important‚ but women were still limited in learning and participating. In Ancient Rome‚ the power belonged to the father‚ the head of the household. The mother was not forgotten‚ for they have the responsibility of cleaning the household‚ cooking food‚ entertaining guests‚ and managing family. A woman could even own property and had political influences. However‚ the same story did not happen to women who lived in Ancient Greece‚ because they can not choose their marriage‚ way more inferior to men
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Christmas in Iran lasts 25 days. In the United States and Libera‚ Christmas is known to last one day. Traditions are different in every country and are followed differently. Sometimes they are followed blindly. However‚ Shirley Jackson‚ in “The Lottery” believes that people should not follow traditions blindly. First‚ traditions in Iran are followed by some people due to the different types of religions. Some traditions in Iran are extremely different from the tradition in “The Lottery.” “The Lottery”
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Ancient Greece and Ancient China have many similarities and differences. A similarity between the two ancient civilizations is how they socially treated their women‚ while a difference is how their economy was handled due to the different trade systems. Another difference between the two societies was the way they ran their political systems. The ancient Greeks and ancient Chinese were similar due to the lack of respect they had for their women. The Greeks and Chinese both gave little or no rights
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Samudra gupta[citation needed]‚ ruler of the Gupta Empire (c335 – c375 CE)‚ and successor to Chandragupta I‚ is considered to be one of the greatest military geniuses in Indian history according to Historian V. A. Smith. He was called the Napoleon of India because he wanted to conquer more and more. The Allahabad inscriptions or the Prayag Prashashti composed by his court poet. He was the second ruler of the Gupta Dynasty‚ who ushered in the Golden Age of India. He was perhaps the greatest king of
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Diaz Humanities 3rd Ms. Berdea/ Ms. Fischer 10/20/12 Han China and India under Comparison Mauryan/Gupta India from 320 B.C.E. to 550 C.E. had similar as well as different methods of political control with that of Han China from 206 B.C.E. to 220 C.E. in the sense that both used culture to justify social inequality supported with the idea of rising in social status and the use of religion to help with political control. The differences were more seen by the twos’ organization in political control
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10/17/12 DBQ Athens vs Han China In the 5th century BCE Sparta and Athens constantly battled for 27 years for the number one spot in Greece. Despite being at war for such a long time‚ Athens made their culture most memorable in our world’s history. Athens‚ located in Attica was rather small surprisingly‚ smaller then Rhode Island. Athens was known for it’s talent; like we know today‚ Pericles‚ Plato‚ Socrates and more. While Athens Greece was prospering‚ China was suffering. During this period
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wives are able to wed as well. Indian and Japanese men and women are able to wed through an arrangement of both families. In ancient China‚ Chinese couples also had arranged marriages‚ but in modern times the tradition has faded. Although the way people get married is different a woman’s role in the marriage is similar culture to culture throughout ancient India‚ China‚ and Japan‚ divorce is a common practice in American now‚ but thousands of years ago there were still laws and criticisms among
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The houses were one or two stories high and constructed with dry bricks. This group of people didn’t have large monuments or structures like the other civilizations. Ancient China (1) The Yellow River Valley is also known as Ancient China. Some of the Ancient China cities are Beijing‚ Xi’an‚ Yan’an‚ Kaifeng‚ Nanjing‚ etc. (2) Their government consisted of an empire‚ ruled by dynasties. The emperors were in complete control of the military. The emperor had to
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Ancient China- Female roles Women in ancient China lived oppressed lives under the constant pressure to live and work by the rules and expectations set by the society around them. Women in ancient China were given no right to have a say in anything; not how much work they had to do‚ why they had to bind their feet‚ who they had to marry or why men were so superior. Nothing. Women were expected to do all the household jobs such as cleaning‚ cooking‚ preparing the ancestral offerings and child rearing
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Differences between Ancient Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt It is not possible for civilizations to flow backwards while there is creativity and curiosity in the world. Each civilization learns from the one before it‚ but sometimes they are created entirely different. The ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia and Egypt are different. Mesopotamia and Egypt both had a very centralized government‚ but they both used different methods to see who would become the ruler. Agriculture‚ Mesopotamia and Egypt
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