The beginning of Rome Outline: I. Greece (Before Romulus and Remus) A. When and what happened B. What changed II. The Founders of Rome (Romulus and Remus) A. How they were raised B. Who raised them III. After Romulus and Remus’s birth A. Remus’s death B. Romulus’s life and disappearance THE BEGINNING OF ROME In 6000 BC Alexander the Great gathered several cities in Italy together and created Greece. The Greece Alexander created reached from
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cooperation of all the Greek city states to unite against a common threat. Ancient historians such as Aeschylus in his play ‘The Persians’ and Herodotus attribute the Greek victory to the so called ‘hubris’ or extreme confidence and arrogance showed by Xerxes. All these reasons played a crucial role in the Greek victory over the Persians in the Second Persian War. The leadership showed by men such as Themistocles and Leonidas had a significant impact in the victory for the Greeks. Thucydides describes
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Ancient Greek History Why should one study the Ancient Greeks? There exist almost countless contributions that Greek culture has made to western society in the areas of art‚ literature‚ philosophy‚ drama‚ architecture and politics. Lasting visions of thought and inspiring intellect helped shaped today’s western culture with notions of democracy and personal freedoms. Greek scientists made revolutionary discoveries in medicine‚ mathematics‚ physics‚ and astronomy. It was the Greeks who‚ through
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became one of the most influential military legacies of Greek culture‚ his ambition of doing so was driven by his own egocentricity‚ where he sought revenge for the terrible attacks on Greece that the Persians had wrought under Darius the Great and Xerxes‚ as well as
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HIS1001 The ancient Athenians had used an oligarchic constitution; it was not a good era to be stricken with poverty. The aristocrats dominated the peasants‚ so much so that the peasants were dependent on them. The poor worked the fields of the rich for a portion of the harvest‚ and if the rent was not met‚ their wives and children were seized in order to pay it off. Officials were chosen based on their birthright‚ at first for life‚ then for a decade. The officials consisted of the basileus‚
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In 499 BCE‚ Aristagoras made a mistake that greatly changed history and led to western ideas being spread throughout the world‚ a major turning point in shaping the culture of future generations. It resulted in many wars and conquests but ultimately this mistake is why today delegates to the United Nations wear suits and ties instead of turbans. Aristagoras was the Persian governor of Miletus on the edge of the Persian Empire. The nearby island of Naxos rebelled against the Persian Empire
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through a curious mix of fate and charm. It is also a story of remarkable love and devotion. The story’s setting is when Israel was in captivity to Babylon. The ruler of the Persian Empire is called Ahasuerus in the Bible and is historically known as Xerxes. Ahasuerus held a one hundred eighty-day feast to exemplify his opulence of his finest capital‚ Susa. Scripture reference in Esther 1:6-7 speaks highly of the feast‚ mentioning the "marble pillars‚ and also couches of gold and silver on a mosaic pavement
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display of their arrogance‚ extensively detailing many prideful stories of both regimes. In regards to Caligula‚ Suetonius recounts how Caligula was not bashful in receiving titles. Caligula envisioned himself a king equaling leadership qualities of Xerxes or Alexander‚ while also advancing a “claim to the majesty of a god” (Caligula‚ 22). Suetonius demonstrates how Caligula proclaims his divinity by removing the heads off statues of Zeus and other gods only to restore them with his own head. Caligula’s
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THE ANCIENT GREEKS NAME ___Harrison Funk_________________________________ To complete this worksheet use the information found on the following website: http://www.mythologyteacher.com/GreekIntro.html GREEK INTRO 1. At roughly what time period was the golden age of ancient Greece? 500 B.C. 2. Who was an ancient Greek writer of fables? Homer 3. Who was a Greek mathematician? Pythrogras 4. Why should Americans study ancient Greece? We oew everything to ancient Greece. GREEK CITY-STATES
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EXAM I VOCABULARY Paleolithic and Neolithic Vocabulary to Know: * Paleolithic – 40‚000-8‚000 BC Old Stone Age‚ mankind produced * Neolithic – New Stone Age 1. Comes about at different times at different locations due to ice age ending unevenly 1. Development of organized system of agriculture (replacing hunting gathering community) 1. Domestication of animals 1. Permanent architecture (year round settlements) * Iconography – pictoral representations * sculpture
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