. (2001). Retrieved 2013‚ from Able Media: AbleMedia.ctweb@able media.com Budge‚ b. E. (1999 & 2003). Legends of the Gods. Retrieved from http://www.sacred-texts.com/egy/leg/index.htm Denault‚ L. T. (2003). Life in Ancient Egypt. Retrieved from http://www.watson.org/~leigh/egypt.html Museum‚ T. B. (n.d.). God And Goddesses. Retrieved from http://www.ancientegypt

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    During the Elizabethan Era there were some very creepy things that went on during the time. The Elizabethan Era was full of sickness. Many of the sickness were deadly some were not. There was a lot of different medicine and curing methods. That sometimes saved people. Also‚ there was crime as well like in all towns there is always crime and there is always some type of punishment was enforced. Around the time there was some creepy magic that could scare the bergepers out of you. Many superstitions

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    The Elizabethan era may have only lasted for 45 years‚ but it brought forth a blossoming of literature‚ and changed the way that people viewed themselves and their society. The gender specific roles in the Golden Age may have not suited the people of today‚ but in the 1500’s they were acknowledged and seen as a common practice. During the Elizabethan era‚ diverse family and societal roles were demonstrated through men‚ women‚ and children. First off‚ men in the 1500’s had said important and powerful

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    The Elizabethan Period The people in the Elizabethan Era lived very different lives to what we do today. The Elizabethan people believed that the queen was God’s representation here on Earth. Their social order ranked the monarch as the highest‚ followed by the nobility‚ the gentry‚ merchants and labourers. The government was relatively stable‚ centralised‚ well-organized and efficient. The Elizabethan people had high regard for family in a community. They believed that families were role

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    Greek Myth and Legends

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    Excerpt from Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by E. M. Berens In appearance‚ the gods were supposed to resemble mortals‚ whom‚ however‚ they far surpassed in beauty‚ grandeur‚ and strength; they were also more commanding in stature‚ height being considered by the Greeks an attribute of beauty in man or woman. They resembled human beings in their feelings and habits‚ intermarrying and having children‚ and requiring daily nourishment to recruit their strength‚ and refreshing sleep to restore

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    Superstitions During The Elizabethan Era During the Elizabethan era‚ humans were still in the age of discovery‚ and what they could not explain‚ understand‚ or thought of as “physical phenomena” the Elizabethans were afraid of. Elizabethans were very paranoid‚ many believed in superstitions that they feared in everyday life. The everyday fears that the Elizabethans believed in are usually like the superstitions we live with today‚ such as: saying "God Bless You" following a sneeze (Elizabethans believed

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    century. This era in English cultural history is sometimes referred to as "the age of Shakespeare" or "the Elizabethan era"‚ the first period in English and British history to be named after a reigning monarch. "Renaissance" literally means "rebirth." It refers especially to the rebirth of learning that began in Italy in the fourteenth century‚ spread to the north‚ including England‚ by the sixteenth century‚ and ended in the north in the mid-seventeenth century (earlier in Italy). During this period

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    Social classes in the Elizabethan era were quite different than those we have today. These days we have a few generic classes that everyone gets grouped into. Back then‚ there were many diverse classes that you were basically born into. During this period‚ the main classes that people were separated into were The Monarch‚ Nobility‚ Gentry‚ Merchant‚ Yeomanry‚ and Laborers. The higher classes that ruled over the lower classes were The Monarch‚ Nobility‚ and Gentry. The Monarch was the

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    Elizabethan Era: Absence of Cleanliness and Knowledge Disease outbreaks were all too common during the Elizabethan Era. A lack of sanitation triggered illness outbreaks such as the plague and typhoid. Physicians lacked the medical knowledge to treat illnesses thus‚ allowing disease to run rampant without medicinal opposition. The lack of medical knowledge and sanitation were the most common provokers of disease and illness during the Elizabethan Era. Absence of medical knowledge allowed

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    The Victorian era and the early twentieth century idealised the Elizabethan era. The Encyclopædia Britannica still maintains that "The long reign of Elizabeth I‚ 1558-1603‚ was England’s Golden Age...’Merry England‚’ in love with life‚ expressed itself in music and literature‚ in architecture‚ and in adventurous seafaring."[1] This idealising tendency was shared by Britain and an Anglophilic America. (In popular culture‚ the image of those adventurous Elizabethan seafarers was embodied in the films

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