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 empires but did so in different ways‚ this paper will look
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Historic recurrence is the repetition of similar events in history.[2] The concept of historic recurrence has variously been applied to the overall history of the world (e.g.‚ to the rises and falls of empires)‚ to repetitive patterns in the history of a given polity‚ and to any two specific events which bear a striking similarity.[3] Hypothetically‚ in the extreme‚ the concept of historic recurrence assumes the form of the Doctrine of Eternal Recurrence‚ which has been written about in various
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Confucius‚ “Riches and honours are what men desire. If it cannot be obtained in the proper way‚ they should not be held. Poverty and meanness are what men dislike. If it cannot be avoided in the proper way‚ they should not be avoided” (Confucius‚ 551-479 BCE‚ p 17.) The Confucius is teaching his students that even though we all want to get wealth‚ but we cannot get it via sharp practice. We should think about “Yi(义)” first which comes before gain. “Yi” can be seen as the word “righteousness” in English
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relationship of the Jewish people to Jerusalem. 1738 BCE The first Jew goes to Jerusalem Abraham‚ the founding father of the Jewish people‚ was sent by God to Israel. After arriving in Israel‚ Abraham went to Jerusalem where he received a blessing from king Melchizedek. 1676 BCE The binding of Isaac One of the most important events in early Jewish history was when Abraham almost sacrificed his son Isaac. This took place on Mt. Moriah in Jerusalem. 1590 BCE Jacob’s dream One of the most important experiences
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The time depicted in the medium was during the Achaemenid Empire which was the Persian Empire‚ established by Cyprus the great. 550-479 BCE and the Arabian Peninsula 1000 B.C. first century A.D. The Persian empire was greater than Assyrian and stretched from Egypt to Arabia across Mesopotamia and the Indus river. Persia today the nation of Iran and when Cyprus was conquering the nearing regions. During 539 B.C.E.‚ King Cyrus chose to grow the limits of Persia. He started by vanquishing Babylon. Cyrus
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naturalism‚ redefining ideal proportions and exploring new spatial possibilities. With sculptures such as Bronze Youth from Antikyther‚ gives an example of what the Greeks considered physical beauty (Kershaw‚ 217). The sculptures Discobolus and Doryphoros depict athletes’ muscular form at rest. Each of the sculptures represents a moderation of physical strength when applied to one aspect of human potential in regards to strength and beauty. Sculpture also reflected the Greek Civic value‚ which was
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Pacific Ocean. Tokyo is the capital of Japan. The four largest islands of Japan are as follows: Honshu‚ Hokkaido‚ Kyushu‚ and Shikoku which makes 97% of the land area of Japan. JOMON PERIOD Jomon Period is the pre-historic period in Japan from 14‚500 BCE to 100BCE. The name Jomon is derived from the “cord marking” that were found in the pottery during the Jomon period. The people during this period were semi- sedentary and lived mostly in pit dwells around the central open spaces. They used to obtain
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(literally "Silk Road") was coined retrospectively by the German geographer Ferdinand von Richthofen in 1877 and has found since its way into general usage. It gets its name from the lucrative Chinese silk trade‚ which began during the Han Dynasty (206 BCE–220 CE)‚ and was the major reason for the connection of trade routes into an extensive trans-continental network.[1][2][3] In recent years‚ both the maritime and overland Silk Routes are again being used‚ often closely following the ancient routes.
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Telus History TELUS as we know it today is the result of a number of mergers and acquisitions along more than 100 years of history. Everything started in 1885 when the first telephone call took place in Alberta; from there the city of Edmonton bought the Edmonton district telephone company in 1904. In 1906 Alberta started a provincial telephone service by acquiring the assets of the Bell Telephone Company in the province; in 1958 the AGTC is formed. In 1990 TELUS Corporation is established‚ following
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industry to the electricity industry. Each merge and integration have consequences‚ and though there may be a vast amount of positives for both companies‚ the process can still fail. This can be seen in the attempted horizontal integration of Canadian BCE TV and Astral Media. Though integration can lead to a lot of benefits for both companies
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