There are many Greek influences that still affect us today such as Democracy. The Greeks created the world’s first democracy. Athens started out as a monarchy and then advanced to and oligarchy until it finally reached a democracy. The government consisted of over 6‚000 assembly members all of whom were adult male citizens. The assembly voted on issues throughout Athens‚ and passed laws. The required number of votes to pass a law was simply the majority but in order to banish or exile someone 6‚000
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than 14 acres‚ and it once supported a 5‚000-square-foot temple on top. Monks Mound is a flat top dirt pyramid which originally took between 15 and 20 billion pounds of soil to construct. This mound is bigger than and of the three great pyramids in Giza‚ Egypt. Today‚ Monks Mound has four distinct terraces. It is believed that the building at the summit was the residence for the leader of Cahokia. At the top of Monks Mound‚ a ruler could see nearly all of Cahokia. It would also be considered a symbol
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It was the saturday morning‚ summer was setting in and we couldn’t stay in bed for too long. Woke up early and decided to drive away. No destination in mind‚ no plans made. We packed our bags and sat in the car. We had to make a decision now.....atleast which road to take. We had the choice of heading in multiple directions considering Bangalore is based centrally. But yes‚ we chose the Kanakapura Road. We called in a few friends to see if they were interested to join in‚ but the lazy buggers
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is close to 1.168 which is really close to the Golden Ratio. Most parts of the human body are proportional to the Golden Ratio. The Golden Ratio can even be traced back into the times of the Romans and Pyramids. For example‚ the Great Pyramid of Giza‚ which was built in 2560 BC‚ is one of the earliest ways the Golden Ratio was used. The length of each side of the base is 756 feet while the height of the Pyramid when build was 481 feet. If you divide 756 by 481‚ you would get 1.5717 which is very
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have been paramount to the modernization of medicine and science‚ and continue to be at the forefront of medicinal inventions. Scientists have been able to track prosthetics far into our history‚ with the earliest discovered prosthetic found at a necropolis at Themes west. The mummified woman is believed to be 3000 years old‚ and the prosthesis (a toe) was a delicately carved‚ brown painted wooden stump. This was attached to the foot via plates and wrapped bandages and allowed the woman to walk‚ maintaining
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Queens of Ancient Egypt Historians and archaeologists have studied ancient Egyptian civilisation for more than 200 years. Although many fascinating discoveries have been made‚ not all is known about Ancient Egypt and therefore some aspects of its history are based on surmised interpretations and occasionally incomplete factual evidence. When discussing the role‚ contribution and significance of the ruling queens of Ancient Egypt‚ it is important to note the bias that authors/scribes placed on
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During the Old Kingdom of Egypt‚ the science and technology was still developing and improving. The study of science and medicine were closely linked to religion as seen in many of the ancient rituals. The "pouring" and "anointing" we see in so many Egyptian works is the application of electromagnetic forces and not the application of actual fluids. Much of this was linked with ’magic ’ of some sort - as many unexplained things did occur. These were often considered miracles. They considered alchemy
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Trice Riddle Mrs. Jennifer Sikes English 1020 11 February 2009 The Unknown Continent Many people know about it and have seen it on maps before but they still do not pay attention to detail or really care. People still say today that it is a country but it is a continent made up of countries. Many people describe it as the “dark continent” because it has not developed enough to be like an Asia or the Americas. Its hard to really discover what Africa is and how to define it. The land is rich
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Collision of War and Music: Vietnam and the protest music of the mid 1960’s and early 1970’s By: Ashley Gallegos-Sanchez AP United States History 6th Hour “War! / Hunh! Yeah / What is it good for / absolutely nothing… War has caused unrest within the younger generation Induction‚ then destruction—who wants to die.” Edwin Starr-“War” (1970) Music has undeniably become an advocate in spreading a gospel of free opinion. Without the Vietnam War‚ the music that presented itself in the
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Chris Dawson Lee Bailey Humanities: Byzantine-Enlightenment July 17‚ 2014 An Art Analysis of the Gothic Church There are many Gothic churches/cathedrals around Europe. When you think of a church in Paris you think of Notre Dame but there are others. The church I chose to talk about is “The Abbey Church of Saint Denis‚ known as the first Gothic structure and was developed in the 12th century by Abbot Suger. The Abbey Church of Saint Denis‚ also known as the Cathedral Basilica of St Denis‚ provided
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