The evolution of Greek and Roman performance space took place continuously throughout history. ... There were three stages in the development of the theatre space in Greek history. ... The vela was used as an awning to protect audiences from sun and rain. "Partial covering by vela was a compromise which fulfilled both the requirements of the artistic and architectural concept of a closed theater building and the practical exigency of a sun shelter"(Beacham,31). ...

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The Almagest is the earliest of Ptolemy's works and gives in detail the mathematical theory of the motions of the Sun, Moon, and planets. ... His most important and earliest works is called the Almagest, which gives detail of the mathematical theory of the motions of the Sun, Moon, and planets. ... In addition to his well-known works in astronomy, Ptolemy was very important in the history of geography and cartography. ...

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Christianity is very practical. It is not a dead, dry, formal, human religion of rituals, outward form, and show, but a divine, living, vital, dynamic, liberating religion. The word Christian means, "Christ like", or "One follows Christ". Jesus Christ, who laid the foundation of Christian Church, was born in BC 4 in Judea. He is the foundation of the Church (1 Cori. 3:10,11). ...

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He also tells me that Trajan's column stood almost 40 meters in the air, marking the height of the non-existent portion of the Quirinal hill; then he provides me with a brief overview of the history of Rome. ... Roman civilians scramble from store to store searching for their necessities, whether food to feed their families at night, or clothes to protect them from the scorching sun that strikes the city during the summer, or the chilling breezes that run across the city during the long winter months. ... We walk in and almost immediately feel relieved from the ferocious sun tha...

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Alexander made an empire that made history and brought him fame and happiness (SIRS Discover). ... Many poor families lived in one or two room houses made of sun-dried brick with floors of hard packed earth. ... In 200 B.C., a man named Arislarchus of Samos thought that the earth revolved around the sun, but many Greeks disagreed. ...

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Dualism: The Struggle To Find Order and Meaning The struggle to find order in the world and to distinguish humans from other forms of life has been the primal exercise of philosophers throughout recorded history. ... In the early Sixteenth Century, Polish astronomer Nicolaus Mikolaj Kopernik ("Copernicus-) promulgated the theory that the earth and the other planets move around the sun. ... Notably, English physicist and mathematician, Sir Isaac Newton developed mathematics which could predict the orbits and velocities of Earth and the other planets around the Sun. ... Humanism an...

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ART HISTORY ESSAY In a history that has extended over a thousand years, Roman architecture has proven to be "eternal". ... In all of their history, no great names in science or mathematics beckon to us from across the ages as those of their military geniuses or literary greats do. ... An interesting fact about the building is that the fourth-story walls held poles that contained awnings to provide shade from the sun and protection from the rain. ...

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"In the spectacles of gladiators sometimes, when the sun was violently hot, he would order the curtains, which covered the arena to be drawn aside, and forbad any person to be let out." ... This is one of the most bizarre acts that any person in recorded history is said to have done. ... He will go down in history books, not gloriously with great titles or accomplishments but rather as Suetonius sums up this Caligula "He was crazy both in body and mind." (284) ...

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