Geography has had a dramatic influence on the lives of people in ancient civilizations. The Indus River Valley and Chinese Civilizations are both examples of societies that used their geography to help them as civilizations. These civilizations were able to develop based on the resources they had‚ and were able to become complex civilizations by irrigating floods and devising early plumbing systems. Geography had a dramatic influence on the lives of people in the Indus River Valley. Primarily
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| What Role Did Socrates Play in Ancient Greece? | Natalia Gonzalez | | Mr. Pellegrini‚ 2A | 3/24/2010 | [Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of the document. Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of the document.] | What Role Did Socrates Play in Ancient Greece? In the leading city of Athens 2‚500 years ago during the Golden Age‚ a peculiar philosopher was born into
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Ever wonder how was Ancient Societies used to be like? What start of the adultery? What did the Neolithic period and bronze age do from history? Why do people believe what they believe in today’s world? Why people act the way they do? Learning the Ancient history helps us understand how Religion‚ Education‚ Government impacted the society back in the Early days and how the aftercome affects us now. In Greece‚ Religion symbolized as the central role of individual. People worshipped gods for as
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Women in Ancient India and Greece Tutorial 02 Short Essay Thursday‚ November 14th‚ 2013 Throughout history women have been oppressed and discriminated against. Barriers against women have been originated from more powerful institutions and by a greater male society that has set limits on the potential of women. The status of women has evolved greatly as agriculture advanced. In the two civilizations‚ India and Greece‚ the status of women has evolved in many
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Ancient Civilizations Essay: Understanding Geography and History Amanda Honors World History Period 2 Mrs. Ocasio October 15th‚ 2012 People. Mountains. People. Culture. People. Water. Ever wonder why history and geography very often studied together? Well it is because geography has a lot of influence on the worlds’ overall history and how it all connects together. Learning geography is also important in understanding history because people need to know where and how were the locations are
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The dominant Greek and Roman civilizations diverge in their standpoint of gender roles‚ especially women’s rights‚ along with their way of political arrangement‚ however‚ are homogenous when proclaiming the way each government gets its individual income. Gender roles in Greek and Roman civilizations touch at different bases which lead to women and men having different rights in both society. The Greek civilization lasted from about 1100 BC to 146 BC and was established SouthEast Euroasia. The
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The geography of Ancient Greece had positive and negative effects on Ancient Greek Civilization. The mountains that cover Greece have acted as a barrier to Greece‚ and it separated Greece instead of uniting it. The Ionian Sea‚ Aegean Sea‚ Thracian Sea‚ Sea of Crete‚ Gulf of Corinth‚ and Mediterranean Sea surrounded Greece. They acted as a highway for Greece in order to reach other nations as efficiently as possible‚ as well as providing Greece with a source of income. Clearly‚ geography shaped Greek
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ANCIENT EGYPT 1. Geography and early civilization: Ancient Egypt was located in northeast Africa on the banks of the Lower Nile River‚ the longest river in the world. There were deserts that bordered Egypt on the east‚ south‚ and west with the Mediterranean Sea to the north. The river divided into channels to the north and formed the Nile Delta. Desert hill land was on the west of the Nile Valley and mountains were on the east. The ancient Egyptians thought of their country as being
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Ancient civilizations like the Greeks‚ Romans‚ Mayans and Egyptians used astronomy in many different ways. The Egyptians knew that when the star Sirius was ahead of the sun the Nile river would soon flood the land. All the civilizations used astronomy as a tool to tell them when the seasons would change. Greeks and Romans named the planets after their Gods because they believed the sun‚ moon‚ stars‚ and planets were controlled by Gods. Ancient people used tools like an astrolabe to help them make
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The term civilization basically means the level of development at which people live together peacefully in communities. Ancient civilization refers specifically to the first settled and stable communities that became the basis for later states‚ nations‚ and empires. The study of ancient civilization is concerned with the earliest segments of the much broader subject called ancient history. The span of ancient history began with the invention of writing in about 3100 BC and lasted for more than 35
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