compared to other sherds found in other different mound sites also thought to have been occupied by the Swift Creek culture sometime during history (Pluckhahn and Cordell 2011). The McKeithen site is one of the mound sites that had the same pottery structure as the sherds found at Kolomoki (Pluckhahn 2007). The McKeithen site is located in north-central Florida, which means this pottery style was carried further down south than was thought at first (Pluckhahn 2007). This site was dated 200-900 AD
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"The consideration of the length of life takes the leading place among inquiries about events following birth, for, as the ancient says, it is ridiculous to attach particular predictions to one who, by the constitution of the years of his life, will never attain at all to the time of the predicted events. This doctrine is no simple matter, nor unrelated to others, but in complex
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Throughout history there have been all sorts of representations of women some were beautiful paintings, pictures, stone marvels and many others were ideas or various types of portrayals. How exactly has the idea or portrayal of women changed throughout history? How did history first really begin to see women, and what are the most recent results in art revolving around women. Some of the most extravagant works began with Kore from Chios, c. 520 BCE. a beautifully crafted work of marble with beautiful
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The Ancient Egyptians built the pyramids as tombs for the pharaohs. The pharaohs were buried in pyramids of different shapes and sizes from the beginning of the old kingdom to end of the middle kingdom. There are about eighty pyramids known today from Ancient Egypt. (ancientegypt.com) The oldest known pyramids, known as step pyramids, were built in the 3rd Dynasty under a king called Djoser during 2630 and 2611 B.C., throughout this time the history of royal tomb building had fallen into two main
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Two full years later the Pharaoh has a dream and needs someone to interpret the dream for him. The dream was about how there were seven healthy cows near the Nile and then seven other cows, ugly and skinny ones and stood right next to the fat ones. Then the skinny cows ate all the fat cows. Then the Pharaoh became disturbed and woke up. Then he had another dream, seven ears of grain came on a single stalk; those grains were plump. The seven years of bad grain grew on a stalk next to the good ones
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Cassius is one of the main, more important conspirators in Julius Caesar. He tends to take charge when it comes to the orders and he basically lead the over all plan for the killing of Julius Caesar. Two of the main character traits Cassius possesses are that he is very manipulative and persuasive. He hates the way Rome treats Caesar in the way of a god, just like many of the other conspirators. He complains about Caesar’s power quite often. In Act I Scene II, lines 146-148, Cassius says: “The fault
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Though Romans became monotheistic, their polytheistic view was still a part of the history. Infact, the Roman Pantheon mirrored the Greece pantheon down to the goddess. The king of gods in Rome was Jupiter We all know how the saying goes- “Every good thing must come to an end” and that’s exactly what happened to the Western empire of Rome. A numerous, chains of events led to the squandering of power from the Western Empire shortly after the Pax Romana ended. The first to go down the drain
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Commodus, a name synonymous with the 2000 film Gladiator starring Joaquin Phoenix, ruled the Roman Empire both jointly and solely from 177 to 192 CE. His story is a cautionary tale, one that highlights the problems of a man wanting the powers of the emperor without having to assume responsibilities of said post. Moreover, some scholars have argued that it was with this lack of responsibility by Commodus that began the decline of the Roman Empire. At a young age, Commodus was groomed, along with
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Women in Greek Society Although modern historians focused on cultural advancements in Ancient Greece, the society remained traditional, in that males assumed a bigger role in most aspect. While men were able to get involved in politics, through a system called polis, women were only confined to oikos, in which they were expected to stay at home and watch their children. Although they had right to their property, this was only possible with the permission of the husband, whom they had to rely on
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traced back to our founder’s personal heroes they learned through Greek Mythology (F. 53). More commonly known as our founder’s “models”, they used Greek heroes and the classics to create implicit analogies while also formulating contrasts between “ ancient and contemporary individuals, societies, and governments” (F.53). Athenian heroes such as Thucydides, Xenophon, and most notably Plutarch play key models in analyzing our founders’ behavior and thinking (F.53). Thomas Jefferson once called Samuel
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