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    Ancient Greek created many myths because they couldn’t explain some of the things that happened to them or around them. Mythology was part of Greek civilization and they used to use it as their religion or other reasons. Ancient Greek mythology is one of the oldest myths we have and goes back thousands of years ago. I decided to choose the mythology of Hades but the myth doesn’t tell us much valuable historical information because Hades was the ruler of the underworld and ruler of the dead. Hade

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    Even though Venus‚ the Roman goddess of love and beauty‚ was important to the ancient Greeks‚ she still is today‚ to the people of modern society. There are two different myths about how Venus came to be. The first myth states that she came up from the sea as a fully developed woman‚ with Uranos being her father‚ and having no mother. The other myth says that she is the daughter of Jupiter‚ the king of the gods‚ and Dione. (Kamil 2). The Roman goddess Venus was so immensely beautiful‚ that she could

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    HELLENIC AGE PHILOSOPHY • Greeks used observation and reason to find causes for what happened • Ethics and morality • In Athens‚ Sophism- success is more important than moral truth o Rhetoric- art of skillful speaking o Socrates- Sophist‚ Athenian philosopher ▪ Socratic Method- pose series of questions to students and challenge them to examine the implications of their answers o Plato- student of Socrates ▪ Emphasized the

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    The American Dream in Fitzgerald’s Great Gatsby vs. Modern Society 1776: The year America was put into action; the year the dream was born‚ the American Dream. Today‚ I believe the dream may be seen innovatively; representing the want for a life full of contentment and the ability to build our own paths in this life. As depicted in Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby‚ the dream was seen as the want for social wealth as well as physical prosperity. Although both Fitzgerald’s view of the American Dream

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    The Great Depression was the economic low point in the United States history. Building up the nation’s economy was an exhausting process that took decades to improve‚ and even today there are still many Americans still being affected by the Great Depression. The computer revolution and the House Minority of the Whip‚ Newt Gingrich‚ through hard work‚ began to improve the United States economy during the 1980’s and the 1990’s through the buildup of new policies‚ job creations‚ and programs. Not only

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    In fifth century Greece‚ religion was present in all areas of life. Although its origins may be traced to the remotest eras‚ Greek religion in its developed form lasted more than a thousand years. From before the time of Homer to the reign Julius Caesar in the fourth century AD‚ the gods were alive and present and influencing human affairs. There were myths to explain the origins of mankind‚ formal rituals that could include animal sacrifices and libations and temples dominated the city skyline

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    Ancient and modern sources present differing views of Xerxes. It’s difficult to make a judgment of Xerxes character and effectiveness as a King since there is a bias in a majority of these sources. Ancient Persian Ancient Persian sources are mostly inscriptions and reliefs found in Persepolis though there are also inscriptions found in other parts of the Persian Empire. An example are the Daiva inscriptions “A great god is Ahuramazda‚ who created this earth … who made Xerxes king‚ one king of

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    Theaters‚ actors‚ and plays were all started in the ancient Greek time period. Ancient Greek theater began between 550 and 220 BC. The plays or productions focused on the Greek God Dionysus. Dionysus was the God of wine‚ agriculture‚ and sexuality. Thespis was a person who told stories through songs to Dionysus. Thespis did two major things that transformed Greek theater‚ make actors instead of just storytellers and translated the hymns into Dionysus to story telling songs which people acted out

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    Ancient Greek and Roman similarities. The ancient Greek and Roman civilizations of Europe began to progress toward a more civilized order of society. As there were no previous establishment to base their ideals on‚ it was understandable that there were some difficulties in their progression as a society. Although the ancient Greek and Roman governments fell‚ both had similar paths of creation‚ conquest‚ and destruction. Greek society began by the formation of the city-state. "The city-state

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    Ancient Greeks Introduction In this project you will find out how the Greek life style was like in Ancient Greece like what food the Greeks liked .And what and some of my favourites are where Greece in the Morden world who were the Greeks and what school they went to. Who were the Greeks? Where is Greece in the Morden world? The Ancient Greeks lived in Greece and the countries that we now called Bulgaria and Turkey. The Ancient Greece Empire spread over Europe as far as France in the East

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