HST 101 final paper
Ana Mendoza
Due: 11/25/14
HST 101H
Prof. Calabrese Final Paper Slavery has existed since the beginning of time. Slavery was a system put in place that allowed people to be treated property. In most cases, slaves could be bought and sold. People would acquire slaves through capture, purchase, or birth. All slaves were denied the right to leave, refuse work, or any type of payment for their labor. Slavery was a horrible institution, whose purpose was to serve as an economic system and display status throughout Western history. The ancient Greek Civilization is famously known for their architecture, philosophical thinkers, mythology, and their knowledge of astronomy. Even with all of this Greece had slaves among their civilization. Strabo, an ancient Greek geographer, philosopher, and historian, wrote about the temple of Aphrodite at Corinth. He mentions that “…[Aphrodite’s Temple] was so rich that it owned more than a thousand temple slaves…” If you had a lot of slaves, as this temple did, it meant that you were rich and had power [Greek Slavery].
Ancient Greece believed in mythology, Aristotle spoke of this in 330BCE. The gods are different from a normal human being, which is what makes them gods. They can fly and they posses powers. Physically they are very strong. Men are just men. To the eye, there is nothing physically that separates slaves from their owners. What makes them slaves is that it was decided that the inferior should serve their superiors due to economic status [Greek Slavery].
When the Roman Empire flourished in culture and wealth, what began to lack was humanity. The wealthy Romans owned slaves, whose jobs were mostly manual labor. When estates were small treatment of slaves seemed to be in some ways tolerable. As farms grew larger, masters changed their views on treatment of slaves. The approach became more brutal and impersonal. Without slaves on farms the upper class would not be able to make their money. The upper class would have
Due: 11/25/14
HST 101H
Prof. Calabrese Final Paper Slavery has existed since the beginning of time. Slavery was a system put in place that allowed people to be treated property. In most cases, slaves could be bought and sold. People would acquire slaves through capture, purchase, or birth. All slaves were denied the right to leave, refuse work, or any type of payment for their labor. Slavery was a horrible institution, whose purpose was to serve as an economic system and display status throughout Western history. The ancient Greek Civilization is famously known for their architecture, philosophical thinkers, mythology, and their knowledge of astronomy. Even with all of this Greece had slaves among their civilization. Strabo, an ancient Greek geographer, philosopher, and historian, wrote about the temple of Aphrodite at Corinth. He mentions that “…[Aphrodite’s Temple] was so rich that it owned more than a thousand temple slaves…” If you had a lot of slaves, as this temple did, it meant that you were rich and had power [Greek Slavery].
Ancient Greece believed in mythology, Aristotle spoke of this in 330BCE. The gods are different from a normal human being, which is what makes them gods. They can fly and they posses powers. Physically they are very strong. Men are just men. To the eye, there is nothing physically that separates slaves from their owners. What makes them slaves is that it was decided that the inferior should serve their superiors due to economic status [Greek Slavery].
When the Roman Empire flourished in culture and wealth, what began to lack was humanity. The wealthy Romans owned slaves, whose jobs were mostly manual labor. When estates were small treatment of slaves seemed to be in some ways tolerable. As farms grew larger, masters changed their views on treatment of slaves. The approach became more brutal and impersonal. Without slaves on farms the upper class would not be able to make their money. The upper class would have