Main article: Historic tsunami[->0] As early as 426 B.C.[->1] the Greek[->2] historian Thucydides[->3] inquired in his book History of the Peloponnesian War[->4] about the causes of tsunami‚ and was the first to argue that ocean earthquakes must be the cause.[5]HYPERLINK \l "cite_note-Smid.2C_T._C._103f.-5"[6] The cause‚ in my opinion‚ of this phenomenon must be sought in the earthquake. At the point where its shock has been the most violent the sea is driven back‚ and suddenly recoiling with
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“Men who are capable of real action first make their plans and then go forward without hesitation while their enemies have still not made up their minds.” ― Thucydides‚ The History of the Peloponnesian War. If there was ever a more accurate quote to describe Alcibiades‚ this out shone it. Through his manipulation‚ impressive persuasion‚ and eagerness to be on the winning side‚ Alcibiades‚ son of Cleinias‚ was able to become a prominent figure in the Peloponnesian war. Not only was he an extraordinary
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BOLIVARIANA DE VENEZUELA MINISTERIO DEL PODER POPULAR PARA LA EDUCACIÓN U.E. INSTITUTO ANDES MODERN AND ANCIENT DEMOCRACY Authors: Acevedo R‚ Sofia Rancel M‚ Isabella M Teacher: Miss Andrea de Paramo Caracas‚ May‚ 2013 According to Thucydides (c.406/455-c.399 BCE)‚ Pericles the ancient Athenian leader was chosen to give a speech in the funerals of the firsts who had fallen in the Peloponnesian war; he decided to state the values of democracy in this occasion. According to Karpiel‚ F;
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warfare in 21st century While many scholars attempted to theorize war in human history‚ only few were credited for constructing consistent theories on which people could base and further their understanding of war and warfare. Those include Greek Thucydides‚ Chinese Sun Tzu‚ and Indian Kautilya all three from 3-4th century BC; Prussian Carl von Clausewitz and Swiss Antoine-Henry Jomini both from 19th century. All of those prominent theorist had a lot to offer and therefore had great influence on our
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The Peloponnesian WARRRRRRRRRR! Importance of the Peloponnesian War • The Peloponnesian War paved the way for the Macedonian takeover of Greece and Alexander the Great’s empire. Thucydides on the Causes of the Peloponnesian War “I think that the truest explanation (prophasis)‚ but the one that was least made public‚ was the growth of Athens’ power and the fear that this caused among the Spartans made war inevitable” “But the grounds of complaint (aitiai)‚ which where openly stated
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Julia‚ Genevieve‚ and Ridge Spartan Art and Culture Spartan sculptors were active in pan-European sites such as Delphi and Olympia.Pausanias‚ traveling through Sparta in the second century AD‚ recorded hundreds of significant buildings – temples‚ monuments‚ tombs‚ and public buildings – that were part and parcel of Spartan art and culture. According to contemporary sources‚ Sparta was particularly renowned for its music and dance. Spartan bronze works were coveted as gifts and imports. Spartan
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Final Exam Essay Based on the book Destined for War by Graham Allison‚ there are multiple factors that could lead to a U.S.- China conflict. Over the last century the United States had proved to be more powerful than China and that intimidated them. By 1905‚ the United States built 25 battleships and became a leading naval power. Theodore Roosevelt believed that the United States influence improved the lives of many people. China during the early 1900’s was weak‚ and looked up to America. China
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orator Pericles‚ Athens produced some of the most influential and enduring cultural artifacts of the Western tradition. The playwrights Aeschylus‚ Sophocles and Euripides all lived and worked in fifth century Athens‚ as did the historians Herodotus and Thucydides‚ the physician Hippocrates‚ and the philosopher Socrates. Overview During the golden age‚ Athenian military and external affairs were mostly run by the ten strategoi (or generals) who were elected each year by the ten clans of citizens‚ and whose
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Pericles Funeral Oration In the fifth century BCE the city of Athens was lead by a man named Pericles. Funerals after great battles were held as a public event where any citizen of Athens‚ stranger or relative to the fallen heroes‚ was invited to take place. A major difference between funerals in Athens and funerals held in present day is the fact that in Athens the cost of the funeral fell on the public rather than the family of the deceased. The fallen heroes are laid in a public sepulcher
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Oration: The Ignored Arrogance In a while after the Peloponnesian War had broken out‚ Pericles delivered his famous Funeral Oration to commemorate those troops who had already fallen in battle. Recorded‚ and probably rewritten by the historian Thucydides‚ it is one of the primary sources on which our understanding of ancient Athens is based and provides a unique insight into just how Athenian democracy understood itself. In the speech Pericles relates the special qualities of the Athenians‚ redefining
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