such as Hercules‚ Mercury‚ Venus and Apollo. Reportedly‚ he began referring to himself as a god when meeting with politicians and he was referred to as "Jupiter" on occasion in public documents. A sacred precinct was set apart for his worship at Miletus in the province of Asia and two temples were erected for worship of him in Rome. The Temple of Castor and Pollux on the forum was linked directly to the imperial residence on the Palatine and dedicated to Caligula. He would appear here on occasion
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Question1. Describe the sculptures‚ chaityas and viharas of the Mauryan Dynasty constructed to spread Buddhism during Ashoka’s reign. The Mauryan period is an important period in the history of Indian art and architecture‚ with the foundations for Indian art being laid‚ which would later reach their height during the golden age of the Guptas. Our main pieces of evidence and material come from the time of the great Mauryan king Ashoka. Ashoka’s Maurya Dynasty consisted of present-day Pakistan
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Unspoken Dilemma Thales once said “The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself.” Indeed‚ you might spend more than half of your lives looking for yourself in the mists of sadness‚ outlines of joy‚ or worse‚ in nowhere that not even you can comprehend what’s happening inside. But Aristotle said "Knowing oneself‚ is the beginning of all wisdom". Therefore it is an individual’s foundation‚ the start to fully obtain the essence of life. Knowing yourself is not by merely introducing in front
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There were many major developments of the early Greek culture. The Greek Culture was the culture that showed the spirit of Western society. The Greeks had a strong devotion to freedom and the belief of human achievement. The most important creation in the universe to them was humanity. The period of Dark Ages occurred from 1150 to 800 B.C.E. There were no written records to be found‚ and so the culture had turned to simpler forms. On the Aegean island/sea are where some decorated pottery and crafted
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The practical lawmaking Solon and Cleisthenes implemented in Athens further impressed the concept of public and personal responsibility‚ the former’s slogan of eunomia (“good laws”) promoting moderation and balance of interests and Cleisthenes’ role in organizing people and their localities into clear identities away from the aristocratic clans. The latter made the boundaries between the aristokratia’s estates and the localities made of the village and a shrine‚ so that one district had political
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Environment and Planning D: Society and Space 2012‚ volume 30‚ pages 369 ^ 380 doi:10.1068/d6810 Differences: chaos in the history of the sciences Michel Serres ¨ Academie Francaise‚ 23 quai de Conti‚ 75270 Paris cedex 06‚ CS 90618‚ France ° Translated by Taylor Adkins 3047 Hollywood Drive‚ Decatur‚ GA 30033‚ USA Abstract. In this paper from the book Les origines de la geometrie (The origins of geometry)‚ subtitled ¨ ¨ tiers livre des fondations (third book of foundations) (Serres‚ 1993‚ Flammarion
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church have been found and can be seen today. The next to oversee the reconstruction of this marvelous architectural piece was Emperor Justinian I and it was between (532-537). The two architects that conceived this master piece were Isidore of Miletus and Anthemius of Tralles. They were both professors of geometry at the University of Constantinople. It is said that their work was a technical triumph. It is one of the greatest surviving examples of Byzantine architecture even though the structure
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Geometry (Greek γεωμετρία; geo = earth‚ metria = measure)‚ Its beginnings can be traced in ancient Egypt or early or before 1700 B.C. Due to necessity‚ every time the Nile River inundated and deposited fertile soil along the bank‚ the early Egyptian had to solve the problem of size and boundaries of land along the Nile River. Changes happened in the contour of the land had caused confusion among landowners. So a system of making boundaries‚ measuring lengths and areas had to be discovered
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national wealth COLUMN Erskine Bowles on making sacrifices to invest in America’s future The New Science of Viral Ads FIRST I ILLUSTRATION: CAMERON LAW Five techniques can help companies make commercials that people will watch and share by Thales Teixeira t’s the holy grail of digital marketing: the viral ad‚ a pitch that large numbers of viewers decide to share with family and friends. Several techniques derived from new technology can help advertisers attain this. In our research‚ two colleagues
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Mathematical Happenings Rayne Charni MTH 110 April 6‚ 2015 Prof. Charles Hobbs Mathematical Happenings Greek mathematicians from the 7th Century BC‚ such as Pythagoras and Euclid are the reasons for our fundamental understanding of mathematic science today. Adopting elements of mathematics from both the Egyptians and the Babylonians while researching and added their own works has lead to important theories and formulas used for all modern mathematics and science. Pythagoras was born in Samon Greece
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