Ancient Greece is located on the southeast corner of the European continent, across the Aegean Sea from Asia Minor to the east Turkey, on a peninsula of rugged land, and to the west of the Ionian Sea, is Italy. ... Wagons hauled animals and goods for a short distance, but traveling the sea was preferred. ... The Greeks ate many fruits and vegetables (World Book). ... Today, Greeks have helped shape the world into what it is today. ... Also musicians performed at festivals and also private parties (World Book). ...

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In Japan, Lady Murasaki Shikibu writes the world's first novel, The Tale of Genji c. ... The Celtic Heroes and Heroines: A Magical World 1. ... Using administrative geniuses, the Romans were able to power over many nations around the world. ... Angles, Saxons, and Jutes crossed the Northern Sea, and drove the Celts out of Britain, into Wales. ... A Light from Ireland Ireland was surrounded by wild seas and wasn't overrun by the Germanic invaders. ...

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The third was the division and eventual rift between the Western and Eastern halves of the Roman world. ... Catholic Christianity is strongly linked with the medieval world. ... This same religious intolerance would dominate the policies of the medieval world. ... There was of course the major victories of the Arabs, that in the name of Allah conquered the entire southern half of the Roman Empire, not to mention the Slavic peoples that slavicised' large parts of central and eastern Europe between the Baltic sea and the Aegean. ... The west Germanic group, centred on the North Sea coast, ...

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Roman civilization remained dependent on the sea as its principal axis of communication and trade and along which travelled influences and people. ... By the 13th century B.C. however, Mycenaean Greece was showing sign of serious trouble and by 11th, the Mycenaean culture was ending, and the Greek world was a new period in history. ... The ancient Romans who displaced the Greeks in power in the Mediterranean world later adopted these myths and ever since, they have had profound influence on the formation of western culture. ... The geography of Greece ― barren, hilly mainland and many isl...

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Rome was one of the oldest and greatest civilizations the world has ever seen, however, it gradually began to decline and was finally destroyed. ... Rome began to conquer territories around its borders, and soon it became a vast area from the north of England across the North Sea, along the Rhine and Danube Rivers to the Caspian Sea, south to Egypt, along the coast of Africa to Spain until it became an empire. ... The Fall of Rome has been debated all over the world by modern historians. ...

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At the time of his rein, the Roman Empire controlled two million miles of land around the Mediterranean Sea, which at this time was the home of some 55 million people (Kennedy), one fourth of the world's population at this time. ...

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over the crushing vines- over the desolate streets- over the amphitheater itself- far and wide- with many a mighty splash in the agitated sea- fell that awful shower... Because of that, the houses of Pompeii have given us a treasure of mural paintings, the most complete record of the changing fashions in interior decoration in the entire ancient world. ...

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Like most paintings around the world they painted what they could see, and to depict what was going on in that time. ... Usually, the girls would began singing together when they are very young.They would imitate nature, as in the sound of a river or a sea-gull, the singers would make the guttural, breathy, and humming noises from their chests and throats. ...

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Agriculture About ninety percent of the people in the Roman world lived by farming, as they understood the need to rotate crops. ... Soon, as cities grew, the corn supply for the urban society grew to be a problem; it was soon imported by sea. ... As the Roman world expanded, a new social class became important, consisting of prosperous landowners and business people that were called equites. ...

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Introduction People often think of Rome as simply a country of romance. The past explains a different truth. We often examine the past not only out of curiosity but also as a blueprint of time. The following is guide to Rome's past. Rome had many different intriguing parts of civilization. Agr...

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This perception that Shakespeare has given us of the Romans is how the audiences is expecting Antony to be but their thoughts are questioned as Philo claims that "The triple pillar of the world transformed into a strumpets fool". ... Though Antony is in Egypt with Cleopatra, the world of Rome persistently intrudes. ... Now that Antony is still in Egypt but discussing Roman issues the two worlds begin to mix as he asks "Name Cleopatra as she is called in Rome" we see him here both having doubts about Cleopatra and caring what others, especially his country thinks of her. ... Antony seems to be ...

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The sea became vital to the existence of the empire in the east, which many historians refer to as the maritime empire. ... Other works include: Historia Syntomos, a shorter, didactic historical text in the form of a world chronicle; De Operatione Daemonum, a classification of demons; De Omnifaria Doctrina, important work on philosophy; Several hundred personal letters, several panegyrics, rhetorical essays and a funeral oration for his mother, including a large amount of autobiographical information. ... The conditions of the structure was deteriorated, therefore the World Monuments Fund p...

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Since then, the city of Pompeii was forgotten by the world for 1700 years, until it was rediscovered in 1748, when construction workers were working on the summer palace renovation for the king of Naples (Wallace). ... First, having almost no political and economic importance, due to its ideal weather, beautiful landscape, adjacency to sea, and rich agricultural production, Pompeii was mainly built as a holiday resort for wealthy Romans, especially high Roman officials, such as Cicero (Harris 9). ...

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Hannibalic War Of all the many wars, the Second Punic War was one of the great military conflicts of the ancient world. ... The following were the resources at the beginning of the war: Rome had 70, 000 soldiers, 220 ships, 60,000 sailors, superiority at sea, faithful allies, and Patriotic spur of fighting on home soil; Carthage had 80, 000 soldiers, 100 ships, 25,000 sailors, long supply lines for reinforcement, leadership of Hannibal, and unfamiliar terrain (Smith 1). ...

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What he was planning I for one agree because Charlemagne was one of the most powerful men in the world at this point in time. ... He would send money to Christians over seas in Jerusalem, Carthage and in other kingdoms. ...

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Pompeii was the sight of human tragedy and probably the most important documented tragedy of destruction in ancient history. On 24, August AD 79, Mt. Vesuvius erupted and burned Pompeii under a blanket of ash and lava flow. As the day ended, the eruption had stopped. Pompeii buried in ash became a ...

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