Human habitation goes back as far as 500 B. C. E. Maybe even earlier than that. The Athenian haves a legend that gods did a competition to get the city named after him/her. It goes like this- the Acropolis‚ with Cecrops and the citizenry where determining which god would will earn the honor to be named after this beautiful city. Poseidon struck a rock with his trident and water gushed out. He did it so the people wouldn’t die or suffer from droughts. Another god Athena dropped a seed into the world
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__2__. | Name: Tahira S. Miles Course: American GovernmentTeacher: Rowe‚ GailDate: 9/20/2012 | Main Idea: | Notes: 01.05 | Greece (Module Reading) | Notes:Greek civilization thrived from Greece gave us many things Olympic theater‚ advancements in science‚ art‚ great works of literature‚ amazing architecture‚ mathematics‚ and our first democratic government. Greece is known as The birthplace of civilization. A city-state is A sovereign state consisting of an independent city and its surrounding
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Founding of Rome: The story of Romulus and Remus and the story of The Rape of the Sabine Women * res publica- “people’s business”; Republican Period- 509 – 44/31 BCE Location of Rome: perfectly placed between the Etruscans‚ the Latins‚ and the Greeks * gave access to cultural advancement; Romans borrowed many things from the 3 groups * Rome was far enough inland to avoid direct assault from the sea but had access to water and its port city Ostia from the Tiber River Struggle of the
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Assignment 2: Ancient Chinese Contributions Humanities February 5‚ 2007 Ancient Chinese Contributions As a young child growing up in Chicago Illinois‚ I remember my family excitedly preparing for the fourth of July fireworks show that took place annually at the Navy Pier. I remember staring up into the Chicago sky at night in anticipation of the first round of fireworks. The crowed all around me excited and ready for the show. From the beginning of the show with the first explosion
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Ancient civilizations played a massive role in how physicians today practice medicine. Without the ideas of ancient Egypt and ancient Greece‚ modern medicine may have been different. I feel that these two civilizations are responsible for many diagnostic tools we use today. I will be comparing and contrasting the medicinal practices of ancient Egypt and ancient Greece. By reading various papyri we are able to dive into the Egyptian practice of medicine. These papyri explore various illnesses and
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In Greece there was a city named Delphi‚ it housed the sanctuary dedicated eventually to the god Apollo. In the early centuries of Greek times‚ prophecy was practiced in many different ways throughout many different places. While the most popular place to receive oracles in Greek history was at Delphi‚ from Pythia‚ there were other locations and gods who performed different acts in order for their fate to be known. The oracle at Delphi shows how important prophecies were to Greeks and why it impacted
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the Etruscans. The road construction in Rome can almost be viewed as an art where each piece was laid with a significant purpose and amount of detail to the overall project itself. Remarkably many of the ancient structures along the Roman roads such as bridges and archways are still in use today symbolizing one of Rome’s greatest accomplishment in building these roads to truly last (Andrews‚ 2014). Spread of Information
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In history when we think of the great ancient nations‚ many would agree Egypt was the most advance. In ways this may be true‚ but when you look deeper there were many great nations‚ the Assyrian Empire being one of them. Apart of the Mesopotamia Empire‚ or what is now the Middle East‚ Assyria is located in the northern region. The nation thrives on the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers to keep the land hydrates and fertile. Populated with a mixture of Arabs and Jews‚ the Assyrians are sematic people
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Let’s take a vote: Are the Ancient Greeks impressive or what? Isn’t their organized government fascinating? Well‚ it’s definitely a unanimous vote in favor of the Greeks! By participating in that vote‚ you have just taken part of a Greek legacy. The government! One of Greece’s most beneficial contributions to the modern-world is our democratic system of government‚ which reached its peak in Athens during Pericles’ time. Greek’s government is a stable and unified form of government‚ whose connections
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Art History Paper People in acient greece use building to show power and also use has a kingdom for kings and queens. Today we use acient Greece architecture for more government things like banks‚ government buildings‚ capital buildings ect. Anything that has to do with the government. Many government buildings use columns. The white house uses the Lonic order it has the flute‚fillet‚ volute‚ and abacus. In acient Greece these building were used for kings and queens to live‚till this day buildings
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