protective goddess. However‚ she sometimes appeared with the head of a lioness to protect the king in battle. The cat was a symbol of Bastet. The ancient Egyptians made many statues of cats like this one to honour Bastet. Bast‚ known as "Bastet" in later times to emphasise that the "t" was to be pronounced) was one of the most popular goddesses of ancient Egypt. She is generally thought of as a catgoddess. However‚ she originally had the head of a lion or a desert sand-cat and it was not until the
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As victors‚ the Spartans found themselves dominant in a Greece where polis was suspicious of polis and where‚ within each polis‚ faction disputed with faction. From Ionia‚ which the Spartans sold back to Persia as the price of their assistance‚ the Persians loomed once more as a threat to the whole Greek world. The new Macedonia in the north menaced the Greeks. Perhaps wiser or more vigorous leaders would have been able to create some sort of federation among the individual poleis that could have
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Paragraph 1: What is the purpose of myths? What do they really teach us in todays age? Myths are important because they explain how a certain culture or region came to be. It is the act of verbally passing on knowledge through stories because myths are riddled with facts so the we can learn about the unexplainable. This the reason we need myths‚ it teaches us about certain cultural morals and tries to lead us in our daily encounters with the knowledged that we have learned. Paragraph 2: The Archaic
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Palea and Lithos. And there is no evidence shows that about Palean boats to cross the river. However‚ I think the author should consider more details to support this claim. To begin with‚ the article does not mention about whether the geography in ancient is as same as now. We all know that it is possible that continent moving can contribute earthquake‚ and make dramatically change on geographic surfaces. Imaging that‚ Palea and Lithos might be linked in 5‚000 B.C.‚ when Palean were survived and woven
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were agreements between families instead. The families usually choose the spouse by who could improve their financial status. Marriage in Rome was arranged for many reasons‚ such as dowries‚ money and kids. Many marriages ended in divorce. There were many rituals Romans has to follow when getting married and choosing what type of marriage they wanted. In Rome there were two types of marriages. The first type was manus or controlled. This type the women left her own family and entered her husbands
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prison or being on probation. But what was it like in Ancient Greece?After the Dark Ages‚ about 1200-900 BC‚ the Ancient Greeks had no official laws or punishments. Murders were settled by the victims family killing the murderer‚ but this was difficult if they were elderly or female. This often began endless blood feuds. It was not until the seventh century BC that the Greeks began to establish laws. Around 620 BC‚ Draco wrote the first law for Greece. This law said that exile was the penalty for murder
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The views expressed in Egypt‚ Greece and Rome: Civilizations of the Ancient Mediterranean by Charles Freeman portrayed the women as deprived‚ controlled‚ or treated as property. These observations present only a small view into the lives of these women solely because recorded information is lacking regarding their roles (Freeman). However‚ from my perspective‚ the women appear to have equally suffered from emotional strain but to varying degrees. Together‚ Athenian women along with Roman women were
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justice and Roman authority” (Futrell 121). Thus‚ the lifestyle of the gladiator quite possibly originated from prisoners of war. During the second Sicilian slave war‚ the last standing survivors surrendered themselves to Aquilius who then took them to Rome where he “consigned them to fight with wild beasts” (Diodorus Historical Library 36.10). From there on‚ gladiators largely comprised of criminals‚ prisoners‚ slaves and other members of lower status within Roman society. Several literary inscriptions
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From Ancient Greece to the 21st century‚ there is still a continuation of sexual division because of set norms and hierarchical standards. Even as time passes‚ conventional gender roles that Greek philosophers established are still visible in present day‚ such as when media portrayed Thomas Beatie as a dominant male figure even though he was having a child. Society needs to have strict division roles between the sexes because it’s the only way of having control over emerging generations. Men are
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The Bronze Age‚ spanning from 3000-1050 B.C.E.‚ was a time in Ancient Greece characterised by invention and innovation both artistically and architecturally. The Minoans formed the first Greek civilisation on the island of Crete‚ which is located just south of mainland Greece. The name Minoan stems from a series of Greek myths about the legendary King Minos of Crete who was said to rule a vast sea empire; the Minoans were sea-faring people themselves. Minoan civilisation thrived from approximately
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