status. The peasant hoplites would only carry a shield and maybe a helmet if they could afford it. The upper-class would have a breastplate of bronze or leather‚ bronze greaves to protect the shins‚ and sometimes arm-guards also. ( “ Greek Warriors” 6) The helmets that the hoplites would wear were “corinthian” which was beaten out of a single sheet of bronze. The helmets would have eye slits‚ and breathing spaces for the mouth and nose. The helmets that they would use would offer various amounts of
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Metallurgy: The Bronze Age Metallurgy was first practiced in Asia Minor a little after 4000 B.C.E‚ afforded individuals greater control over nature by providing harder‚ more efficient tools and weapons. At first copper ore was taken from the surface‚ but metalsmiths mined and smelted various ores to produce bronze. The technology of bronze-casting spread from Mesopotamia throughout the ancient world. In India‚ advanced metalwork techniques were used to produce jewelry‚ musical instruments‚ horse
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Brief Summary: In this article author talked about the Octavius Seowtewa‚ an elder belongs to Native American Zuni Tribe in New Mexico‚ was sitting to in a Paris Café‚ scrolling through his phone pictures of AHAYUDA‚ carved and decorated wooden poles that are considered as sacred to the Zuni. He was attending the meeting to return his artifacts. Zuni has been more proactive than other Native American tribes in reclaiming ceremonial object such as war gods. Zuni took the advantage of federal legislation
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gold‚ silver‚ and bronze medals. The arrangement is based on the highest number of medals and if they are the same‚ the country will be displayed in alphabetically order. Assume there are 10 countries and 10 games; each game will be given only 1 gold medal‚ 1 silver medal and 1 bronze medal. Your program will display the Medals Tally based on the results of the 10 games. The results of each 10 games will be randomly generated. Sample Outputs: Gold Silver Bronze Total AUS 0 0 0
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western China‚ conquered the Shang in the 11th century. (1) One of the most important parts of the Shang Dynasty was the use of bronze. During the late 1920s‚ thousands of artifacts where recovered from the ruins of Yin‚ which was the last capital of the Shang. (2) Some artifacts that where recovered included bronze vessels‚ chariots‚ axes and hairpins. Bronze was also associated with royalty which is why many artifacts where found buried with royals. Other artifacts
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Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena‚ Ca. offers a whole level devoted to Asian Art‚ which is why I decided to go to this Museum. I chose the Bronze statue of Shiva as Nataraja or Lord of the Dance. We studied this in class‚ and I was taken with it then‚ and even more so in person. The statue is from India: Tamil Nadu‚ c. 1000. The statue is a form of Shiva‚ with four arms and a raised leg‚ standing over a dwarf‚ with different objects in his hands or forming meaningful hand gestures‚ and flowing hair
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Classical Worlds Greek Sculpture The Doryphoros‚ dates from 450-400 BC‚ it is a Roman marble copy of a Greek bronze sculpture and carved by the sculptor Polykleitos. The sculpture shows athleticism at its finest‚ it had a balanced figure with idealized proportions sculpted in the round. Doryphoros is one of the most classic sculptures from the high classical period. The Doryphoros is a very intellectual work. Our appreciation of
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China was at war during 1911-1949. In 1911 it was the start of the Communist Revolution‚ and then the Chinese with the Americans had to fight off Japan which continued into World War II. Finally‚ after the Japanese had surrendered the Civil War began in China. The Civil War was one of the most violent acts in Chinese history‚ it lasted for four long years between 1945-1949. The outcome of the Civil War would change China forever. After World War II and the surrender of Japan‚ another long and
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contain bronze and bronze was mostly used in tools and such in 2000 BC. To find the answer to the questions‚ and to see if their hypothesis were
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The Modern Nigerian Economy Nigeria is located on the west coast of Africa and is the most populous black country in the world‚ bordering the North Atlantic Ocean‚ between Benin and Cameroon. Nigeria covers 356‚668 sq miles and is about the same size as California‚ Nevada and Utah combined. Nigeria is diverse in people and culture. Oil-rich Nigeria‚ long stunted by political instability‚ corruption‚ inadequate infrastructure‚ and poor management‚ is undertaking some reforms under a new reform-minded
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