His claim that emperor Romanos was waging war against the “tyranny of the Arabs of Crete” was based on his need to avenge Creatian plundering of Byzantine lands‚ stemming from a Byzantine military defeat in 949. Leo does not specify‚ however‚ that the previous defeat was actually the result of a failure during a campaign the Byzantines launched against the Cretes (1.2). Nikephoros’s speech to his men‚ most likely constructed by Leo to emphasize the rationale for the attack
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gathering technique‚ and should henceforth be banned from practice. According to Ovid’s Metamorphosis‚ the myth of the Theseus begins with the factual conflict between Athens and Crete. As portrayed in the myth‚ Crete is the dominating faction of the known world‚ and reigns over the subjugated Athens region. King Minos‚ ruler of Crete‚ is known as an arrogant‚ cruel governor. As the story goes‚ he attempted to trick the Greek god Poseidon by not up his prized bull‚ which was originally required by the god
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Macarena Pérez Selman Miss Hava Tursky 10th Grade English 14 June 2013 The Existence of Atlantis in Thira For more than three thousand years‚ the world has been trying to solve one of the biggest mysteries on the planet; Atlantis. Its story has captivated thousands of adventurous and curious people for centuries‚ some who have even dedicated their lives to the search of this place. Since the medieval ages‚ many men who knew the story of Atlantis sought for the lost world with no results (Muñoz
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AP Literature and Composition December 2nd‚ 2013 The King Must Die: Hero Analysis Theseus as depicted in Mary Renault’s modern adaptation of Greek myth The King Must Die is the epitome of a Greek hero of time immemorial‚ and would be proclaimed a hero even today despite his flaws. Many of the reasons that he was a hero to the Greeks is part of what makes him a hero to modern day society; he has a strong sense of moral right and
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1.course introduction 2.The Chronology of Greek hx BC (before Christ) 3000 2000 1000 480_______/AD (year of our Lord latin)_________2013 1/1 7000-3000 Neolithic/New stone age-- 3000-2100 Early bronze age 2100-1600 Middle bronze age 1600-1200 late bronze age 1200-750/700 Dark age/Iron age (1200 about troy timeline) writing reemerges in the 700-800 getting out of the dark ages. 750/700-480 Archaiac period (ends with persion destruction of athens) 480-323 Classical period
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Despite the fact that archaeology has been a long-standing area of scientific study‚ one of the most seemingly basic questions in the field is still unanswered: how do civilizations arise? Although the great nations of the past have left scientists clues and indicators as to their existence‚ history is still laden with inconsistencies and discrepancies. These irregularities have created a plethora of theories that attempt to explain how civilizations were born and how they developed. Margaret
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thankfully‚ take this advice and began to travel around Crete on mule back‚ either alone or with a female friends‚ looking for prehistoric sites (Renfrew‚ 2008). During the field season in 1900‚ she had moderate success in Kavousi‚ something which caught the attention of Sara Yorke Stevenson‚ secretary of American Exploration Society who was so impressed with Boyd’s work she offered the societies financial backing for her to continue her work in Crete (Zogby 1987). It was due to this that Boyd made
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Eurasian Tectonic plate.8‚9 The convergence of the two plates formed a chain which consists of many active dormant volcanoes9‚ Thera being the most notable of them. Prior to the eruption‚ the Minoan civilization inhabited this area‚ and the island of Crete‚ which is situated about 110 kilometres south of the volcano.4 The Minoans were renowned for their successful sea trades‚ palaces and their art.4 There is a large debate on whether the explosion and the tsunami which followed caused the eventual downfall
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El Greco was born in 1541 in Heraklion‚ Crete‚ Greece. He is one of the most recognized people from the renaissance and he was known to many as an artist but he is also an architect and a sculptor. His original name was Doménikos Theotokópoulos but he is widely and most famously known as El Greco which meant the greek in spanish. He was trained to be a painter when he was very young‚ later he moved to Venice because at that time Crete belonged to Venice. He then decided to move to Rome and lived
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Greece The country of Greece is one of the oldest in the world‚ ranging back to 3‚000 B.C. when inhabitants settled in its lands; the ancient Greek language dates back even older by 500 years‚ in which the modern Greek language evolved from. Greece shaped the ancient and modern worlds as we know it‚ especially in the context of western civilization and thought‚ and with a direct impact on the governing concept of democracy. This paper will explore an outline of Greek history‚ its people‚ and
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