EGYPTIAN MEDICINE The ancient Egyptians have a long history of medical treatment that began in the prehistoric times, where most of the medical problems were cured with spiritual healings and remedies. ... Egyptians were also regarded as being one of the first groups in history to have practicing physicians. ... This papyri is chiefly an internal medicine guide with refrences to diseases of the eye, skin, and some surgical diseases. ... The followers of Hippocrates began a tradition of studying the cause of disease rather than looking solely at the symptoms when prescribing a cure. ... ...

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The following is guide to Rome's past, as Rome had many different intriguing parts of civilization: agriculture, occupation specialization, class stratification, state government, urbanism and long distance trade are traits that are apparent in every civilization. Some study this for hobby; most study it as a guide to what we should do in the future. ... The number of soldiers changed little thereafter, as most soldiers were professionals whose training and discipline made the Roman army one of the greatest fighting forces in history. ...

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He is most famous for his Histories, which chronicles the rise of the Roman Republic to its Empire days. ... Polybius' goal in his writings was to prove the theory of historical causation, which is still a tenet of the study of history today. ... Yet there is a complete contradiction to the previous statement when Polybius claims, "These facts confirm the proposition which I put forth at the beginning of my history, namely that the supremacy of the Romans did not come about, as certain Greek writers have supposed, either by chance or without the victors knowing what they were doing. ...

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Will Durant, author of Caesar and Christ says, "It (the Aeneid) would also show the role of Roman character in these achievements and seek to make ancient virtues popular, it would picture its hero as reverent of the gods and guided by them and would fall in as Augusta reformation of morals and faith" (239). ... Greeks would study music, dancing, rhetoric, philosophy, mathematics, physical training, and military science. Studying rhetoric, philosophy, and mathematics made Greeks more useful citizens. ... Romans were not well rounded; their main or only study growing up was physical training an...

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