Rome vs. Greece Which of the city-states do you think was the better civilization? There are many difference and similarities between these city-states. Both are the most honorable ancient cultures in Western culture. Greece and Rome had fought many battles‚ but those battles only made them stronger. Both had their own ways of life and political views as a civilization‚ and these ways varied incomparably. While Greece had many artistic achievements‚ Rome focused on creating and improving a unified
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Ancient Rome Ancient Rome became one of the largest empires in the ancient world. Ancient Rome was a civilization that began growing from the 8th century BC. The empire was founded on 753 BC. In 753 BC‚ Rome was founded. Ancient Rome’s daily life is often compared to be similar to ours. The geography of Ancient Rome was the one of the main reason for its success. Rome is in the Italian peninsula. Italy is filled with a lot of hills‚ mountains‚ plains and rivers. Rome was vulnerable to attacks
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Western civilization 10/15/2010 Growth of Christianity The religion of Christianity is the belief that Jesus Christ is god. Jesus lived somewhere between 4 and 30 BCE and was from Nazareth. Jesus was brought up an orthodox Jew and was born into a bit of a higher class family. Jesus became a Jewish teacher and was said to give a message of hope and moral demands. He was executed somewhere around 30BCE by the roman crowed and was crucified. After his death his body reportedly went pissing from
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Ancient Greeks and Romans Contributed Ideas on Government The first societies to experiment with ideas on government that would later influence Americans were Ancient Greece and Rome. The Ancient Greeks and Romans developed the ideas of democracy and representative government more than 2‚000 years ago. A Democracy in Ancient Greece. The cities of Ancient Greece were organized into city-states‚ or small independent nations. Athens was one such city-state. For many years‚ Athens was ruled by a small
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Civilizations are a group of humans living together in an organized way and have made advances in arts‚ science and technology‚ law or government. China is one of the world’s oldest continuous civilizations; it is the only ancient civilization that has continued to this very day. The lifestyles that the ancient Chinese had is extremely different then the lifestyle that the Modern Western Civilization which includes North America and Europe currently has because of the different way that people
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"Time is cyclical. Time repeats itself; everyday‚ everything is reborn and new. History is not just the past but also the future. We are the result of millions years of history." Pre 1400-1648: Greece‚ Rome‚ Middle Ages‚ Byzantium‚ Renaissance‚ Reformation‚ Age of Exploration and Commercial Revolution 1. Ivan VI‚ also known as Ivan the Terrible‚ was the first Tsar. When he became the Tsar‚ he gained control of Siberia. Ivan the Terrible didn’t trust anyone‚ so he created an office of secret
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Europe I. General Info A. Facts 1. birthplace of western civilization 2. influential on world development a. history - exploration b. philosophy - religion [ religious backgrounds in US & Latin America come from Rome ] c. ideology - gov [ democracy comes from Ancient Greece ] 3. continent - subregions a. Eastern (Central) b. Western B. Geography 1. major cities~refer to map 2. 2nd smallest Australia‚ 2.9) -4 sq. miles 3. population of 700 million +‚ density 65 ppl/sq
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ANCIENT GREECE TO ANCIENT ROME: THE COMPARISON This paper will focus on three key points shared by both cultures which will help demonstrate the relationship between these two civilizations: religion‚ the arts and the state. Ancient Greek and Roman civilization left a permanent stamp on history‚ including the areas: politics and the state‚ art and literature‚ religion and philosophy. Yet‚ if it were not for the Roman civilization that emerged around and eventually swallowed them‚ we might not
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DBQ 1: Ancient Greeks Contributions Throughout time‚ humans have been changing and developing constantly. This change is often brought about by the desire for knowledge or new knowledge being discovered. However‚ it is not just knowledge that changes. Many other things such as culture‚ science‚ math‚ architecture‚ government‚ and art change as a result. Early civilizations have influenced and have had lasting effects of the civilizations of the Western world today. Many aspects
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An outstanding single event that happened in history during the ancient period was the development of the alphabet in Egypt around 2800 BC. This was in the form of hieroglyphics‚ which was the writing system devised by the Egyptians in order to improve their communication processes. The symbols developed by the hieroglyphics represented important messages and information that helped to clearly improve the way of living of the Egyptian people. Although the hieroglyphics are not used anymore today
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