statutes to protect children‚ slaves‚ and prisoners; and declared Sunday a day of rest replacing the weekly celebration of the mythological god Mithras 2. However despite public confession of his faith‚ and the benefits he extended to Christians in ancient Rome‚ was Constantine actually a Christian‚ or
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The Ancient Olympics Today‚ the Olympic games are known world wide‚ but it did not always used to be this way. Early Olympic games were much different than they are today. The games played and those who attended them were some of the biggest differences. Today’s Olympics have competitors from around the world. There are now hundreds of events in the modern athletic competition. This is a significant difference compared to the amount of events in the ancient Olympic games. The modern Olympics
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and the end of the 4th centuries‚ the gallery of early European art / ancient Greece & Rome art from the museum‚ the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Center for the Visual Arts‚ have included and introduced several red and black figure vases from Greek. The one that appeals to me from a multitude of art pieces is the “Neck Amphora‚ 575-550 BCE‚ Black-figure terra cotta”‚ which was the vase created by the Castellani Painter in Greece‚ Archaic period. The vase not only shows the how great the technique that
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There are many things that makes a society a civilization. There are also many things that makes a civilization advanced. Government‚ Religion‚ and culture impacts societies and makes them civilizations. Some of the products that were constructed that plays along with these three characteristics helps make these civilizations advanced. These three things that made up these civilizations have brought them a long way. Government plays a very big part in changing a society into a civilization
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Similarities: Greece and Rome Relationships: Government‚ Religion‚ and Military Two of the greatest civilizations of the ancient world were the civilizations of Greece and Rome. These two civilizations were especially significant from the time periods prior to the Roman Republic. These two civilizations both affected Europe and the Mediterranean regions including the rest of the world around them. Though the two civilizations differed in location‚ they also had many aspects that were
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EGYPT’S STRENGTHS & WEAKNESSES Strengths: 1- the Nile river and its fertile banks 2- isolated country difficult to invade 3- papyrus growing on the banks so possibility to write. And they do write and record everything. Writers are then called Scribes. 4- On the Mediterranean Sea‚ but also south in Africa: contact with two worlds so to speak. And also‚ an opening on the red sea called Erythrean Sea‚ so also commerce with Persia and India. 5- A happy people‚ full of optimism‚ meditating
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civilizations were formed along rivers in river valleys. Each civilization was made up of 9 characteristics‚ these are religion‚ art and architecture‚ cities‚ geography‚ social‚ public works‚ political‚ economy‚ and intellectual. There are six total civilizations Rome‚ Greece‚ Mesopotamia‚ Egypt‚ Indus Valley‚ and China. Greece and Rome are the only two not located in river valleys. Mesopotamia was formed along the Tigris and Euphrates River. When Mesopotamia was first formed it was located in Asia‚
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The Greeks had a very similar way of practicing their religion. Like the Greeks the Aztecs were a polytheistic religion. Many of these gods and goddesses were used as an explanation. People in the ancient world didn’t know how to explain what was going on in their surroundings so they used these gods and goddesses to explain these things. These gods and goddesses were given offerings from time to time‚ so they can be pleased. People mostly did this so they can have something in return. For example
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Imperium: A Novel of Ancient Rome by Robert Harris‚ is a great story that shows Cicero’s elegance‚ struggles‚ and achievments. Imperium begins with Tiro‚ a servant of Cicero’s‚ narrating the story after Cicero’s death. He was often described as smart‚ and was a quick learner. Tiro was probably one of the greatest servants at the time. He was so remarkable because of his way of recording speeches. He discovered a system that could copy everything a person said in a speech without missing one word
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Both Ancient Greek and Ancient Chinese are remarkably magnificent‚ a billion people believe the intellectual from Ancient Greece and Chinese traditional thoughts. The achievements of ancient Greek and Chinese from 2000 years or more before are remarkably different. Those civilizations were formed in different regions and climates with different ancestors. In some parts‚ of course‚ they have similarities. For example‚ both developed with empire. Ancient Greek’s political approach shares some similarities
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