Global Culture (A block) Peter Qiu John Baker 10/27/2016 Rough Draft Athens was the largest city in Greece‚ located at the Attica peninsula. The name Athens was come from the Goddess of Athena‚ who is the protector of Athens. Between the mountains were fertile valleys‚ with many farms. Athens became rich because Attica also had valuable sources of various types of material‚ which allowed them to trade with other city-states (Ancient Greece:Athens‚ source 5). As the ancestor of modern democracy‚ Athenian
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Ancient Rome has had a very diverse culture. Over time‚ there culture has been politically and culturally changed‚ and its legacy and traditions have even continued through the 100 C.E. eras to the 600 C.E. era. Therefore over a long period of time the Latin‚ political ways‚ monarchy‚ Christianity‚ and priests have all differed or stayed the same over the 100 to 600 C.E. time era. Over this time period of 100 C.E. to 600 C.E. the continuity of the Roman Empire have had two major things that continued
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Greece and Rome Chapter Four ancient civilizations bok outline. The civilizations of Greece and Rome rivaled those of India and China in cultural richness and their effect on world history. Their institutions and values reverberated in the later histories of the Middle East and Europe and Europe’s colonies around the world. The study of classical Mediterranean civilization is complicated because it includes Greek and then Roman political‚ social‚ and economic institutions‚ which were sometimes
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The Middle East powerhouses‚ Greece and Rome‚ those two name comes to mind when the words “great empires” are mentioned. Theories and devices‚ those are the two things they are most commonly known for. The empires were greatly influenced by each other‚ which spread their way of living around the globe. Many ideas from the Greeks were stolen by the Romans‚ but they made their own version of female power‚ religion‚ and entertainment. Greek and Roman civilizations role was not the same‚ especially
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about Spartan cultural life? There were many different aspects to the Spartan cultural life which ancient sources and evidence have provided insight and knowledge for our modern societies. These features include art‚ architecture‚ writing and literature‚ and Greek writer’s views of Sparta. The Spartan cultural life also gives us knowledge into other aspects of Spartan life and the society in which they lived. Architecture was one of the essential parts of the Spartan cultural life. The main sites for
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Human habitation goes back as far as 500 B. C. E. Maybe even earlier than that. The Athenian haves a legend that gods did a competition to get the city named after him/her. It goes like this- the Acropolis‚ with Cecrops and the citizenry where determining which god would will earn the honor to be named after this beautiful city. Poseidon struck a rock with his trident and water gushed out. He did it so the people wouldn’t die or suffer from droughts. Another god Athena dropped a seed into the world
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Life as an Ancient Greek Have you ever wondered what life was like in early Greece? If you compare life in early Greece to life in the Twenty First Century‚ you may be surprised at the similarities‚ as well as differences. Well‚ in the next few paragraphs‚ I will explain to you just how different the life in Ancient Greece was from today. I will explore an organized society with primitive construction ideas to amazing mythology beliefs. First‚ there are several differences in the way their
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Daily Life in Ancient Rome The people in ancient Rome lived everyday life in reference to the social status of the people the poorest of the people being the most oppressed in the kingdom. The people in the other societies were‚ however different from the ancient Romans. The book “Roman Blood” is a history book that depicts the times of the ancient ruler Sulla‚ who was a dictator in 80 B.C. The ruler like many others was above the law and had command over numerous numbers of people. Ancient Rome
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Both Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome were very experienced in many different aspects of daily life. In terms of architecture‚ government‚ and entertainment‚ they were very advanced civilizations which helped grow and establish nations among further generations. To cultivate the aspects used today‚ Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome were some of the first to establish key structures. They contributed to the modern world today through their architecture; designing columns‚ domes‚ and temples. Through
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Ancient Greece Greece today is very different from what it was centuries ago. The beliefs are the same and the Gods who once ruled still live among in myths and tales told from generation to generation. Ancient Greece made many influential contributions to western civilization such as in the areas of philosophy‚ art‚ architecture‚ math and science. All of the achievements that ancient Greece has made was done simultaneously while fighting two wars‚ the Peloponnesian war and the Persian war. Greek
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