Essays on Ancient Times

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For each Micro Observatory Robotic Telescope Network observation:

position: RA= 13h 24.9m Dec= -7 degrees 28 minutes located in constellation: Libra Distance= 600 million km (33 light minutes) at closest to the Earth Field of view: Normal Exposure time: 15.00 sec. Filter: Grey (ND4)

Hour Angle: -1h 40.4m

Comment on quality of observation: Micro Observatory is run by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Question: Why are some of the targets listed as “not up tonight”? Micro Observatory Robotic Telescope Network observation: Target name: Jupiter Type of object: Planet position: RA= 13h 27.3m Dec= -7 degrees 39 minutes located in constellation: Libra Distance= ...

Bacteria refer to the regnum of prokaryotes (Sundararaj, Mudaliar, Anthoniraj, Kannan, Muthukaruppan). For the current moment, it accounts for more than ten thousand kinds of bacteria. The bacterium is recognized as one of the most ancient of living organisms, arising about 3.9 – 3.5 billion years ago. Bacteria have the substantial variation in the ways of metamorphic and energetic metabolism. Thus, autotrophs can synthesize all necessary organic molecules from non-organic compounds, whereas heterotrophs demand active organic compounds to transform them. The biggest degree of heterotrophs belongs to intracellular parasites. They are called saprophytes (Sundararaj, Mudaliar, Anthoniraj, Kannan, Muthukaruppan) and can ...

Introduction

Brands have existed since ancient times, as evidenced by the fact that individuals have always used unique marks to distinguish their products from those produced by other individuals. However, the main reason for branding in ancient times was to prevent the theft of property. Despite the origins of branding, its main purpose shifted to enhancing the visibility of products as humans engaged in increased commercial activity with each other (Hampf and Lindberg-Repo, 2011, p. 1). Consequently, the concept of brand development arose. Brand development refers to the efforts taken to increase the success of a brand in the market ...

In the ancient times, there were many civilizations around the world, but all of them managed to develop independently. In spite of the fact that the world is so diverse and the West seems to be too far from the East, different parts of the world have a lot in common. However, it is extremely hard to trace the common themes between the West and the East when it comes to religions without concentrating on their differences first. This paper is going to focus on the differences in the role of the prophets between the biggest religions of the ...

The value of literature in human life cannot be overestimated. This kind of art is one of the most ancient and important for humankind. Though this type of art has a connection with such term as fiction, it still has quite a real basis. Literature has arisen much earlier than it was given a definition and typology. The man, who existed before the literature, had already used its main elements even earlier than ten thousand years ago, which played a very important role in the life of the whole humankind. Using the words that were written on stones, people ...

Architecture of Madain Salih

One of the mysteries in the historical science of our time is the origin of the monuments Hegre in Saudi Arabia. In the historical literature, it is assumed that this city was built by the Nabataeans - the people, the basis of the life of which was to ensure the caravan trade. These people, who lived here from the III century BC to the I century BC, carved facades of tombs, built many kilometers of waterways in the rocks to collect rainwater and left behind a lot of mysteries about their religion and language (Khairy, 167). Madain Salih (Hegra, ...

There are different perspective on what and how masculinity should be manifested since the ancient times up to the present. Masculinity seems to have been defining gender and gender roles in different societies all over the world. It is therefore important to understand this concept. Interestingly, there are two authors who have delved with the concept of masculinity thoroughly in their respective essays. These two authors are Peter Tragos and Michael Kimmel. A comparative analysis of their essays reveals that both authors perceive masculinity as a social concept. They also want to liberate the minds of their readers, especially ...

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My course name Abstract In this paper I will compare and contrast Chinese views on food and dietary practices with those of Western countries. By appeal to empirical and historical research, I will provide various points of comparison and support the claim that that Chinese views and practices help promote good development, health, and well-being. I will address differences in Chinese and Western views on the properties of food, herbs, food as therapy. My aim will not be to argue that Chinese dietary theories and practice are superior to those of Western countries. Rather, it will be to show ...

Greeks and Mesopotamians are well known for their myths about gods and how they affect the human existence and can determine your fate. Shared amongst them also are epic tales of heroic demigods and mortals who with great courage, help from the gods and bravery defeat many obstacles. The aim of this study is to examine the heroic qualities of two characters of Greek and Mesopotamian mythology; Gilgamesh and Odysseus. Special attention will be taken to ascertain how alike and different they were and what these heroic exploits teaches us about the ideals and expectations of Greek and Mesopotamian ...

The most beautiful and fascinating artistic aspect of the Chinese ritual objects was the use of bronze. In ancient times, vessels were made to be used for drinks and foods and came in different forms. Some of the containers had accents of rounded and molded handles which rest on well-created bases. Bronze vessels have a well-designed covering which depicts mythical images of mostly animals (Chang, p. 529). Since the beginning of the millennia, they left these vessels with shades of green. There was an addition of hues that helped in bringing a visual display of the art. In the ...

According to the text “shooting the elephant”, the narrator who was a colonial policeman in British Burma was responsible for the smooth operation of the colonial administration. The narrator was tasked with the responsibility of ensuring that law and order prevailed in the colony. The policemen, who were the agents of the oppressive administration were hated and despised by the native residents. This made it difficult for the policemen to enforce the law amongst the people. Despite being a policeman in the colonial administration, the narrator shows sympathy to the suffering prisoners in jail. Moreover, he was compelled to ...

Japan is a country full of ancient secrets and wonders. Weapons from ancient times have been carried on to this day. When we go back in the days the first thing that we will probably think of is the famous Japanese samurai warriors. There were also others like warrior monks, ninja’s and ruffians. All of these were great warriors of ancient Japan that to this day bring a history of amazing weapons such as swords, spears, the art of archery and many other items and techniques used then and made as well as mastered to this day. Japanese ...

Advertising is a paid form of communication that conveys information about commercial products or services for promoting sales. It is a method to attract the attention of the public. According to the American Marketing Association (AMA), “Advertising is any paid form of non-personal presentation and promotion of ideas, goods and services by an identified sponsor”. Advertising is necessary to create awareness about the different products that are available in the market. At present a large amount of capital is spent for advertisements as it has become a part of marketing strategy of a business. Due to competition it is ...

Introduction

At present, tourism is one of the most promising sectors of the world economy, ensuring the satisfaction of one of basic human needs - the need for rest. Many countries are rich in cultural and historical areas, but Italy should be highlighted among all of them, because of its unique architecture, history, culture, and mainly because of the great importance in tourist activity. The “face” of the country has changed dramatically over the last century. The fame of modern Italy is provided not only by producing automobiles, chemical products, fashionable clothes and shoes, popular worldwide films, but also by ...

The man cannot be separated from many things. He cannot live without food, air and water. However, it’s not the complete list of items that are necessary for human existence. Humanity is also obsessed with the violence. Throughout the whole history, people invented a lot of different methods of punishment, murder and torture. So, the human history is full of cruelty and violence. Consequently, it’s possible to talk an infinitely long time about how some representatives of humanity have punished, tortured, and killed others more unfortunate representatives of mankind. However, we’d remember only the most noteworthy ...

In Adolf Loos’ literature concerning Ornaments and Crime, he chooses to focus on how the world in the recent years has emerged to deny imagination and expression of feelings through art, defined by ornaments which has defied a chance to take course. He strongly criticizes how much the culture of yester years in the early centuries has been flashed down the drain, despite the fact that it entirely expressed the thought and mind of the artists, and many people could relate to it. Furthermore, Adolf Loos he goes ahead and develops an aesthetic purism which clearly elaborates his reasons ...

Introduction

The evolution of cosmetics has played a significant role in the civilization that has been massively witnessed in the world. Though the current cosmetic users do not recognize this fact, for several centuries, cosmetics were used in religious ceremonies, for the enhancement of beauty and also for the promotion of good health. This assisted in altering the way people looked, fixed their bodies in times of ill-health and also enabled the expression of religion, as well as, beliefs in different communities. Presently, the cosmetic industry has been tremendously successful thus presenting a broad base of products to choose from. ...

Introduction

On the shores of the Gulf of Omen lies an almost dying city called Sur. Sur was the capital city of Ash Sharqiya Region before it was split into two. The primary activity in the city today seems like prayer and religion in general as most of the very few buildings in the city are mosques. The city only looks like what it used to be that what it is currently. The sea which is said to have been once the most active as a means of transport to East Africa looks deserted with only a few boats lying ...

Pyramids located in Egypt should be presented in a time capsule for future generations because of their cultural and architectural worth. The future generations should be able to discover the pyramids because it is one of the greatest ancient monuments in the world. The construction took place when Egypt was one of the most powerful countries in the world rules by pharos. Pyramids represent the beautiful historical structure and the great architectural achievement that remains to be a mystery in the modern time. They are very big and they reflect the power of the king who dominated the ancient ...

The History of Cryptology

The concept of "security" covers a wide range of interests of both individuals and entire nations. In present days, a prominent place is given to the issue of information security, the protection of confidential business information from various rival groups. The importance of keeping information in secret was already known since ancient times. With the advent of writing, there was the danger of reading it by undesirable persons. There were three main ways to protect information. One of them is supposed to protect it by forceful methods: The secret information (documents) was protected by the responsible persons. The second ...

The ancient was once a thriving civilization and their great achievements were recorded in the history and thus became a legend. Yet, many historians and archaeologists still try to study the ruins on their previous locations. Here are the following architectures that had been considered as one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. The first edifice from the list was the handsome marble temple dedicated to Artemis also known as Diana in the Roman mythology. Artemis was the Greek and Roman goddess of hunting and the moon. Both the Romans and the Greeks worship her as their ...

Abstract

In this paper, we will discuss and describe the application of mathematics in architecture. Starting from the explanation of the meaning of architecture, we will consider the relationship between architecture and mathematics since ancient times. One of the most significant contribution of mathematics in architecture is strengthening the building constructions. This property can be traced in many ancient structures (for example, the Parthenon, the Colosseum, Stonehenge). The evolution of the types of construction design was tightly related to mathematics. In our research, we will discuss various designs, such as pyramidal, post-and-lintel and carcass construction systems. Special attention will be ...

Myths have been around longer than just about every other form of literature. From the beginning, it is clear that humanity has wanted some sort of explanation for the way the world works, and myths have long served that purpose. Whether it is the myth of Apollo driving his chariot across the sky each day to explain the bright light that traverses the sky (and to provide some sort of comfort that the gods are running things, even though the Greek gods certainly were not the benevolent sort) or the myth of Hades and Persephone’s twisted love that ...

Introduction

Soccer, or association football in many countries around the world, is a ball game played by teams consisting of eleven players each. The game itself is played on a rectangular field with goals at either end. The objective of the game is to score a point by making the ball enter the opposing player’s goal. Each team has a goalkeeper, a player who guards their respective team’s goalposts and prevents the ball from entering it. Except for the goalkeeper, players are only allowed to use either their head, torso, or feet to kick and touch the ball. ...

Egyptian Pyramids

"Visiting card" of Egypt is the pyramids. There are about hundreds of them - large and small, with smooth and stepped sides that have survived virtually unchanged and more look like a shapeless heap of stones. They are located along the West Bank of the Nile in small groups near the place, where in the era of the Old Kingdom was the capital of the country - Memphis. The most famous of the pyramids are on the outskirts of Cairo, on the edge of the desert plateau of Giza, looming over the green valley of the Nile. Here at ...

The range of art described as among those that is broad and difficult to pin down pointing out what constitutes art The question of what constitutes art, therefore, have puzzled many not only in the past, but present times, as well. The main reason given behind these challenges is the purpose, objective and goals that artistic products display to their audience and viewers, and also the broad interpretations that single products can generate including contrasting opinions. In most of the times, artistic products display and convey messages relating to the developments in the society. The ...

Analysis of social network exploitation

The 21st century has been characterized by a significant development in technology. Due to innovations and inventiveness, humans have come up with modern tools that are geared towards making life better as compared to the ancient times. In almost all fields, technology has replaced the old methods through which things were done. Day in day out, there is always an invention that is made. The technology seems to be getting better and better as days pass. Whatever was the best technology a decade ago has been replaced by other technologies that are superior, both in nature and application. Technology seems to ...

In the very first chapter of the book, Nuland shares the story of an infant who has a mysterious lump in his belly, which is medically referred to as bezoar (Nuland 2000). It is important to understand that based on what most physicians see, the lump would have fallen into the category of an “undiagnosed mass that could be a congenital, neoplastic, traumatic, or inflammatory” in origin (p.31). However, despite the various possibilities that most doctors may have seen, the origin of the mass could not be understood until a combination of information was gathered. To “see” what was really going on, ...

The torch relay and its traditions

This is an illustration of the unity and uniqueness of the Chinese people. It also represented the ancient ties and the traditions of the communities. The torch was carried for 130 days which was supposed to shoe harmony within the Chinese people and the ancient’s traditions that brought them together. Of all the torches, this torch was carried for the longest time to showcase the respect the people of China have had amongst themselves and the people around them. China has been criticized for not embracing human rights and has been in the limelight for the same. Therefore, ...

“Art is a proof of the existence of humankind” were the words that became my inspiration to understand and acquire arts with a whole new perspective. I was attending an Art Festival several years back where a renowned lecturer’s mentioned words paved a new path for me to follow. Although I already had an interest in the subject, his insightful lecture triggered my curiosity to gain more knowledge of art’s history and to dig into the subject for understanding it better.

After attaining Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education, I am currently in the first ...

Globalization comes when international and worldwide relations come close to one another.. These worldwide relations can be in the form of business relation, technological relation, and environmental relation. People have become much closer to one another than ancient times. In ancient times, people could not have access to one another; markets were not offering products all over the world. But in recent times, if a person travels to another part of the world, he will not feel much change in environment, food or technology. If we compare the history of past to the present, we can see that economic, political, ...

Espionage has a long history characterized with various prominent people, activities, and events. However, the global community has essentially associated the history of espionage with some iconic events and people. The paper analyzes the roles that different people and events played in the History of Espionage and the various aspects of the history from the ancient time to the future.

Based on Sun Tzu’s Art of War, he talked about espionage in the form of spies where he stated that hostile armies could be confronted with each other for years, as they both strive for their own victory that ...

The treatise "Sun Tzu", the authorship of which, according to general belief, belongs to the famous military commander Sun Wu, has long been revered in China as the chief military canon. The title of "canonical" means, among other things, that the book is intended for not easy and superficial reading, but slow and in-depth, for memorization, almost soaking it in oneself to the last word. For "canon" in China - as in every cultural tradition - it is ultimately nothing else than a literary image of the infinite diversity of the creative abundance of life itself. It does not contain ...

"Music is so naturally united with us that we cannot be free from it even if we so desired" (Boethius cited by Storr). Music accompanies us throughout our life, from early childhood. Every day most of us listen to different music, but doubly anyone thinks about the enormous impact it has on us: happy and sad, soft and sensitive, strong and proud. It is a mistake to believe that music is only for entertainment. It has much more features: the ability to have an impact on the psychological and physical condition, it ennobles man when working on his soul, making ...

In the modern world, several activists have called upon different stakeholders to ensure equality is maintained between the two genders. A lot of caution is taken in most sectors to ensure that both genders are presented with equal opportunities in any endeavor. This is very different from what the practice was some years back. Traditionally, men were considered to be superior to women. Such discrimination saw women reduced to objects whose purpose was to ensure men lived happily. To overcome these traditional myths, women have struggled hard to air their views. One of the ways they have aired their ...

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The Lake Moeris Quarry Road built while the Old Kingdom of Egypt between 26th and 22nd centuries B.C. is the oldest paved road of the world and is testimony to the excellent sense of planning and execution of the ancient Egyptians of that period. The 8-miles of the main road was built by placing large stone blocks that were kept on the desert sand and to facilitate passage of sledges filled with blocks of Basalt to the quay of Lake Moeris, and then on to River Nile. Those Basalt blocks were shipped downstream of Nile to construction sites in ...

Social issues

Racism This is an image from the Science Museum that is commonly used to show the scientific form of racism. This picture was based on the view that blacks were inferior. This is an historical picture that was used by anti-racists when trying to bring an end to racism. Racism is a form of prejudice where people from a given racial background are oppressed by others. Scientific racism was the form of racism where the archeologist mocked people of black origin. According to the archeologists, the blacks were inferior as they represented the primitive developmental stages of man. This ...

The civilization of ancient Greece centered on the Aegean Sea, the region that today includes Greece and the western part of Turkey. Ancient Greece was not a single country ruled by one person. Ancient Greece consists of numerous city-states that share a common language and culture. About 800 B.C. Greeks began to form ‘polis’ or city-states throughout the country. Each polis has its own government. Some city-states had a few thousand inhabitants, but some city-states such as Athens have a total population of 250,000. City-states were set up as far from Greece as France and Spain. There were several different forms of ...

Maps: (image 5)

The maps are to be taken while the research projects and for the reason of certain places of the human beings and civilizations. These are believed to be the main source of information as these were created under particular conditions and the cultures. The maps are made under specific factors, weather and the perceptions; these are gathered by the historians as needed by the researchers. Maps are used for the understanding of the situation at a particular point of time and under particular conditions and polishes. The maps are the grounds and the first hand knowledge of the person who ...

Marriage is an extremely important institution in the human society in all parts of the world. Indeed, this event marks the beginning of a new bond to be shared between the newly wedded couple. While the customs, traditions and ceremonies pertaining to weddings might differ from culture to culture and country to country, the sanctity of this institution remains the same everywhere. As with any other country in the world, in Egypt too, marriage is regarded as a very important occasion. In fact, it is the Egyptians who are said to be the first to have declared the laws of wedding ...

Death Penalty

DEATH PENALTY 2 Abstract The main aim of this research is to depict history of the death penalty from its evolution and to show the role of it nowadays. A comparison of old and modern methods of execution reveals the movement to human and democratic world. The ancient death penalty can be characterized as one of the most cruel and varvarous methods. The execution in the Middle ages is also inhuman. Today, the society undergones transformation and develops of painless means of execution. Specifically, this paper considers such kinds of execution as burning alive, decapitation, hanging, boiling ...

Find a building or structure constructed –Eiffel tower Art and architecture from the ancient times to date has played a key role that have made many appreciate the beauty in the natural environment. Buildings and structures in many regions and places are designed differently that depict and tell dissimilar stories with varied messages. In the recent times, art and architecture have grown tremendously in many institutions of learning across the globe, and this shows the emphasis and benefits that society has realized arising from the industry. Buildings among other structures made by artists and architects have portrayed different meanings and ideologies ...

Visual Analysis Paper

Art, since time immemorial, has played a great and significant part that has helped us understand many aspects of history that dates back from the Greco-Roman period and times to the present days. Artistic features have convened varied information that touch on culture, religion, politics, economics, farming among many issues that we experience in man's day today society and lives. In presenting the stated different themes, various styles and techniques have been used since the old days that have enabled artists come up with sculptures among other artistic features that have stood the taste of time in conveying the intended ...

The article “A Seventeenth-Century Perspective on Korean Slavery” presents Yu Hyŏngwŏn’s perspective on slavery. Hyŏngwŏn first encountered the use of the word slave in reference to the confinement of individuals for committing crimes, as was the norm in ancient times. No law permitted the confinement of an innocent person as a slave. In the ancient times, an individual’s penalty could not be passed on to descendants. Hence, the guilt of committing an offence is determined by the deeds of family members in the past. According to Hyŏngwŏn, slavery makes it possible ...

Images constantly surround us in our everyday lives. Our eyes and brains are so saturated with visual information that we sometimes do not notice the power/influence images hold over us. Images/objects/monuments did not materialize out of thin air! They were created within particular cultures/societies and mirrored these societies’ concerns. Thus, almost all changes and/or developments in style and iconography reflect changes within a society political, social, religious. In looking at all the arts, in the world from the ancient times to the modern world it is clear that they have all portrayed something of importance at that time. Some examples ...

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Appendix 14 Travel Grant Proposal to Egypt Introduction There are many reasons why Egypt is ideal place to study music. Firstly, Egypt has historical significance in world history and a study of its culture and music would help establish a link between modern culture and the cradle of civilization. Music in Egypt became a much relevant subject during the pharaonic period. Throughout this period, music formed a significant aspect of the Egyptian way of life. Majority of musicians assumed various positions in the Egyptian ...

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Introduction “There is an eternal landscape, a geography of the soul; we search for its outlines all our lives” –Josephine Hart. The famous quote by bestseller novelist is absolutely true and this could be understood well by travelers who are adventurous. For explorers, geography is the landscape that extends up to the horizon and well even beyond it. According to Bonnett (2008), “More specifically, it is towards geography that people have turned when seeking answers to the questions, ‘How and why has the environment altered?” (p.4). Mapping is a popular activity with which people tend to associate geography more specifically ...

Introduction

Eucharist is one of the rituals in the Roman Catholic Church. It denotes a celebration of the Eucharist liturgy of as commonly referred to, the mass. The start of this ritual can be traced back to the Last Supper. This is the night before Jesus was betrayed. Together with his disciples, Jesus instituted this ritual that entailed the Eucharistic Sacrifice. In this ritual, the Body and Blood of Jesus were sacrificed according to Catholic Catechism (Catholic Church 1323). The presence of Christ in the sacrament that was used in the altar, the Eucharistic ritual honors Christ through the worship of ...

The story of werewolves has been in existence since the early medieval times. The captivating change of beast to man has been a source of fascination to the masses for many years. Many audiences all over the world have been moved by this captivating phenomenon of the beasts which are also referred to as the lycanthrope (Bennett, 2014). These animals have been featured in ancient literature with the stories being transmitted through oral traditional mythical stories, story books and other forms of art. The transformation is mainly associated with a full moon and is primarily as a result of sorcery, magic or a ...

Every person needs passion in their life. It is a driving force that gives life a sense and makes it meaningful. People may have many interests and that means that their intellect is being stimulated by more than one area in life. Voltaire said that a person can change everything, except their passions. What I am passionate about is art, especially film art. In my opinion art and culture are very connected. I like to watch films an make some short films. That is a very personal process and it makes a person grow. The soul makes a selection of what we should consider ...

Rome was among the first countries to attain civilization. The country brought forth various people who came up with theories that described the world thereby changing people’s perspectives on various matters. During the ancient times, Rome had a set of rules for each division made by rulers that governed the Romans way of life. With time, the rules changed, and people embraced the civilization of people and they no longer follow the ways. However, the history of events and items are available and remind people of where they came from. The paper looks at the ordinary life during the ...

Both the documents: “The Laws of Manu” and “Ban Zhao’s Admonitions for Women” talked about the role, duties and status of women in different times and places. The Laws of Manu were edited in 1913. This paper thus draws comparison between the two texts and talks about how the different times; places and religions had a huge role to play in determining how women are treated. While the Hindu version, derived from scared Hindu books, clearly shows how subservient the status of women is in Ancient India and how the only purpose of her life is to ensure that ...

Do you think the Institutions of the ‘old’ Diplomacy Have Any Contemporary Relevance?

Tracing origins of diplomacy is a difficult task and different people have different opinion on this issue. Some find diplomacy existing since time immemorial while others relate it with ancient Greece and many other believe that diplomacy emerged in Italy where embassies were established first of all. However diplomacy has evolved over a period of time and it has been changed substantially since its earliest forms. There were diplomatic institutions in the earlier times, and like earlier times these institutions exist in recent times. Some people divide diplomacy into old and new diplomacy and while doing so they forget that the ...

The main stages of the development can be defined in the following order: simple tools, accumulation of tools, sophisticated tools; the actuation of the complex tools by single engine - human hands, bringing these tools into action by the forces of nature; machine; system of machines having one motor; the machine system having automatic engine. The first four stages of the given periodization received their formation in the primitive period. A simple instrument that has no component parts, appeared millennia before our era, in the early period of the Stone Age (Paleolithic) as a hammer - piece of pebble ...

As documented by Tarbell, discobolus the discus thrower is a statue of a discus thrower that was originally made by a Greek artist called Naucydes Myron between 460-450 BC. His Discobolus statue was called the Discobolus of Myron, and was made of bronze. This original statue is lost, and at the moment, many copies of it have been made of marble by Romans. The initial copy of the original was discovered in 1781 at the property in Rome-Villa Palombara, a property of the Massimo family. It was called the Palombara Discobolus and was discovered by an archaeologist from Italy. A second statue, Townley ...

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Education always remains one of the primary needs for the members of any civilized community. The freedom to choose the optimum mode of schooling from among the various ways rests in the hands of the students or their guardians in most cases. In ancient times, students received education at the residential locations of their teachers by staying there as long as the course continued. The trends of academics changed enormously and the requirements and expectations of different streams of learning invite specialized attention of students at specific regions of scholarship. With the availability of various opportunities ...

In Ancient Greece, human existence was strongly tied of the legends of heroes and gods. With legendary figures guiding their lives, Ancient Greeks worshiped heroism, which was always linked with the code of honor. Honor represented a human value and in the same time a condition for living up to the ideal of living among the gods. The code of honor in Ancient Greek tradition represented a supreme ideal and a challenge that determined humans who exerted it to overpass their condition. Reflecting the Ancient Greek society of Homer’s time, “The Iliad” depicts the meaning of the code of honor by surprising ...

Introduction

It has long been posited by scholars and other professionals that the early civilizations in Greece and in other parts of Europe were initiated because of the presence of Africans who had migrated to Europe from Northern Africa. The North Africans were said to have moved to Europe through the Mediterranean and settled in different places in Europe and even in Central Asia. This short paper will examine the literature that provides proof that there was indeed quite a strong African presence in Europe even during ancient times.

Africans as the Source of Ancient Greek Civilization

Even the Greek philosopher and scholar Herodotus wrote in the 5th century B.C. ...

History is a great library of knowledge about ancient times, it present all the important information about the occurrence of events and activities in the ancient times. History outlines all the important generation of events in olden times. It is one of disciplines that advocates for generational knowledge on past artifacts that were used in the olden days. This discipline literally dwells on evaluating the evolutional procedure of the human beings and all the surrounding traits that accompanies this process. Various schools of thoughts have presented their analogy on the impact of history in the current times. It puts forward ...

Introduction

Astrology is a name that comes from Greek words logos (study or science) and astron (stars). As such, astrology is a science or study of stars. The word differs from astronomy in that astrology studies the correlations between celestial events and humanly meaningful events (Lewis, 2003). The American Federation of Astrologers, as well as numerous other bodies, have credited the Babylonians with the birth of astrology, dating as far back as 1645BC (astrology.com). Scientific and technological advances have revolutionized human life and provided answers and solutions to many mysteries. Astrology has ceased to have a strong hold on religious and social interactions among ...