John Gemmer Professor Solomon English 10100 6 March 2012 Section 1 World Civilization Chapter 4 Summary Iran is a land located in Central Asia which is surrounded by the Zagros mountains‚ Caspian Sea and Caucasus Mountains. The geography of Iran features deserts‚ mountains‚ streams‚ and plateaus. The people of Iran relied on irrigation in order to gain resources and move further down the land. Iran also featured a number of resources such as copper‚ tin‚ gold‚ and silver which served as goods
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will be the one of the‚ if not the top country in the world. The government policies that were in place at this time are what kept these Spartans in top war performance. Once Spartans were born they were considered either fit or not fit to live in Sparta. This was of life may seem cruel and inhumane‚ but this is what it takes to be on top in ancient Greece. Neither the Persians‚ Athenians or any other country or city-states could wipe out the powerful Spartans for many years. From the moment
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Influenced by Confucianism and India by Hinduism. All together your post was good. You made some great key points when you mentioned the starting of a new dynasty for Persia and also about the Peloponnesian War and the conflicts between Athens and Sparta that lead to it. Even though you mention great factors as to how the Persian War effected Greek-city states and Persia ‚ I think you should of add more evidence about how Greek art and philosophy influenced many. For example‚ today many schools
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I believe that the Legalist idea of government is Sparta because to the Legalists‚ strength not goodness was a ruler’s greatest virtue. Many feudal rulers chose Legalism as the most effective way to keep order. So in my opinion Sparta was a more Legalist idea of government because of that they were very harsh on their people for many reasons. One form of it was that as Sparta was a warrior society‚ so from an early age‚ boys trained for a lifetime in the military. Officials of the government examined
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HISTORY AND CONTEMPORARY DEVELOPMENT IN EDCATION ASSIGNMENT: Compare and contrast the system of education in ancient Sparta and Athens and point out the relevance of these experiences to the modern theory and practice in education. INTODUCTION: (A) SPARTAN EDUCATION: When a boy child was born‚ the city-state of Sparta gave him a piece of land thus making him a full citizen of Sparta. The father had the right to raise him and teach him the basics until the age of 7. The boy would then be educated
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demonstrated how it was possible to build and maintain a large empire with their administrative techniques that they inherited from previous rulers. The Greeks will be examined from the 8th to 6th centuries BCE in the city-states of Athens and Sparta. The Acheamenid empire‚ the most dominant and influential of the various empires that the Persian civilization produced from 6th to 4th centuries BCE will also be looked at closely. Both civilizations dominated their surrounding
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I am gylippus the greatest mothax general that sparta has seen or will ever see. I turned the tides of the war at syracuse and devastated the athenians‚ but i’m getting ahead of myself. This is the beginning of the second peloponnesian war and i am proving my worth as the best general of all time. I have gained experience battling athens before in the archidamian war i have proven my worth as a commander and i will be instrumental in destroying the athenians once and for all. Even as a mere morthax
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been the last mentioned the first type applied. (Ancient Greek City-States). The most powerful and popular city-states of the ancient Greece are Athens‚ Sparta‚ Corinth‚ and Olympia. The article Ancient Greece the City of Athens‚ that “During the time of the Ancient Greeks it was the center of power‚ art‚ science‚ and philosophy in the world. Athens is one of the oldest cities in the world as well‚ with recorded history going back over 3400 years. It is the birth place of democracy and the heart
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CP Western Civilization Chapter 4 Sections 1-3 Minoan Civilization: lived on Crete; after king Minos; earliest civilization; based on trade not conquest; used art to reflect them; used others cultures and customs Polis: a city-state; political Oligarchy: rule by some people Acropolis: high city; city built high up on a cliff for defense purposes City-State: independent; own government; isolated; doesn’t answer to anyone Crete: island off the coast of Greece that was the cradle of an early
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haven’t seen a lot of things like the Persian wars. These wars were between Greek city states including Athens‚ Sparta and a few others small cites. Along with the massive Persian Empire. This happened over two thousand years ago and we’ll notice; why this was a major turning point within the Greek society‚ cultural developments that happened within the "Golden Age"‚ and the fall between Athens and Sparta which led to the Peloponnesian wars. The society and culture of the Greeks has had an ever-lasting
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