What are the triangular indentations used for the script of the Sumerians called?[pic] Cuneiform[pic] Who was Gilgamesh‚ and which city did he rule?[pic] Gilgamesh was the King of Uruk. His reputation inspired the Epic of Gilgamesh/5th king of Uruk(2500 BC)‚ reigned 126 yrs/lugal “big man”(leader) wealthy young man‚ warrior [pic]Which technologies were used by the earliest Western civilizations? [pic] Stone‚ wood‚ leather‚ and fibers[pic]/ 1st appearance of tools (bone‚ wood
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A social history: women in europe One can think of European history and the mind tends to wander back to Greece and the days of Homer‚ Aristotle‚ and the Greek tragedies. But it is Herodotus and Thucydides that really started writing history‚ the history that was bestowed upon them to record without regard to whether it was true or not. The only women that are recorded in these ancient times are those of the gods. Women’s place in ancient society was that of wife and mother. They were property
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Teacher: Miss Andrea de Paramo Caracas‚ May‚ 2013 According to Thucydides (c.406/455-c.399 BCE)‚ Pericles the ancient Athenian leader was chosen to give a speech in the funerals of the firsts who had fallen in the Peloponnesian war; he decided to state the values of democracy in this occasion. According to Karpiel‚ F; Krull‚ K (2012) Athens was one of the first cities who had a democratic government and that is why Pericles used this occasion to compare Athens to other cities ruled by monarchies
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age is a period known as such because it was a time that Athens had great cultural and economic growth. Consistently is the same time in which athenian politics was at its peak. This period went from 449 to 431 B.C.‚ and is also known as the Age of Pericles. He was the leader general elected in 443 BCE‚ a title that he held until his death in 429 BCE (History.com‚ 2009). The Golden age of Athens came to live right after Athens defeated the Persians in the period of 480–479 BC‚ called the Greco-Persian
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Ever since there have been leaders‚ nations have explored the field of civil administration for the most effectual form of government‚ by which to rule their homeland. Today‚ most societies in the Western World generally agree that democracy is the best form of government. As a result‚ their outlook upon the first great democratic system in Western civilization is largely affected by their own predilection. Others‚ however‚ can see major flaws in Athenian democracy. These opposing stances are no
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History of the Peloponnesian War‚ Thucydides accounts for twenty-one of the twenty-seven years of the Peloponnesian war. This was fought between two major Greek powers‚ The Delian League; led by Athens and the Peloponnesian League; led by Sparta. Unfortunately‚ due to his death‚ Thucydides was unable to finish writing for the full twenty-seven years and his History‚ was left incomplete. Over the course of eight books‚ with a total of twenty-six chapters‚ Thucydides analyses‚ narrates‚ and debates the
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Pericles further weakened the Areopagus and grew the city’s naval power. Pericles was the first man to reward jury service‚ to counter Cimon‚ who was as wealthy as a tyrant. During the rule of Pericles‚ the constitution was relatively healthy‚ but following his death‚ it took a turn for the worse. The champions of the people following him were Nicias‚ Cleon‚ Theramenes‚ Cleophon‚ Callicrates‚ Thucydides‚ and Theramenes. The most favorable politicians
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on professionalism‚ and discarded “generating” a “dialogue” (Conrad) with their contextual audiences. The substantial dissolution between academic and popular historians is evident in a range of sources‚ essentially from Michelle Arrows to Herodotus and Thucydides to Bury. Inaccuracies continue to plague populist histories‚ and as such those within the academic field continue to rebut their rivals with these flaws. They argue that these‚ as Margaret Conrad states‚ “producers” of “historical films”
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will ultimately allow an historian to construct a credible and accurate representation of the past. An important aspect of constructing or creating history is using relevant sources to create an accurate and credible representation of the past. Herodotus‚ known as the ‘father of history‚’ is heavily criticized for his fabrication of evidence and sources and for being profoundly influenced by Homer’s works - Iliad and the Odyssey. Munslow‚ however‚ argues that sources are manipulated and moulded in
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Chapter 1 – East and West In Chapter 1‚ the author assesses the unique and eternal achievements of 5th century BCE Athenian culture. She introduces several basic dichotomies that define her understanding of the writers and events of the period in the later chapters. One of the basic themes of the book is that the thought and the art of classical Athens is full of meaning for people of later generations. It is the full of meaning for nations‚ cultures and societies beset by broad-scale and profound
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