Based on the given documents the Roman Empire and Han dynasty showed their various opinions and attitudes to guards, technological uses, and government intervention in production of technology. All of the given documents were written by high class and/or government officials. However, we see views of technology that vary extensively. Some documents showed negative towards technology. Whereas other documents showed a positive attitude towards technology. Moreover other documents showed a positive
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had the right to learn and be trained in self-defence and played many sports like Spartan man, which became essential to the success of the Spartan state. In 405 BC Sparta defeated and conquered the Athens and ruled for around 30 years in the ancient Greek society, with this the woman of the Spartan state helped achieve this goal with their skills and hardships which
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In Julius Caesar, Mark Antony’s main claim is that Caesar's death was unjust because he had no such ambition for which the conspirators decided her should die for. Antony uses sarcasm to point out the flaws in the conspirator's logic subtly to allow his audience to come up with their own conclusion that Caesar’s death was a treasonous mutiny. Throughout his funeral speech
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The not so wrong right? I do not support the members of the conspiracy. What they did is unethical and not moral The members of the conspiracy were Marcus Brutus, Cassius, Casca, Trebonius, Ligarius, Decius Brutus, Metellus Cimber, and Cinna. The members wanted to stop the Julius Caesar dictatorship before it could happen. The conspirators Julius Caesar because they thought he was going to be a dictator. It is also wrong to kill someone just because you have different opinions and views than
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The non-fictional story written by James Cross Giblin is about how the Rosetta stone was discovered and the deciphering of the secret Egyptian hieroglyphics. In the first chapter the author introduces the theme of the Rosetta stone by describing the museum in which it lays. He describes the mystery of the Rosetta stone by explaining the small carvings in the stone. He starts off by telling the story in the seventh century A.D. He summarizes how Greek scholars sailed up the Nile River to
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Spartacus the Free Would you fight a whole army to stand up for what you believe in? The gritty Spartacus sure did. Grit is using perseverance, passion and determination to face life’s difficult challenges. Spartacus was a gladiator born in Thrace; which is modern day Bulgaria and Turkey. Spartacus escaped from his master’s palace in Capua with seventy other slaves. He died fighting for his revolution to free all the slaves in Rome. To begin with, Spartacus used perseverance to overcome challenges
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Roman sports transformed the ritual nature of Greek sports into spectator entertainment. The sports the Romans participated in, boxing, chariot racing, ball games, gladiator battles, and pankration, were all male dominant boasting strength and athleticism. Wealthy Romans had large paying fields in the villas where they hosted the sporting events. The patronage of the empire for sports came apparent in the era of Emperor Nero, when the first gymnasium was built, and soon became one the symbols of
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Alexander the Great was a Villain, he took over civilizations and tried to scare people to give in to him and wasn't scared of anything in his way. Alexander the Great is a Villain because he took over civilizations even if people didn’t agree with him. Alexander the Great didn’t care about anyone except himself and his plan to conquer the world. He would take over civilization to civilization and wouldn’t stop till his men couldn’t walk anymore. He was so determined he killed his father so he
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During the 600 BCE- 480 BCE of the Archaic Period, Egypt defined Greece’s attempts of life-sized statues was influenced by eastern cultures. The earliest Greek Stone sculptures, which dated from the same time period resembled Egyptian cult Statues. At the beginning of the Archaic period, the character of Greek paintings and sculptures had changed because the Greeks had forgot about abstract designs and rigid Egyptian conventions and began to pay attention to naturalism. Early presentations of the
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Pharaohs. Most pharaohs are man but a few are woman. Pharaohs believed that they were horus but on earth. A horus is the egyptian sky god. He was obeyed like a king and a god. They believed that each pharaohs was the son of a god. The pharaohs was expected to lead his army but he was also expected to be the chief and to respectfully honor the gods. At the bottom there were the working classes more than 80 percent of the population belongs to the worker class. Most men peasants work on farms
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