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    University of Phoenix Material Week 2 Overview Ancient Greece and Rome Ancient Greece and Rome holds the emergence of philosophy and theatre‚ music and dance‚ as well as‚ the vision that created a classic style of architecture that endures today and the construction of buildings such as the Acropolis in Greece and the Coliseum in Rome. Travelers arrive daily from all over the world to view the ruins of these ancient structures in the hopes of gaining an understanding of the creative mind of

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    the author uses a sarcastic tone to present his opinion about the issue at hand. With a sarcastic tone‚ they are mocking the counter argument and belittling the importance of censorship. When talking about the people who disapprove with statue in Pompeii due to its nude nature‚ they state that their “point of view is essentially different from that of the Roman of that earlier day” but then turns around in the next

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    Mount Vesuvius 79 A.D VS Mount St Helens 1980 Would you rather be by Vesuvius when it erupted or be by St Helens when it erupted?. Some people ask this question because both eruptions seemed pretty bad . For example ‚ pompeii was covered in ash because of vesuvius. Although‚ there are many differences between the two volcanoes and their eruptions they also have a lot in common. These are some ways they are alike and different. Both volcanoes have a lot in common. For example‚ there both stratovolcanoes

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    TOK Essay on History (Pompeii Activity) Dear students Please choose one of the past TOK prescribed titles in order to analyse the Pompeii Activity dealing with: AOK: History‚ Natural Sciences WOK: Reason‚ Sense Perception‚ Language‚ Emotion Concepts: Certainty‚ Evidence‚ Explanation‚ Interpretation‚ Technology Knowledge Questions: Bias‚ selection‚ absolute claims‚ conflicting interpretations 1. Using history and at least one other area of knowledge‚ examine the claim that it is possible to

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    normally cools before it has the chance to spread. This is due to the viscosity of the lava being extremely high. One of the most famous stratovolcanoes is Mount Vesuvius. This volcano is known for its huge explosion that had taken out the whole town of Pompeii. When a stratovolcano erupts the magma chamber builds up until the volcano explodes. Thus causing major destruction‚ including‚ ash fall‚ huge lava flows and

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    village under the ash or lava. 1b: On the 24th August in the year AD 79‚ the people of Pompeii were going about their business in the usual way. Suddenly it grew dark a great was leaving the top of mountain. The people of Pompeii started to run out of the town‚ but more than 2000 of them didn’t get for. Stones and cinders began to fall on the town and the town was completely buried. 1c: The importance of Pompeii today is that the Italian government has very carefully cleared away the volcanic matter

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    ash‚ and mud. If people did not make it out of their homes‚ they were going to die even if they made it out of their homes there was still a good chance that they were going to die. There was nowhere to hide when it is raining rocks. The cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum were destroyed by pyroclastic flow there was no escaping this. Then the ruins were buried under dozens of feet of tephra. Describe the environmental impacts of the volcano (describe why and how‚ not list. For example‚ what have

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    After the gigantic shaking of Mount Vesuvius it was calm for a few minutes‚ people were screaming‚ scared to death‚ and curious. Then toxic gas came out of Mount Vesuvius. Pompeii villagers thought it was a friendly mountain. Villagers started choking to death! Tranio and Livia found a safe place from the toxins. But then the gas stopped. Livia and Tranio came out 300 people were still alive about 4‚000‚000 human beings died. They wanted to explore the Mountain because they thought it was calm. Livia

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    the Acropolis‚ Athens‚ Greece‚ ca. 530 BCE. Marble‚ 4’ high. Zeus (or Poseidon?)‚ from the sea off Cape Artemision‚ Greece‚ ca. 460–450 BCE. Bronze‚ 6’ 10” high. POLYKLEITOS‚ Doryphoros (Spear Bearer). Roman marble copy from Pompeii‚ Italy‚ after a bronze original of ca. 450–440 BCE‚ 6’ 11” high. Seated boxer‚ from Rome‚ Italy‚ ca. 100–50 BCE. Bronze‚ 4’ 2” high. Hermes and the infant Dionysus •By follower of Praxiteles (son or grandson possibly)•Contrapposto•New

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    changed from being an offering of blood to being placed as important spectacles provided by the emperors and the politicians and wall paintings including mosaics that depicted the gladiator games just shows how popular it was in ancient Rome and in Pompeii. Each seat is arranged differently depending on their

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