Africa is the world’s second-biggest and second-most-crowded mainland. At around 30.2 million km2 including adjoining islands‚ it covers six percent of Earth’s aggregate surface zone and 20.4 percent of its aggregate area region. With 1.1 billion individuals starting 2013‚ it represents around 15% of the world’s human populace. Africa’s populace is the most youthful amongst every one of the landmasses; the middle age in 2012 was 19.7‚ when the overall middle age was 30.4. Algeria is Africa’s biggest
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Commodus succeeded his father in 180‚ only to inherit an empire that was becoming increasingly harder to uphold ‚ and imperial order was being threatened. Eventually‚ he was assassinated ‚ and the Roman world was thrown into civil discord. Septimius Severus emerged as the new emperor in 193 after proclaiming himself to be Marcus Aurelius¹ son. 2 The Severan¹s hometown was called Lepcis Magna‚ on the coast of what is now Libya. In the early third century the port city used imperial funds
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Beyond the savannahs are the deserts. These vegetations played a major role for Africans and how they make a living. Africa’s geographic features also influenced the cultural developments. The cataracts‚ or waterfalls‚ blocked easy movement.‚ but the Great Rift Valley served as an interior passageway. The Mediterranean and Red seas provided trade routes to places in southwest Asia and present-day Europe. Resources Spur Trade Africa had a lot of minerals. Salt‚ gold‚ iron‚ and copper especially
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Axia College University of Phoenix WORLD CULTURE AND THE ARTS (AXIA) HUM/205 Jaynelle Nixon January 27‚ 2008 Museum Collection 2 Classical and Hellenistic Greece One of the most well known piece of this time‚ is the statue called Ludovisi Gaul killing himself and his wife‚ also known as The Galatian Suicide. The original was made by Greek sculptors commissioned by Attalus I after his victories over the Gauls of Galatia. This is a statue of A man about to drive a
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History of Alexandria From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search The history of Alexandria dates back to the city ’s founding‚ by Alexander the Great‚ in 331 BC. Yet‚ before that‚ there were some big port cities just east of Alexandria‚ at the western edge of what is now Abu Qir Bay. The Canopic (westernmost) branch of the Nile Delta still existed at that time‚ and was widely used for shipping. After its foundation‚ Alexandria became the seat of the Ptolemaic rulers of
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then not surprising that Christians who are belligerent towards religious minorities would also share these antagonistic views. Bishop Severus of Minorca from the fifth century‚ who was responsible for the supposed conversion of five hundred Jews under the threat of death‚ compares the Jews “with wolves and foxes for fierceness and villainy (page 14‚ Letter of Severus).” With these two examples‚ we have seen both advocates of coexistence and advocates of violence express
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Caracalla or Thermae Antoninianae as they were known in ancient Rome are located on the Celian Hill which overlooks the Colosseum. The complex was commissioned by Emperor Septimus Severus in 206CE and was erected by his son Emperor Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus Augustus from 212CE until 216CE. Emperor Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus Augustus had the agnomen or nickname of Emperor Caracalla; this was due to an unusual cloak he was always seen wearing and is why the baths have the name they do. The
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People immediately start yelling back insults‚ questioning such warning. Severus raises his hands for silence and continues. “The Oracle has sent me to deliver her message to the Empire. The gods demand a cleansing of the Empire before it teeters over the cliff of ruin. A cleansing that will give strength to the Empire’s faithful‚ and destruction to the enemies of our great Empire‚” he says‚ to the roaring crowds suddenly silenced. Not one sounds echoes in the arena. It’s an eerie sound‚ a deathly
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The Roman Forum‚ located between the Capitoline and Palatine hills‚ was the “chief marketplace of Rome‚ and‚ during the Empire‚ the main seat of government containing the greatest of the city’s basilicas” (2). This grand forum symbolized the power and success of Rome throughout the kingdom‚ republic‚ and the empire. Initially‚ the land upon which the Forum was built was a swampy valley of little to no use to the kingdom. However‚ during the reign of the Tarquin kings‚ the Cloaca Maxima‚ the sewer
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