Of the three columns found in Greece, Doric columns are the simplest. ... Doric, like most Greek styles, works well horizontally on buildings, that's why it was so good with the long rectangular buildings made by the Greeks. ... For the Greeks and Romans, the column, although obviously ornamental, was also structural, since it supported the roof. ... Mathematics and proportion determine size and shape of the columns. ... To compensate, the Greek architects made the columns slightly convex. ...

• Word Count: 1522
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Athens and Sparta were both Greek city states, or otherwise known as acropolises, and they were just around 150 miles apart. ... Athens is in central Greece, just four miles from the Aegean Sea. ... It was placed on a plain between the mountains and the ocean in the piece of Greece known as the Peloponnesus. ... Teachers taught them reading writing, mathematics, and literature. ... Spartan women had more rights than the average Greek. ...

• Word Count: 955
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

1. 60 million years ago, the age of giant reptiles came to an end. Dinosaurs ruled the earth, while mammals were not able to evolve because they could never challenge the dinosaurs. Then, a comet hit the earth and the dinosaurs disappeared. Mammals, including primates, were then able to evolve. Over 5 million years ago, primates walked on all fours. ...

• Word Count: 4738
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: High School

To the untrained eye Greek temples appear deceptively simple in design and all seem to look alike. ... Consequently the Parthenon has a mathematical perfection which communicates itself as a coherent and harmonic whole that does not merit the label of a "box with a lid on it". ...

• Word Count: 749
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate