known as Alexander III or Alexander of Macedonia‚ was the king of Macedonia who conquered the Persian empire‚ carried Macedonian arms to India and put down the roots for the Hellenistic world of territorial kingdoms. He was the son of Philip II and Olympias; however‚ his mother later claims that his real father was Zeus. From the beginning‚ Alexander was destined for greatness‚ as on the day of his birth “the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus burned down … Hegesias of Magnesia said it was of no surprise
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STUDY GUIDE FOR TEST 1 (Prehistoric - Roman) FORMAT All questions will be multiple choice. Some will be accompanied by images while others will rely on your use of your knowledge without visual reference points. COVERAGE Visual Material: Selected from the works of art and architecture we have studied - see list below. These have all been discussed IN CLASS AS WELL AS IN THE TEXTBOOK or other readings. (If we do not cover all the works listed below in class‚ you will not be responsible for them on
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their crops to sell‚ to trade‚ use as tax payments‚ and for consumption. (Acrobatiq‚ 2017.) • B Greece had many unique cultural characteristics. One of which was the occurrence of the Olympic games. The Olympic games were held every four years in Olympia‚ and every city-state
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Ancient Greek culture had major influences on today’s culture; some of these influences include mathematics‚ government‚ art and architecture; they even did research in the field of medicine. Many cultures and religions have adapted their ideas from the ancient Greeks. Without the influences of the ancient Greeks our society wouldn’t be the way it is today. The Greek culture lasted from around 776 BCE to 146 BCE (though it is argued to have begun around 1000 BCE)‚ during this time they invented
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also told people that she and Rita Hayworth who was a top box office star and a sex symbol of the 1940s (Nichols‚ Background on Serial Killer Dorothea Puente). This is just some of the compulsive lies she would tell. Dorothea eventually landed in Olympia Washington and became a stripper and worked at an ice cream parlor at age sixteen. When Dorothea Puente was 22 she met Fred McFaul‚ and soon married him in Reno‚ NV. She eventually moved to Los Angeles‚ California and had two kids with him
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Chennai Monorail is a rail-based transit system for the Indian city ofChennai. It is proposed in the Long-term Urban Transportation Scheme of Second Master Plan by CMDA. The state government has announced plans to introduce monorail across City to reduce traffic congestion and to increase the share of public transport in the urban transport network. The aim is to increase the share of public transport in Chennai from 27% to 46% by 2026 Chief Minister Jayalalithaa‚ through the Governor Surjit Singh
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The human figure‚ especially unclothed‚ has fascinated artists since times of antiquity. The western tradition of “The nude” began with Archaic Greek sculptures of standing male nudes known as kouros. Nude was synonymous with freedom and integrity. Legendary heroes‚ ideal figures‚ mythological personalities‚ and triumphant warriors were characterized as being “in the nude” and were regarded for their masculinity and strength. The kouros had a female equivalent known as the kore‚ and were always
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Although not very important‚ I took the liberty this past month(Black History) to document my research to the age old question‚ "Was Jesus Black‚" after a small debate with my auntie Angelina Quarterman arguing that He was a Jew‚ and Jews are White(lol). The typical Hollywood image in which ancient Israelites look like fair-haired White Americans is way off the mark. The people of the bible were Semitic(Afro-Asiatic languages) and would have been dark- skinned. The racial emnity & equating Black
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knowledge. He was the son of Zeus and the Titan Leto. He was loved and there were many celebrated pieces of One of the most loved pieces of art that he was depicted in was the statue located in the center of the west pediment at the Temple of Zeus in Olympia. These are some of the religious ways of the greeks.( This information was found on the websites: ThoughtCo.com‚ Greeka.com‚ and Greekgodsandgoddesses.com .) In the great country of Greece there were eventually over 1‚000 cities
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