...god(s), beliefs, practices, etc. but just like how Christianity and Judaism believe in the Old Testament, Ancient Egypt and Ancient Greece both used masks as a religious way to worship a particular god. Ancient Egyptian masks were very different than the Ancient Greek masks. There are many similarities and differences between how the masks were made, what they were made from, how they were used, who could wear them, where they were worn, how they were stored and what they looked like....
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...The Ancient Greek Civilization Can you imagine 7,000 Spartans holding off 150,000 Persians at the Battle of Thermopylae? It is true. The Ancient Greeks held off one of the most powerful armies of that time so Greece would survive. Greek geography, the city-states, the concept of acropolis, government, military strategy, philosophy, and religion were all contributing factors in the creation and survival of the Greek city-state lifestyle. The geography and climate of Ancient Greece influenced the development of Greek civilization. Mountains separated Greece into regions where the Ancient Greeks settled and formed separate city-states and types of government. The mountains and the peninsula of Ancient Greece isolated Greek society from other city-states and also helped to keep them safe from enemy attack. Transportation over the rocky land was difficult, much of the land was not suitable for farming, and there were limited natural resources. The lack of natural resources and the difficulty of traveling by land caused the Ancient Greeks to depend more on the sea. Ancient Greece was surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea on three sides. Much of the land of Ancient Greece was linked by the sea and the sea also linked Ancient Greece to other societies. The Ancient Greeks became skilled sailors, fishermen, and tradesmen. The climate of Ancient Greece was moderate all year long and there was adequate rainfall. Due to the mild climate, Greek men spent much of...
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...Ancient Greece was made up of many other island. Mycenae was the first civilization in the continent of Europe. Most people in Ancient Greeks were farmers. They would grow vegetables with oxen to pull plows and then they'll start preparing the ground for sowing for the seeds. Families work from early morning to dusk due to cutting and storing grain. One of the most important cities in ancient Greece was called Athens. As the population in Greece grew, there was not enough land or food for everyone that lives there. Many people were sent away to start a new land or colonies. Cities sent pottery and other good to other colonies for trading. Ships will carry these items and sailed from either April until September. Greek sailors do not have compasses,...
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...Ancient Olympics Essay, Research Paper Since 1896, the year the Olympics were resurrected from ancient history, the Olympics have been a symbol of the camaraderie and harmony possible on a global scale. The gathering of athletic representatives, the pride of the pack, from participating governments, even throughout the recent Cold War period, is proof that world unity is possible; just as it was in Ancient Greece with the polis or city-states. Olympic Games were held throughout Ancient Greece, but the most famous are the games that were held in Olympia in honor of Zeus every four years from August 6th to September 19th. The first record of these games is of one Coroebus of Elis, a cook, winning a sprint race in 776 BC. Most historians believe the games to have been going on for approximately 500 years before this. In the year Coroebus was made a part of history, there was apparently only one simple event, a race called the stade. The track was said to be one stade long or roughly 210 yards. In subsequent games, additional events were to be added, most likely to increase the challenge to these amazing athletes. In 724 BC, the diaulos, a two stade race, was added, followed by a long distance race, about 2 1/4 miles and called the dolichos, at the next games four years later. Wrestling and the famous Pentathlon were introduced in 708 BC. The Pentathlon consisted of five events; the long jump, javelin throw, discus...
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...about adultery and revenge that ends in four murders. The play was very likely anti-woman when it was originally written in ancient Greece, but can be seen as more pro-woman from a modern standpoint. Because plays in ancient Greece were written and performed solely for an audience of men, it is very possible that this play was a warning towards husbands about the consequences of not staying faithful to their wives. Today's view on feminism, however, sheds a different light on the rather gruesome events that take place in this work of literature. While Medea was a Greek horror story at the time it was written, major concepts of the play now appeal to modern feminist ideas. Medea addresses some important topics...
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...The preparation of the ancient Olympics varies in many ways to that of the modern Olympics. What we have to understand is that nowadays-modern athletes are considered professional and this is their job. Whereas during the ancient era athletes would use athletics as a chance to gain respect and to be fit for war which was ongoing in all of ancient Greece. A modern athlete would find strange that the ancient games where held for Greeks only and that no person outside of Greece was allowed to compete. Athletics were a key part of education in ancient Greece. Many Greeks believed that developing the body was equally important as improving the mind for overall health. Also, regular exercise was important in a society where men were always needed for military service. Javelins would be used in warfare as well, so for many men the use of the javelin would provide experience for use when it comes to war. The modern athletes would see that when using the javelin they would use a leather thong that they would tie around their hand, to what they believed to propel the javelin even further. Ancient athletes were required to arrive at Olympia at least a month before the games were due to start in order to train in front of the hellanodikai who were local judges and they would judge the competitors fitness during that month. During this month athletes would compete in heats, against other competitors from Greece. We know that athletes would compete in heats from the accounts of Diagoras...
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...Games began in Ancient Greece. The first recorded champion in Greece was a sprinter, Coroebus, he was a cook in a near by Greek city called, Elis. He ran naked on a sanded course in front of thousands of spectators. The course was about 630 feet long "or one stad-from which the word stadium was derived." His victory won him a wreath of olive leaves. That was in 776 BC and this year became very important to later Greek Historians. In 300 BC all time was dated by Olympiads, a time span of four years between the games. The Olympiad began with the first recorded foot race. As far back in Greek time as anyone can remember, the human body was a very beautiful thing. "A body of a man had glory, as well as his mind, that both needed discipline, and by that such discipline men best honored Zeus." From time to time the Greeks held ceremonies of Games in honor of their god Zeus. They held these ceremonies for the areas in which they took place. These places were, Pythian, Isthmian, Nemeam, and of course, Olympian. The Olympian games go back to the time of the first people to live in the valley of Alpheas River. There in Elis, in the western Peloponnesus was Olympia, "the fairest spot in Greece." This land was filled with beauty and snowcapped mountains. This area was a perfect spot for the ceremonies held every four years, for Zeus. In 1875, the most important ruins of Ancient Greece were uncovered...
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...I think that Ancient Greece had the biggest contribution on society. It has brought us the Olympics, democracy, science, and art. Without most of these things Modern society would be very different then it is now. The Olympics is an event that shows up every 2 years. Including both the summer and winter Olympics. Originally the Olympics was first created to honor the Greek God Zeus. They were first held around early 700 B.C.. This has a big impact on society today because it is still being held. Today people watch the people for entertainment. It is also a place where countries compete in different games to see which is the best at each. Without the Olympics there wouldn’t be anywhere for athletes of different countries to compete against each other. Also the olympics has a big impact on the area it is held in. It helps cities get more tourism causing them to get a big economy boost. Without the Olympics there would be no economy boost and in areas...
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...Importance to the civilization. Sports were important to the ancient Greeks because there were many ways they used sports to help them. Physical fitness was important in ancient Greece too. Sports gave something for everybody to do. Men trained and trained which helped them become fit to compete. Men went out to public gyms, for fun or for training. Some children trained as early as the age of 7! Most women took care of the house, but some women were able to go to gyms and train like men. The training of sports for women was also the same purpose of training men. Some of the prizes for winning events were fame, drachmas (money), statues or paintings of themselves. So some athletes became famous and rich just by being able to play. Impact on the civilization. One of the impact sports had on ancient Greece was warfare. Training and training for sports gave them strength, speed, stamina, and everything that would help them in warfare. Having this advantage, they gained more and more land. That built their civilization even larger. The ancient Greeks gained more land by destroying nearby countries with their advantage of being more athletic than their opponents. They even had games when you had to race in armor to be prepared to carry all that weight like you would in a war. Some sports such as running, javelin, and chariot races used armor or weapons that they would use in war. The running helped them cover more ground in less time, javelin would help then throw spears...
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...Ancient Rome and Greece Rome had many rulers. Julius Caesar is one of the more famous dictators. After he emerged victorious from a brutal civil war, he declared himself dictator for life. The consuls did not take too generously to this and a group of them showed their distaste by murdering Caesar. After another decade and a half of civil war Caesar's grandnephew Augustus was the victor in the brutal civil war. He claimed he restored the republic. He now controlled all of Rome--- including the empire. He became the first emperor of Rome. Roman religion is deeply rooted in an ancient belief in spirits. They believed that spirits guided peoples lives. over time, the spirits became gods and goddesses over the Romans. Every one had special powers. The chief god of the Romans was Jupiter, he controlled the sky, daylight, and weather. They also had temples for their gods, at altars in courtyards, sheep were sacrificed and gifts were left to please the god. Often people had shrines in their homes that they prayed to every morning and left food at in order to please the gods and ask for their protection. The Roman civilization was very cultured. People were always explored the world, searching for ways to explain its secrects. Artists took note of the world they saw in paintings, mosaics, and sculpltures. Books, poems, and plays came from writers. Historians wrote about Rome’s origins, emperors, wars, and even everyday life. The Romans perfected the art of cameo-making, a cameo...
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...Unit 1 Introduction to Humanities Individual Project Tenisha Greene HUMA215-1101B- AIU Online Instructor Marek McKenna, MA August 25, 2012 Differences and Similarities Early Greece Early Rome |The Greeks were responsible for various temples and such sculptures as the Parthenon, the temple at| |The Roman empire built some of the grandest structure amongst all other early civilizations. | |Hephaestus, and the concert hall Odeon. The three architectural styles the Greeks used to build | |The Romans built aqueducts, the amphitheaters, the coliseum, walls, temples, cathedrals, | |structures were Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian. These styles were used to create palaces, sculptures,| |tombs, sculptures, pottery, and clay terra cotta statues. The Romans specialized in arched | |art, and jewelry. During the archaic times the Greek culture made grade stride with their | |entrances and columns. The three architectural styles the Romans used to build structures | |sculptures, pottery and clay terra cotta statues. | |were Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian. | | | ...
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...Ancient Greek and Roman cultures were very powerful in their time. They were both formidable and powerful empires. They brought many ideas such as democracy to the world. Their influence can be felt even today. The United States are not exempt from this influence. Rome and Greece have influence America today in many ways such as government, architecture, medicine, and entertainment. American government is the easiest to see effect of Greece and Rome. Democracy was a critical part of Greece and Rome. Pericles strived for every citizen to participate in democracy, saying, “We do not say that a man who takes no interest in politics is a man who minds his own business; we say that he has no business here at all.” In their time and today,...
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...Ancient Greece is full of rich culture, architecture, mythology, and people. Some of the great philosophers were from Greece, they were even the first to start universities. Greece has some cities with names that are very well known. Athens, Greece is the capital it received its name from the goddess Athena the goddess of wisdom and knowledge. Athens is a symbol of freedom, art and democracy. Sparta is another town in Greece which is in the southern part of Greece. Sparta dates back at least 3,000 years before Christ. Sparta was destroyed in 396 A.D. by the Goths. Olympia is another well-known town in Greece it is the site of the ancient Olympic Games. Greece was the original site of the Olympics. They invented athletic contests and held them in honor of their gods. The women were not allowed to watch or play in the Olympics. The games at Olympia was greatly expanded from a one day festival of athletics and wrestling in 472 BC, to five days with many events. Ancient Greece mythology was full of gods and goddesses that ruled the everyday life of the people in this society. There was a god or goddess for everything from controlling the sky to controlling water. There was at least 34 gods and goddesses worshiped in ancient Greece. A lot of the stories of these gods and goddesses were passed through person to person but some...
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...Spell Check-list Unlike the Greek city-states, the Roman republic embarked almost immediately on imperial expansion. Utilizing its citizen armies, the republic gained control of the entire Italian peninsula. Conquered regions were incorporated into the republic or allowed to remain as independent allies. Rome's greatest rival in the western part of the Mediterranean was the former Phoenician colony of Carthage in northern Africa. Between 264 B.C.E. and 146 B.C.E., Rome defeated Carthage in the three Punic Wars. Rome's victory created an empire that extended from Italy to the Iberian peninsula and into northern Africa. The collapse of the Hellenistic successor states of Alexander's empire drew the Romans into the eastern Mediterranean. Greece, Macedonia, the Asian littoral, and Egypt were drawn into Rome's orbit. Rome and its Empire, (1995), Pearson Education, Pearson Longman, Retrieved from; http://wps.ablongman.com/long_stearns_wc_4/17/4390/1123999.cw/index.html The Regal Period. According to tradition, the first King laid the political foundations for the city, by creating the senate, and by dividing the people into curiae. He also extended Roman power by successful wars. Numa Pompilius is the antithesis, in many ways, of Romulus. He organized priesthoods, established religious rites, and sought to develop the religious life of the people. It was the main purpose of Tullus Hostilius, as it had been that of Romulus, to extend the material power of Rome. Ancus Marcius...
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...ANCIENT THEATRE AT DELPHI, GREECE The ancient theatre at Delphi, Greece was built in the 4th century BC in the ancient town of Delphi and has 35 rows of seats that could seat 5,000 spectators. It is over 150 feet wide and was restored in the 2nd century BC. This is also the location of the most important Greek temple and the oracle of Apollo. It was located in the territory of Phocis on the lower slope of Mount Parnassus about 6 miles from the Gulf of Cornith. It has been inhabited since the Neolithic era and by the end of the Mycenaean period became an important religious and political center of influence. It was first a place of worship for Ge, the mother earth deity, but by the end of the eleventh century BC became the place of worship for Apollo. Delphi is located 112 miles northwest of Athens. [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] THE THEATRE AT SPARTA, GREECE The theatre at Sparta, Greece was an immense theatre built into the side of a hill. It was constructed during the Hellenistic period in the city-state of Sparta. You can still see the outlines of the theatre clearly although the stone that made up the theatre is mostly gone after the theatre was hastily adapted for fortification as the Spartan’s power declined. Some of the masonry was also used later in the building of Byzantine Mystra. Above the theatre was the temple of Athina Halkiakou. The city of Sparta lies at the southern end of the central Laconian plain, on the right bank of...
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