the Greek city-states of Athens and Sparta‚ from 431 B.C. through 404 B.C.The Persian war was a series of battles between the Greek city states and the Persians. Both of these wars were significant to the unity and disunity of the Greeks during the fourth century. Throughout these wars‚ it at times brought city states together and other times created turmoil within Greek society. Between 490 and 479 B.C.E the Persians wanted to place their own tyrants to rule over Athens. Athenians did not want their
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CONTEXT A. BACKGROUND ON THE AUTHOR Firdausi Tousi‚ (935–1020) is considered to be one of the greatest Persian poets to have ever lived. Among the national heroes and literary greats of all time‚ Firdausi has a very special place. His life-long endeavor‚ dedication and personal sacrifices to preserve the national identity‚ language and heritage of his homeland put him in great hardship during his lifetime‚ but won him fame and honor for one of the greatest poetic masterpieces of all time:
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Persian vs. Greek Society The main differences in the Greek and Persian societies were their way of viewing the world. The Greek wanted their king to be god-like in their statues and saw them as perfection. On the other hand‚ the Persians more saw the world for how it was. They knew their society wasn’t perfect and didn’t want it be seen that way. While the Greeks and Persians had a different way of governing and religious outlook‚ both gained cultural achievements from profits of their empires’
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Introduction: The founding father of Daoism was Lao Zi (600-520bce). Dao – meaning way to live. Daoism believes are heavily based on the idea of Yin and Yang‚ forces that have to be in balance. Yin is the moon‚ darkest‚ female and passive. Yang being the sun‚ light‚ male and aggression .Meditation is the key form to keeping inner balance. Stress is the most common sing of yin and yang unbalance .The unbalance can be caused by the conflicts of between what you want and what is happening‚ leading to
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Painting Styles Essay Your Name Art 101 Instructor’s Name Date Painting Styles Essay Neoclassical art was created in Greece and Rome. Neoclassical art has little emotion and came after the period with Rococo art and Baroque art. The classical elements of neoclassical art were used in England to vivid ideas and express courage. Neoclassical art fascinated many viewers and offered them new ways of seeing and doing art. There were some very famous people who used this type of art. Two of the
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January 21‚ 1991. This is the day the Persian Gulf suffered from possibly the largest oil spill to date. However‚ the oil spill did not only affect the gulf. Animals‚ humans‚ ecosystems‚ and biodiversity were all impacted as a result. This act‚ inflicted as a war strategy by the Iraqi’s‚ is the cause of mass deterrence to the environment in the area. Although tremendous progress has been made in an effort to clean the Gulf War oil spill‚ there are still several efforts that must be made in order
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may hear throughout our daily lives can influence art. Art is an impossible bliss of the body‚ mind‚ and soul. I feel that we as people are a work of art because the way we dress and talk could be a form of art within a person‚ also just like the pieces of art work paintings and sculptures we as people are also hard to define. I’m not an artist and I never really knew why some paintings or sculptures ever got into some art museums. I’ve seen paintings that just looked like splashed paint on
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1. The Persian Letters (Lettres Persanes) (1722): A satirical piece of writing which portrayed primarily Persian civilization as well as French society‚ written through the eyes of two Persian travelers. This successful piece mocks King Louis XIV as well as the social hierarchy in these regions. Persian Letters also discusses theories proposed by Thomas Hobbes about the state of nature and relations to the world. Through this publication‚ I contributed greatly to the fairly new science of demography
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make decisions based at least in part on past experience‚ or‚ more specifically‚ what they believe past experience teaches. During the activities of the Persian Gulf War in 1990 and 1991‚ President George H. W. Bush‚ Sr. and Senator John Kerry used historical analogy to predict the upcoming events and future assessments of the crisis in the Persian Gulf. Using the successful and not so successful lessons learned from the Vietnam War and situations prior to that as background‚ Bush and Kerry apply knowledge
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Japanese Ink Paintings: Descriptions‚ Distinctions and Culture Introduction All cultures throughout time and history have the important role of art playing out the identity of the culture and the experience of that moment in time. Impressionism‚ surrealism and realism‚ among numerous other types of art forms have all played a role in history along with its significant artists behind the art. Looking at Japan‚ who was greatly influenced by art from China and its significant ink paintings of its past
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