Were the Romans different than the Greeks? How? Were they better off than the Greeks? How? Please post at least one new posting and respond to at least two other postings. Yes. The Greek people felt that “Divine forces had guaranteed the triumph of right over wrong” after the victories in the Persian Wars. The Greeks reached “…a level of civilization that has rarely‚ if ever‚ been reached since—a level that has been a continuing inspiration to our culture.” The Greek people lived a good life until
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1/29/13 Mr. jack per. 3 AP Euro DBQ ESSAY Various people viewed the character and condition of Greeks in the Ottoman Empire during the Greek movement for independence in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. During the eighteenth century‚ Greeks living in exile began to appeal to their fellow Greeks to free themselves from Ottoman rule. Greek nationalists urged Greeks living throughout the Balkans and Asia Minor to revolt against their Turkish Muslim rulers. An uprising
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Greek and Roman architecture gave us remarkable images in history. Romans continued and developed the heritage of the architects of the Greek civilization‚ and the Romans had all respect for their traditions and the established architectural orders‚ especially the Corinthian order‚ this was proved as it was seen in many of their huge buildings. Both of these groups showed how their own structural creations to define their perfections. The Greeks biased to the post and lintel construction‚ while the
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Polybius’ The Histories describes the merits of the Roman Empire‚ specifically their constitutional government‚ compared to the Ancient Greek governmental systems. These merits include combining the best parts of each form of Greek government‚ maintaining a stalwart government system that follows the rule of law‚ and the positions of government that spread power enough to keep from corrupting it. Despite this‚ there is corruption within the Roman government‚ but not so much that the ideals and laws
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Western Civ. 101 The immediate and long-term legacy of Greek and Roman civilizations Until the start of the Renaissance‚ in the mid 1300’s‚ many of the brilliant ideas and advancements created and used by Greek and Roman civilizations remained dormant. Both‚ Greek and Roman‚ cultures were astounding at finding a better way or solution to handling problems and bettering their community. Most important aspects of a small city were thought out and discussed‚ rather than being decided by one
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civilization is what we call modern society that mainly includes North America and Western Europe. But how did this western way of life come to be? Their are many different ways but mainly through ancient cultures. The two main ones are the Greek and Roman. Greece with their golden age and Rome with its great Empire and Republic and also together. Their are many ways in which western civilization is like the ancient Greek civilization. They started the Olympic games. Greeks come up
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Greek vs. Roman Architecture Greek and Roman Architecture are both forms of classical architecture. These two classical architectural influences are closely associated with one another as Greek and Roman civilizations rose following each other. Though they are closely associated with one another they each have their own unique characteristics that help distinguish them from one another. Ancient Greek architects strove for precision and excellence of workmanship that has influenced the architecture
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Ancient Rome was a beautiful place full of art‚ history‚ but most importantly‚ music. Music was actually an immense part of their culture‚ just like the Greeks. Music was a very extensive part of daily life. Ancient Rome’s music was something very important to their culture and daily life. Live music (which was the only music they had) was played on various occasions including entertainment spectacles such as ‚gladiator flights‚ public events‚ military parades‚ or religious events such as weddings
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of early Greek mythology to Ovid ( Poet of Metamorphoses) a. Origin of humans: sacred clay (wise and rulers) blood of titans (murderous and criminals)‚ and stones(endurance) b. 4 ages as decline: Golden (peace)‚ Silver (seasons &farming)‚ Bronze (war)‚ Iron (mining‚ deforestation‚ crime). 4. Dominant and alternate cultural themes in the Iliad Audience: upper-class men Purpose: cultural propaganda. Greek Heros= models of courage & skill to men (what to be) & women (what to look for-
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Abstract The Greek-Roman Isis temple is located on the west bank of Luxor; Upper Egypt was made of sandstone and decorated with different kinds of wall paintings. It suffers from many causes of deterioration and degradation mainly ground water‚ salt weathering‚ and different types of dirt accumulations on the relives and paint surface such as soot‚ grease‚ wax‚ biodeteriorated colored patches‚ bat patches‚ waste of birds and even house fly specks. All these lead to the gradual disappearance of paintings
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