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…Ancient Greece There were many sports in Greece such as foot racing, chariot racing, boxing, horse racing, racing, wrestling, javelin & discus, and the long jump. There were three different types of foot racing. The first was the long race…

…Throughout history the world has seen very few powers that have been quite as unique as the ancient Greek city-state of Sparta. Very few city-states of ancient Greece were able to rival the Spartan people. Their unique government, social structure…

…early on in his reign meaning, "He who is of service to Aten". Amenhoptep IV " was at least the second son of Amenhotep III" (Ancient Egypt, pg. 89). Akhenaten took the thrown after his fathers death. In the book (Who Where The Pharaohs…

…When writing The Medea, Euripides challenged the social norms by abandoning the gender roles of the ancient Greek society. The main characters, Jason and Medea, are atypical characters in many ways. Medea defies perceptions of the normal attitudes…

…and not as often. Between the late Republic and early Empire the games became large scale institutions that were paid for by the government (Nardo, A Travel Guide to Ancient Rome 57). As the games became more popular they were used to cater to people's wants and needs…

…. Some involved rather small numbers of combatants, but there were also mass battles in which at least tens of thousands or perhaps even hundreds of thousands participated, if we believe the numbers reported by various ancient historians. However, in contrast…

…comprehensiveness. This is especially true for a play as ancient and highly revered as Sophecles' Antigone. This play was written around 441 BC. A translator must take caution in the reproduction of a play as classic as Antigone because any version of it that strays…

…of natural caves and rocky terrain. U.S. bombardment met determined Japanese resistance on land and kamikaze suicide attacks from the sky. U.S. forces took the island by mid-March, but not before losing the lives of some 6,000 U.S. Marines and nearly all…

…twenty years)? As seen in past studies on armed forces attrition, the military is not for everyone. This was even proven by Riddick Bowe, the famous boxer who attempted to join the Marine Corps Reserve because he wanted to make his family proud of him. After…

…Ancient Egypt, civilization that thrived along the Nile River in northeastern Africa for more than 3,000 years, from about 3300 bc to 30 bc. It was the longest-lived civilization of the ancient world. Geographically, the term ancient Egypt indicates…