Global Culture (A block) Peter Qiu John Baker 10/27/2016 Rough Draft Athens was the largest city in Greece‚ located at the Attica peninsula. The name Athens was come from the Goddess of Athena‚ who is the protector of Athens. Between the mountains were fertile valleys‚ with many farms. Athens became rich because Attica also had valuable sources of various types of material‚ which allowed them to trade with other city-states (Ancient Greece:Athens‚ source 5). As the ancestor of modern democracy‚ Athenian
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in Athens. The Ekklesia is also referred to as the Assembly‚ and was “the sovereign ruling body of Athens” (History.com Staff). Participation in the Assembly was originally allotted only to males with at least two years of military experience‚ but Solon opened it up to all Athenian citizens. In order for the Assembly to operate‚ a quorum of 6‚000 people was required on some occasions (Revolvy). They wrote and revised laws‚ disciplined public officials‚
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professor‚ Richard plus many others as the (S) “birthplace of democracy” (Richard‚ 2008‚ 7). Although Athens went through difficult times dealing with years of tyranny and dictatorships‚ (S) Solon‚ an Athenian statesman and lawmaker was given unlimited power‚ with the intention to save Athens from falling. Solon put into place the first ever form of democracy (Richard‚ 2008‚ 7). Although in the short term‚ this did fail‚ as he was not in power for long enough to fully promote this way of governing
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one of the oldest cities of the country Cebu‚ aside from being a growing city also provides a great quality of life and relaxed atmosphere within a tropical paradise. The people of Cebu The people living in Cebu speak Cebuano but can also speak Tagalog and English. So it’s easy for you to communicate with them. Cebus people are open minded towards foreigners‚ hospitable‚ patient and very friendly. Tourism Holidaymakers come from all over the world to enjoy the long stretches of white sand beaches
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Report In LIFE AND WORKS OF RIZAL Chapter 7 “Rizal Visits Japan‚ the United States‚ and some Europeans Counties” PRESENTED BY: Ms. MARY ROSE R. ICAY PRESENTED TO: Mrs. JELEMY M. JIZMUNDO Ms. EDELYN B. BUENO Mr. EDEL R. ALFARO Mr. VINCENT S. TRAQUINA Rizal Visits Japan Jose Baron Fernandez- Describe Japan as “Country that has conquered his heart.” February 22‚ 1888- Rizal sailed from Hongkong to Yokohama‚ Japan aboard the ship “Oceanic” Juan Perez Caballero- The
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For Guerrero‚ Rizal is "the very embodiment of the intelligentsia and the petite bourgeoisie": "One gathers from Rizal’s own account of his boyhood that he was brought up in circumstances that even in the Philippines of our day would be considered privileged. Rizal’s father became one of the town’s wealthiest men‚ the first to build a stone house and buy another‚ keep a carriage‚ own a library‚ and send his children to school in Manila. José himself had an aya‚ that is to say‚ a nanny or personal
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Batangas (Tagalog: Lalawigan ng Batangas)‚ (Spanish: Provincia de Batangas)‚ is a first class province of the Philippines located on the southwestern part of Luzon in the CALABARZON region. Its capital is Batangas City and it is bordered by the provinces of Cavite and Laguna to the north and Quezon to the east. Across the Verde Island Passages to the south is the island of Mindoro and to the west lies the South China Sea. Poetically‚ Batangas is often referred to by its ancient name Kumintang. Batangas
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I. Brief Discussion of Spaniards Colonization In the 16th century‚ Ferdinand Magellan‚ captain of the first expedition to circumnavigate the world‚ came to the Philippines. Magellan landed in an island recently called Limasawa and he introduced Christianity to the native people in the island. Many years later‚ other expeditions followed as Spain sought to establish trade routes across the Pacific. The first permanent Spanish settlement in the Philippines was established on Cebu. The Philippines was Spain’s
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aspects of a good life‚ but at the same time both works are distinct from one another. One similarity between the two writers’ idea of a good life is that one must have respect for the divine whether it be a single god or many gods. In Persian Wars‚ Solon‚ an Athenian‚ tells Croesus of Sardis the story of brothers Cleobis and Bito. According to the story‚ there was “a great festival in honor of the goddess Hera at Argos” in which the brothers‚ along with their mother‚ had to travel a good distance by
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sexually active Filipinos between the ages of 15 and 24 have had sex with someone of the same sex.[1] Filipino poet and critic Lilia Quindoza Santiago has speculated that Filipino culture may have a more flexible concept of gender because kasarian‚ the Tagalog word for "gender"‚ is defined in less binary terms than the English word gender.[2] Kasarian means "kind‚ species‚ or genus".[3] The English word gender originally also meant "kind".[citation needeA bakla is a gay man who displays feminine mannerisms
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