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    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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    Honr 101 Final Exam Notes

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    Honors 101 Final Exam Study Guide Overarching Themes Pietas (vs. intense anger) Oikos Polis Furor (vengeance) and Justice Deception Wisdom Love Heroism Will of God(s) Evil/Sin Ascent Suffering is necessity Sacrifice for beliefs Relationships with followers (Socrates vs. Jesus)/discipleship Misunderstandings lead to consequences Father/son relationships Oral Society Hospitality Fate/Omens Unpredictability of life/Inevitability Devolution (golden age has passed)/decline/inferiority

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    What do sources reveal about the lives of woman in Sparta? Sources reveal that the lives of woman in Sparta‚ that they were treated differently to spartiate men‚ they were not allowed to do majority if things that the Spartan men did‚ such as hunting‚ working‚ and most leisure activities such as watching cockfighting or boar fighting. Woman were to stay at home and do home duties such as cooking‚ cleaning and ultimately look after the children. Women were expected to raise children and to make

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    Grant Godfrey Film Appreciation 11/27/09 Glory or Death A Film Analysis of “300” Most people have heard the story of King Leonidas and the bold three hundred; but for the people that have never heard of the three hundred Spartans until the movie came out‚ it definitely opened their eyes after viewing the film. Some do not understand why this story is one of the most amazing ones in Greek history‚ mostly the people who do not know much about it. It is an inspirational story that tells us many

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    They were expected to fight for Sparta without any justification or mercy. IV. Allowed to marry at age 30 2 A.) Due to their commitment to the battlefield they would not be around much for the raising of their children or nourishment to the wives. 1.) Stealthy visits‚ meaning the soldiers would be extremely low key to even visit or be with their wives for one night. a.) Much dedication was based on fighting for their families and protecting mother Sparta. B.) They would be allowed to

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    Spartan Military From about the time of the Persian invasion until the Battle of Leuctra‚ Sparta was viewed as the powerhouse of the Greek city-states. There were numerous reasons behind their success‚ but there are few that stand out as the most prevalent. Spartan boys are born to be warriors‚ they are sent to the Agoge at the age of seven and forced to abide by the Laws set by Lycurgus the Lawgiver. Spartan men never had to worry about chores or any work that was done in the kleroi‚ allowing

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    Professor Mack Comparative Government (POLS 1220.32) 13 December 2011 The Art of Self-Interest: Sun-Tzu and Thucydides “Being fond of the truth‚ I am an admirer of antiquity‚” writes Confucius. (Kaplan‚ 40) The past contains lessons that apply to the future‚ because while time‚ place‚ individuals and creed change‚ people as a whole do not. The motivations are always the same. “Thus‚ as Aron notes‚ while our ideals have usually been peaceful‚ history has often been violent. Though this should

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    the vast cultural projects in Athens specifically the temple of Athena at Acropolis and the Erechtheum. He was able to cement his political might by encouraging civic participation in the country by ensuring people were paid for the jury duty and other civil service tasks. However‚ his main role came in the Peloponnesian wars (Kagan & Wallace‚ 2003).

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    Greece. It is about the famous Battle of Thermopylae that mainly involved both the Persians and the Spartans. The Persian army‚ led by a king named Xerxes‚ is in the process of taking over several Hellenic states in Greece. When Xerxes arrives at Sparta to strike a deal with King Leonidas (Spartan Army Leader) that he will have power over all of Greece if he will bow down to King Xerxes‚ Leonidas responds with retaliation against the Persians. King Leonidas assembles 300 of his toughest Spartan soldiers

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    “king‚” is warned by messengers from the Persian empire to kneel before Xerxes‚ the Persian god-king‚ or to see his beloved Sparta be destroyed and it’s loyal people be captured as slaves. Leonidas denies these requests as a free man who will kneel to no one. Xerxes‚ seeing this as a threat to his newly established empire‚ wages war against Leonidas his city state of Sparta. As in any story there is a traitor‚ which only complicates Leonidas’ determination of staying a free Greek. Abiding by Spartan

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