Western Civilization February 18‚ 2010 Essay Question 1 According to our lecture notes and Frontline’s “From Jesus to Christ” there exist similarities between Christianity and Mithraism‚ the Essenes‚ Pharisees and Sadducees. For example in comparison with the Mithraism‚ Christianity also believes that Jesus (Messiah) was born from a virgin mother and that shepherds attended his birth. Both Mithraism and Christianity believed that there was a hell and a heaven and that good versus evil existed
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outside of the Italy. There were some of the similarities in the government of the Rome and the Carthage. For example‚ there were two chief magistrates (suffetes)‚ similar to the Roman consuls. Moreover‚ the Carthage had the council of elders which is known as the "hundred" like as the Senate of the Romans. Additionally‚ the Carthage also had the assembly which is similar to the Comitia of Rome. Even though we can figure out the outward similarities between the Rome and the Carthage but they were very
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The mayans and the aztecs are very interesting civilisation‚ they are very advanced and they have many informations but little information on the origin‚they have a lot of similarities and differences‚Plus they had a huge impact in now days.The mayans and aztecs religion is very interesting which i will cover in this essay. The mayans origin and development has little known information about it.The history of Maya civilisation is divided into three principal periods‚ the first one is Preclassic
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importance of our past and how the things we have today are collaboration of previous ideas. The Greek and Roman culture‚ also known as the Greco- Roman culture‚ has influenced the modern United States. The three ways their culture has influenced us has been through politics‚ economics‚ and architecture. In politics‚ they influenced the way we use congress and a senate for an organized democracy. The Greek Civilizations had group meetings with all the citizens in the city to create and pass laws. They
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Have you ever wondered what a kwakwakw’wakw is?I will be talking about differences‚similarities‚about Inuit and Haida.The answer for a kwakwakw’wakw is a place to live for Haida dwelling. Here are the differences for Inuit.Traditional Inuit dwelling were pit houses or snow igloos.Due to the fact‚pit houses were for winter villages.Then‚snow igloos were better for women to build.From the myths and legends it all began with a polar bear‚ which is called Nanuk.The Europeans had a belief
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Metamorphoses (Kenney 1). Genesis‚ which is defined as the formation of something‚ seems to take more of a spiritual stand‚ while Metamorphoses‚ meaning a change or form of nature‚ sticks to being more scientific. Genesis’ and Ovid’s works both carry similarities with the theme of both writings involving the world’s creation and sin‚ yet both branch out in differing ways. Genesis begins with God creating the whole world and everything in it; everything he created held a specific purpose. Ovid does not
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In my paper I would like to discuss with you the similarities and the differences between Mesopotamia and Egypt‚ while they may in fact be different I believe that they are very similar to each other. Maybe because they are so close together in time and very little has had a chance to evolve into something new. Mesopotamia became the world’s first complex society in 3rd Millennium BCE. The Greek meaning of the word ‘Mesopotamia’ means between two rivers and they have earned that name from being
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working together with the senate‚ and sending one Suffete with the troops during times of war while the other resided over Carthage’s government (Cartwright‚ 2016). In contrast‚ Rome’s most powerful office was that of a censor and it had little similarity to Carthage’s suffetes. This position was very honorable and thought to be the most accomplished bureaucratic office. In order to be considered for election‚ one must have been a consul. If elected‚ they would only serve as a censor
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The Renaissance was a time of change and prosperity‚ a time of rebirth full of innovations and inspiration. "Renaissance‚" which is actually French for "rebirth‚" describes the intellectual and economic changes that occurred in Europe from the fourteenth through the sixteenth centuries (Encyclopædia Britannica). Europe broke free from the economic stagnation of the Middle Ages and experienced a time of financial growth. The Renaissance was an age in which artistic‚ social‚ scientific‚ and political
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By comparing the two sculptures of Khafre‚ image 3-11 ca. 2520-2494 BCE (1)‚ with the statue of Doryphoros (Spear Bearer)‚ image 5-40 ca. 450-440 BCE (2) you get a true sense of the evolution of art‚ from Pharaonic Egypt to Classical Athenian Greece two millennia later. This was not just a revolution in art but also philosophy‚ which transported itself into not only the types sculptures created but also the style used by their creators. For example‚ the statue of Khafre sits lifeless and majestic
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