starts with alexander the great conquering the east Mediterranean everyone learns Greek (kione/ common) Greek is common culture . Roman republic takes over Mediterranean and adopt the Greek culture during the 700 year period Europe Africa and Asia are more connected than they will be until the 20th century. Many people adopt cosmopolitan (citizen of the world) awareness of the unity of humanity Course themes 1. what makes a society civilized? 2. how does the past shape the present?
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‘Where I lived and What I Lived For’ – Henry David Thoreau Many of Henry D. Thoreau’s ideas are clearly seen in his piece of writing ‘Where I Lived and What I Lived For’. Through his work‚ not only do we learn about his experience in the woods at Walden Pond‚ but also about his values and the way he sees life‚ which he shares with his readers all throughout the chapter. In my opinion‚ of the most significant topics this chapter deals with is ‘the beauty of nature’. As said by Thoreau‚ "The morning
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Through the poem ：When I Heard the Learn・d Astronomer；‚ Whitman leaves a dominant impression of his own view of astronomy and it・s abundance. He describes how the speaker recounts a day sitting through an astronomy lecture‚ listening to the astronomer・s dull mathematical descriptions of the stars by charts and figures. Gradually the speaker gets sick of its content. Instead‚ the speaker finds understanding and satisfaction just by wandering off plainly looking up at the night sky. The speaker generates
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a vast number of resources available for learning about guitar. You can learn how to play songs‚ how to repair your broken instrument‚ how to play fancy scales‚ and much more. The trouble is‚ there just aren’t many GOOD guitar lessons available to someone looking to start playing guitar. These guitar lessons are designed for people who own (or have borrowed) a guitar‚ but don’t yet know the first thing about playing it. What you’ll need for these Guitar Lessons * A guitar with six strings. Any
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On the fourth Tuesday the main point they discuss is death. Morrie made clear that the only way to truly live‚ is to learn to die first. He said‚” Learn how to die‚ and then you learn how to live.” When acceptance is made that death may happen at anytime‚ earthly things won’t be as important as the spiritual things in life. These may take the place of those things to feel whole again. This lead to when he talked about how we have appreciate things we haven’t before we did this process. We as
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What Type of Parent Will I Be? Abstract Parent can be one of the most difficult jobs any couple or individual can have. There are no black and white manuals for parenting‚ only suggestive techniques‚ which are all subjective to your own understanding and abilities. Through research of different journal articles online (Internet) ‚ readings (non-interent) and different experiences I have encountered I will discuss what type of parent I think I will be. This will include Dr. Diana Baumrind’s style
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Ever since I was in elementary school I’ve hated english class. Throughout my years in school I have always had low reading score and when I take the STAR test that score was always low as well. Another reason why I don’t like english class is because I don’t like reading. The fact of sitting down and actually reading a book was not cutting it for me. I thought I had better things to do such as playing sports or hanging out with friends. English has probably been the biggest struggle for me. It’s
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McGuire Dr. Paul Rowe English 1301 Fridays 8:00 a.m. Essay #1 14 May 2008 Never Too Late to Learn There’s an old saying: You can’t teach an old dog new tricks. Well‚ most of the time‚ whenever I’ve heard it‚ the one saying it has been an older person who’s trying to explain why they can’t‚ or rather‚ won’t learn something new. However‚ I learned a long time ago that you never stop learning‚ and it’s never too late to learn something new. You just have to want to learn. This lesson was taught
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Whether it’s the urge to winning a race or parachuting off a plane miles up‚ that heart pumping‚ adrenaline‚ feeling I get is what I would describe fun as. That slow motion time zone I receive in the midst of battling a position for a race is the feeling that cannot be explained‚ but for one to have experienced it to know. That time zone where everything is slowed‚ is where I have the chance to forget all the stress built up‚ and to just enjoy the ecstasy feeling of the adrenaline. This ecstasy
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in their life. An example would be my values‚ I‚ personally‚ have many values. Some of my most important values consist of my family‚ my ethnicity and my memories. Something that I value the most would be my family. Family means a lot for me because no matter what happens‚ my family would always be there for me. Life would be really different if I didn’t have the family that I have now. In my family‚ I am taught that no matter what difficulties I have to face‚ my family would always be there
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