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…Hammurabi, said to be the greatest leader of Ancient Mesopotamia, laid out a set of laws which emphasizes retribution as a form of punishment ("an eye for an eye"). It is my belief that Hammurabi was a just ruler who took into consideration all things…

…Theseus The ancient Greek myths exposed many aspects of their male society. The focus of today are the different ideas of what was accepted and approved of back then. In order to show you this, examples will be taken from the story Theseus…

…“northern lights” in Latin. Many people dedicated numerous years of their lives trying to unravel this ancient occurrence. Ancient philosophers described it as a fireball ascending to earth from the heavens. After centuries of speculation, it was only in recent…

…this development, civilization started to arise. Through discoveries of the ancient world, we can understand the lifestyle and how these humans have grown together. Prehistoric humans developed technologies and ways of life that allowed them to increase their control…

…The ancient massage foundation Ancient Massage or Thai Massage is an extraordinary method of aligning the energies of the body, and originates from the time of the Buddha. Nuad Phaen Boran as is it called in Thailand, correctly translates only…

…as the modern Olympic Games being revived in the last century. Both the modern and Ancient Olympics have close similarities in there purpose and in there problems. Ancient Olympics The ancient Olympics had some differences from the modern Games. There were fewer…

…of our world through all of time and will continue to be. We see tyranny demonstrated on many occasions throughout history. Ancient Rome, 69-39 BC, Julius Caesar, Mark Anthony, Cleopatra, they were all power hungry rulers. Sure, the odd time they helped…

…. Aeschylus, The Oresteia, tr. by Robert Fagles. The Oresteia, the only surviving trilogy from ancient Greek drama, is our rite of passage from savagery to civilization, from the darkness to the light, from bloody vengeance to communal justice, from tragedy…

…within ten seconds. THE HISTORY BOXING Boxing started in ancient Greece, it was a popular amatuer sport and was includedin the first Olympic Games. In ancient Rome boxers wore the cestus, a metal-studded leather hand covering with which they maimed…

…Egyptian Architecture My project is on Acient Egytian Pyramids. Pyramids were meant to be monuments to the pharaoh's greatness.The ancient Egyptians built pyramids as tombs for the pharaohs and their queens .The pharaohs were buried in pyramids…