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…were celebrated with vigor, men were good to their families and their women were renowned for their beauty. Nevertheless, they always refused to become distracted from their purpose. Civil wars and ancient rivalries made it painfully clear that Sparta had…

…ecumenical council of the church at Nicaea in 325. He also began the building of Constantinople in 326 on the site of ancient Greek Byzantium. The city was completed in 330 , given Roman institutions, and beautified by ancient Greek works of art. In addition…

…5th bce century greece The 5th century BCE was a period of great development in Ancient Greece, and specifically Athens. The development of so many cultural achievements within Athens and the Athenian Empire has led historians to deem this period…

…Of all of the mysteries that are associated with ancient Egypt, none are more spell bounding than the myths that surround the great King Tutankhamun and his tomb. Until King Tut’s tomb was discovered in 1922, his name was only known from scattered…

…Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt are two religions that believed in monotheism. However, they differed in the way they perceived the afterlife and the role they played in the eyes of the gods. Mesopotamians believed did not believe in an after life while…

…then agriculture in northern Africa and southwestern Asia. The ancient language of these peoples fragmented as the population grew; modern Cushitic and Semitic languages spoken in Ethiopia today are a result of this. ? 2nd millennia BC – A Semitic language called Ge…

…pastimes, but the ancient belief that a lucky gambler was favored by the gods persisted. Among the upper classes of the peoples of antiquity, gambling was frequently associated with extravagance and licentiousness. During the Middle Ages, in times of trouble…

…or sublimated. In Symposium, Plato discusses various types of love through the dialogue of his speakers, and it is through this that we are able to go beyond a simple definition and truly understand the nature of Platonic love, its importance in ancient Greece…

…transcendental thinking did not begin with Thoreau and Emerson, but as Emerson called it, “it is the very oldest of thoughts cast into the mold of these new times.” Transcendentalism is based on the ancient philosophy of Idealism, which originates with Plato, a well…

…TATTOO (v) To mark Skin with indelible patterns by puncturing it and inserting a dye to make a pattern in this way - (n) a tattooed pattern The body-marking techniques of tattooing, have been used in a vast range of cultures, both ancient…