Beyond the savannahs are the deserts. These vegetations played a major role for Africans and how they make a living. Africa’s geographic features also influenced the cultural developments. The cataracts‚ or waterfalls‚ blocked easy movement.‚ but the Great Rift Valley served as an interior passageway. The Mediterranean and Red seas provided trade routes to places in southwest Asia and present-day Europe. Resources Spur Trade Africa had a lot of minerals. Salt‚ gold‚ iron‚ and copper especially
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Axia College University of Phoenix WORLD CULTURE AND THE ARTS (AXIA) HUM/205 Jaynelle Nixon January 27‚ 2008 Museum Collection 2 Classical and Hellenistic Greece One of the most well known piece of this time‚ is the statue called Ludovisi Gaul killing himself and his wife‚ also known as The Galatian Suicide. The original was made by Greek sculptors commissioned by Attalus I after his victories over the Gauls of Galatia. This is a statue of A man about to drive a
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History of Alexandria From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search The history of Alexandria dates back to the city ’s founding‚ by Alexander the Great‚ in 331 BC. Yet‚ before that‚ there were some big port cities just east of Alexandria‚ at the western edge of what is now Abu Qir Bay. The Canopic (westernmost) branch of the Nile Delta still existed at that time‚ and was widely used for shipping. After its foundation‚ Alexandria became the seat of the Ptolemaic rulers of
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then not surprising that Christians who are belligerent towards religious minorities would also share these antagonistic views. Bishop Severus of Minorca from the fifth century‚ who was responsible for the supposed conversion of five hundred Jews under the threat of death‚ compares the Jews “with wolves and foxes for fierceness and villainy (page 14‚ Letter of Severus).” With these two examples‚ we have seen both advocates of coexistence and advocates of violence express
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Caracalla or Thermae Antoninianae as they were known in ancient Rome are located on the Celian Hill which overlooks the Colosseum. The complex was commissioned by Emperor Septimus Severus in 206CE and was erected by his son Emperor Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus Augustus from 212CE until 216CE. Emperor Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus Augustus had the agnomen or nickname of Emperor Caracalla; this was due to an unusual cloak he was always seen wearing and is why the baths have the name they do. The
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People immediately start yelling back insults‚ questioning such warning. Severus raises his hands for silence and continues. “The Oracle has sent me to deliver her message to the Empire. The gods demand a cleansing of the Empire before it teeters over the cliff of ruin. A cleansing that will give strength to the Empire’s faithful‚ and destruction to the enemies of our great Empire‚” he says‚ to the roaring crowds suddenly silenced. Not one sounds echoes in the arena. It’s an eerie sound‚ a deathly
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The Roman Forum‚ located between the Capitoline and Palatine hills‚ was the “chief marketplace of Rome‚ and‚ during the Empire‚ the main seat of government containing the greatest of the city’s basilicas” (2). This grand forum symbolized the power and success of Rome throughout the kingdom‚ republic‚ and the empire. Initially‚ the land upon which the Forum was built was a swampy valley of little to no use to the kingdom. However‚ during the reign of the Tarquin kings‚ the Cloaca Maxima‚ the sewer
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Many centuries before the birth of Christ‚ the city of Rome grew‚ prospered‚ and developed into a thriving Republic; the feats of Roman engineers were spectacular‚ and many structures built by this culture still stand today. As in most cultures‚ Rome’s buildings became more elaborate and impressive. The Romans developed fantastic building technologies and ideas. With knowledge borrowed from the Greeks‚ Rome made impressive architectural advancements. These were major attributes of buildings‚
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In his work‚ The Prince‚ Niccolo Machiavelli writes extensively on the manner a leader ought to act in order to gain and retain power in the most effective way. He claims that "the essence of successful government is force and craft" (Gettell 1951‚ 140). Machiavelli illustrates his thought saying that a power broker can become successful if he is both cunning like a fox and ferocious like a lion (Wootton 1996‚ 45). However‚ in the course of this paper‚ I will demonstrate that craftiness and ferocity
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Dr. Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda as born on June 19‚ 1861 at Calamba‚ Laguna. His second house was in Binan Laguna where he had his early education He also studied in Sto. Tomas and Ateneo Rizal could no longer bear the discrimination in University of Sto. Tomas thus he decided to go abroad. His purposes are : to finish hi medical studies‚ to study liberalism‚ culture‚ and what kind of government do other countries have. On May 3‚ 1882‚ Rizal left Philippines for the first
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