Thales of Miletus asked‚” what are things made of?” He thought it was water‚ but he was not correct.Many years later in greek‚ after the Greek philosopher asks that question‚ another greek found the answer and named the particles atoms.”(Ancient Greece and Rome pg 28) According to the article‚”Today people know more about what things are made of‚ and how they work. They are made of atoms‚ and thanks to the Greeks‚ we now know that.”(www.theguardian.org) Atoms are the foundation for everything in
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Document 1: This quotation is from Socrates‚ who lived from about 470 to about 399 B.C. “The unexamined life is not worth living” Q: Who was Socrates‚ and what was he suggesting in this quote? Document 2: This quotation is from Aristotle‚ who lived in Greece from 384 to 322 B.C. “Since human reason is the most godlike part of human nature‚ a life guided by human reason is superior to any other…For man‚ this is the life of reason‚ since the faculty of
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An early incarnation of this sentiment can be found in Diogenes of Sinope (c. 412 B.C.)‚ the founding father of the Cynic movement in Ancient Greece. Of Diogenes it is said: "Asked where he came from‚ he answered: ’I am a citizen of the world (kosmopolitês)’".[1] This was a ground-breaking concept‚ because the broadest basis of social identity in Greece at that time was either the individual city-state or the Greeks (Hellenes) as a group. The Tamil poet Kaniyan Poongundran wrote in Purananuru‚ "To
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2. In a short essay‚ describe what is meant by classical‚ and why Greece and Rome are examples of classical civilizations. According to Merrriam-Webster‚ the term “classical” means something that has been respected over a long period of time. Most often it refers to Greek and Roman culture from about 500 B.C. to A.D. 500—its art‚ architecture‚ politics‚ and ideals. These two cultures are examples of classical civilizations because they lasted nearly 1000 years and impacted most of western civilization
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Archaic Greece is the period of Greek history that last from approximately eight century BC to 480 BC. This period precedes the classical period. During the Archaic period‚ Greece saw a massive increase in politics‚ international relations‚ welfare‚ culture‚ and economic. The visual arts also saw a huge increase in popularity. This new period saw a shift from geometric style to a representational and naturalistic style. The early Archaic period saw distinctive Orientalizing influences in both pottery
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1.course introduction 2.The Chronology of Greek hx BC (before Christ) 3000 2000 1000 480_______/AD (year of our Lord latin)_________2013 1/1 7000-3000 Neolithic/New stone age-- 3000-2100 Early bronze age 2100-1600 Middle bronze age 1600-1200 late bronze age 1200-750/700 Dark age/Iron age (1200 about troy timeline) writing reemerges in the 700-800 getting out of the dark ages. 750/700-480 Archaiac period (ends with persion destruction of athens) 480-323 Classical period
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Olivia Flynn TA: Katherine Pillman Architectural History 118 1) Both the Acropolis in Athens‚ Greece‚ and the Ise Shrine in Japan are sacred sites dedicated to a goddess. The Parthenon‚ and the entire Acropolis complex‚ was a site dedicated to Athena‚ the patron goddess of Athens. The Parthenon housed a grand ivory and gold statue of Athena. It was magnificent and demonstrated how it contributed to the way the people of Athens were meant to worship the goddess. 5 The people were meant
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Life in Ancient Greece: Spartan men and women Bernice Gelin Professor Shepardson November 18‚ 2008 World History The ancient city of Sparta has had a lasting impression on the world today. Sparta was a model of discipline‚ conformity‚ militarism‚ and virtue. It was a prominent city state‚ but its society was unique from typical life in Greece. Sparta was a military state‚ believing in having only the strong and not the weak to maintain the
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In Greece the legal system and social hierarchy were tied together. The government kept the people in place and made up their lifestyle. Within the Greek empire some of the major cities such as Athens‚ and Sparta had basically control over people’s lives and this didn’t allow them to move up the chain. They did this by subjugating people and taking rights from people. The city powerhouse known as “Sparta” had a government that made up the social hierarchy. This was because “The government
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Years ago before the Trojan war‚ gods and goddesses of ancient Greece started to establish themselves after gods Zeus‚ Poseidon‚ and Hades overthrew the Titans. Zeus‚ Hades‚ and Poseidon divided the earth among themselves and Zeus ruled the earth along with his family and other his and goddesses who all live in Mountain Olympus. The Olympians would always pick fights with one another which usually led to the manipulation of mortals. The Trojan war had started because of the Olympians constant jealousy
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