Throughout the world's history, all genders have experienced an inexplicable variety of lifestyles varying from good and bad. Gender equality has not always been around in many places around the world but it may be believed to only exist in certain centuries. In reality, the scarcity of lifestyles that were and still are advantages has been going on since the...
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The ancient Egyptians are well renowned for their obsession with death and the unique preservation of the human body through mummification. It is very clear that death was a central point of society during ancient Egyptian times, through the building of tombs as well as the daily rituals that followed the death of a person, both essential to the deceased...
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The Nile river provided Egypt with fertile land. Most parts of Egypt were and even still are a desert, but there was rich soil along the Nile river that was good for growing crops. They took advantage of this to grow wheat and sell them throughout the Middle East which helped them to become rich. As time went by, the...
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Herodotus was known as the `Father of History.` And he was born in Halicarnassus in Ionia in the 5th century B.C., He wrote a book called `The Histories.` In his book that the modern historian derives the meaning of history and called it a fact of history. He was the first person who started to collect and systematically document events...
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There are many similarities and dissimilarities between the sculpture of the Kouros and the sculpture of Menkaure. The Kouros (plural, the Kouri) is an ancient sculpture which represents a “large scale, hard stone, freestanding, nude” Greek man from the Archaic period (650 BCE- 480 BCE) (Dunham, 1). The Menkaure is a greywacke dyad statue representing King Menkaure and a woman...
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History of architecture refers to a record of man’s effort to build beautifully. It was organized along a global timeline, a global history of architecture (Francis et al; Michael et al) presents an innovative approach to the study of architectural history which spans from 3500 BCE to the present. This unique guide was written by a group of architectural experts...
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Code of Hammurabi The code of Hammurabi is the law that the Mesopotamians used to follow, it was a set of laws that were written by Hammurabi on a stone tablet. This is important because it showed that this civilization of Mesopotamians were advanced enough to have its own set of laws. Its effect on human development is the fact...
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Threshold 7 is about the emergence of agriculture. I learned here how the development of agriculture begins and how it changed human lifestyles all around the world. First, let's talk about what is our world before agriculture, we all know that looking for food or what we call foraging is really hard. Foraging is searching for wild food resources. It...
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Ethical monotheism, the faith that an individual, benevolent, all-knowing God demands submission to spiritual laws of the right manner, would convert the primary system of three great world religions- Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Ethical monotheism, adherence to a contractual moralistic method set ahead by an all-powerful god, is more than a creed; it is the foundation of a standard system...
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Since ancient times art has been associated with many different religious practices in a variety of cultures. The artworks that has been left behind by these ancient societies demonstrate how impactful religious beliefs were to shaping their civilizations. Perhaps many have forgotten this, but without such artwork, we may not have known the magnitude to which religion affected their lives...
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In a world where more and more people choose to move to the cities, the density of people living in the cities keeps growing every day. This has boosted the construction of taller buildings to contain and sustain the flow of people. To help with the issue the use of better-engineered columns and pillars to support the tall structures has...
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1)What is the author attempting to study in the article? This section of the essay will focus on what the author, Jacob Garner Hariri is focusing his article ‘The Autocratic Legacy of Early Statehood’ on, what his theory is, and based on what evidence (Jacob Hariri; The Autocratic Legacy of Early Statehood). The author expresses that due to countries attempting...
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“Art is something that makes you breathe with different kind of happiness”. Art has been a part of our life for as long as humanity has existed. For thousands of years, people have been creating, looking at, criticizing, and enjoying art. During my trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, I observed many interesting paintings, sculptures, and artifacts. The three...
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The very mysterious and mind-boggling pyramids in Egypt are obviously one of the many reasons tourists dream of visiting the African(Egypt) country. Subsequently there are seven known and recorded wonders of the world today, with which the mysterious pyramids of Giza(Egypt) obtains the top or first spot. Personally one can say that these ancient structures are very impressive and wonderful...
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Discuss. Although the invention of tools, the control of fire, and the discovery of uses of language and art by Paleolithic people were remarkable achievements, it was the Neolithic people's use of systematic agriculture and settled life that was one of the most important events in the world history. Paleolithic is the first period of prehistory. It began with human...
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The tallest and oldest pyramid in the Giza pyramid complex is known as the Great Pyramid of Giza. They are located on the outskirts of Giza in Egypt. Out of the Seven Wonders of the World, they are the oldest and well-preserved to their original state. According to Egyptologists, the pyramids acted as a tomb for the fourth dynasty of...
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Cleopatra, “Egypt’s Queen,” is arguably Shakespeare’s most resilient and enchanting female protagonist. She is personified as the embodiment of her country, ‘the soul of Egypt’, and defies the reductive Jacobean “most monster-like” perspective of women. The Renaissance stereotype of the subordinate and inferior female is in total juxtaposition to the possessive and shrewd characteristics that Cleopatra possesses, as she is...
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Antony and Cleopatra’s love for one another is the prominent theme throughout the play, and although both characters profess to an incomparable “peerless” love, they encourage doubt in the audience by acting in a manner that appears to contradict this. This is demonstrated by Cleopatra’s bullying, manipulative manner and also with the ease with which Antony dismisses their relationship in...
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Tang Empress Zetian was born in 625AD in Ch’angan China. She was born to a wealthy family, educated and taught to read. She passed away on December 16,0705AD. She effectively ruled China from 690AD-705AD. Pharaoh Hatshepsut was born 1525 BCE near Thebes, Egypt. She was born to Egyptian royalty and was born during a time where women were becoming more...
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The Neolithic Revolution had marked the transition of the society in which agriculture was promoted during the time. The Neolithic Revolution was a period of development as well as improvement in the standard of living (Kristin Harper and George Armelagos). In other words, it was the transition from hunter-gather to the agriculturalist (Wikipedia and PPT), it was the process of...
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The fact that our population continues grow exponentially, agriculture allows us to farm and we have land to sustain that tremendous amount of our population. The hunter-gatherers of Neolithic Age were essentially the first to start thinking about the future, not just living in the moment. The climate was stabilizing, and minds became more complex. The thought process people in...
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When analysing the differences between the Neolithic era and the Paleolithic era the first thing we notice is the duration of each period. The Paleolithic age ranged from about 2 million BC to 10,000 BC. The Neolithic age on the other hand lasted for a much shorter duration, from 9,000 BC to 3,500 BC. In correlation with the time periods...
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Architecture… Is an extremely interesting to see, how it develops over time, how each region of the world has its own type, and the amazing effort they took to construct. Some of these edifices is nothing short of amazing. For example, the Pyramids of Giza, the Roman Calcium, and the Great Wall of China are all pieces of architecture that...
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There goes a saying that “every ancient civilization has had at least one great female ruler” and looking back on our history, that statement reigns true. Despite this, we’ve seen over and over again examples of women being criticized, demonized or even erased from history simply for the fact that they were women. That, of course, isn’t to say that...
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In the near distance there is a bright sun-lit courtyard in front of a temple like building with impressive columns. In the square under the blazing sun we see an already dead prisoner being carried away by two male servants. In the foreground there is a prisoner dying in agony on the ground and clutching his stomach. Next to him...
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During 2550 and 2470 BC, Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure, the Egyptian pharaohs erected their mammoth pyramids and temples on the Giza plateau to leave a lasting impact on the land. The Giza Plateau Mapping Project (GPMP), is observing the living quarters of these people and their way of life. GPMP located the settlement, and is investigating the debris left by...
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In the beginning man used to be a hunter and forager. But slowly as time passed, the cultivation of food became a more preferred method of obtaining food and these hunters began to settle down. These settlements occurred around large rivers which had fertile land and abundant food resources. Man began to cultivate these lands, developing farmlands followed by the...
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This study focuses on the architectural precedents in practice and academic setting as a form of research on the history, processes, and theories as well as the strategies that can be re-interpreted or referenced in the current works. In this case, the ancient Egyptian pyramids in the past are used as precedents to inform the manner of solving certain issues;...
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In this essay I will examine the historical context, early life and achievements of Cleopatra VII, a significant figure from ancient Egypt. Cleopatra was born in Egypt in the year 69B.C. into the Ptolemy dynasty, who at the time were the rulers of Egypt and were founded by Ptolemy I, in 305 B.C. Cleopatra rose to power around the 1st...
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Cleopatra was not acknowledged for the role that she played for Egypt. She was powerful wealthy, intelligent and a successful female leader that intimidated most men during her prosperous years of ruling over Egypt, from 51BC to 30BC. She was by men as a ‘tart’, ‘whore’ and many other degrading names. As summed by Cicero, '...her (Cleopatra's) way of walking,...
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