History (Arts & Humanities) - March 2007

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I typed this essay, it for a DBQ. What are your thoughts?

Much of our today’s society can be traced back to the Ancient Greek empire. The Greeks had made so many contributions to our modern civilization such as the architecture, medicine, and the Olympics.
One of the most known contributions made from the Greeks was the remarkable architecture. For example, the White House has Ionic columns, which is just one of the three columns that were originated in Greek times. There are other buildings such as the Lincoln Memorial and Fifth Avenue School that include the columns too. But, not just the columns were kept from the Greek culture. The most famous building in Athens, the Parthenon, was completely hand carved, out of marble. The New York Public Library was also carved out of marble.
Another one of the things bestowed by the Greeks was medicine. Around 400 B.C. a man named Hippocrates lived. He was the first known Greek to use science and experiment to determine the best cure for a particular illness. He promised that only his patients would benefit. He also said he will give no deadly medicine if asked. Today this is called the Hippocratic oath. Before anyone becomes a doctor he or she must pledge to this oath.
The most known Greek tradition is the Olympics. Every four years this worldwide event takes place in a different venue each year, unlike in Greece when it always took place at Mount Olympus. This tradition today has men and women competing, but in ancient Greece only the men competed. Without the Greeks the Olympics may not exist. In fact, about 800 years after they were originated, the Olympics faded away. But this tradition was revived in the 1800’s and still lives to this day.
The Greeks influenced the modern society with their astonishing contributions such as their amazing architecture, the extremely helpful medicine, and the worldwide Olympics. Without the Greek empire, our contemporary civilization, would be dissimilar.

2007-03-18 01:54:15 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

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How loud was the loudest belch ever measured?

2007-03-18 01:47:02 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

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how significant was the beveridge report of 1942 to the stimulus of the 1945 welfare state?

what were the other factors contributing to the creation of the welfare state?what line of argument should i take?shoud i say that it was very important in bringing about the welfare state or should i argue that its impotance has been over exaggerated? please help me!!!! my dissertation has to be in soon and i am so confused

2007-03-18 01:42:35 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

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where did Blackbeard the pirate live and where was he born?

2007-03-18 01:26:48 · 6 answers · asked by bartender36koc 1

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does anybody know anything about the movie "300" ?

2007-03-18 01:22:22 · 6 answers · asked by amirreza 1

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who was usa president in 1951?

2007-03-18 01:09:49 · 6 answers · asked by Linda S 6

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What time they bomb Hiroshima in the WW2?

2007-03-18 01:02:25 · 1 answers · asked by husseinseddiq 1

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True or False? There is more slavery now (human trafficking) than during the slavetrade?

2007-03-18 00:09:25 · 12 answers · asked by cloudbunny 1

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Cyrus the great VS Alexander the great?

Who is the better leader?

Cyrus the Great built one of the most powerful empire in ancient times(it was bigger than Rome Empire at its extent) and succeeded to make it last by building effecient admistrative organization and torelating different races/religion. Thats why some people admire him for being a first charter of human rights. After all, Persian Empire was the 1st nation that ruled a cosmopolitic world

Alexander the Great, one of the best military leaders in history(definitely NO.1 in ancient west world), destroyed what Cyrus the Great and his talented succeedings(in politics, but not a war tactic genius as the founder of their empire) created. He conqurered almost every civilized world except for India and China(which were way~~ too far). By his success, Europe could learn advanced technology and academics of Asia.

2007-03-17 23:29:34 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

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Who Voted for Hitler and the Nazis? And why?

Please, with specific groups.

2007-03-17 23:27:35 · 4 answers · asked by hoooleydoooley 1

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the english mariner brought products made from great britain and brought african slaves to the carribbean?

2007-03-17 23:02:38 · 3 answers · asked by mHie 1

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in what year did oliver cromwell die?

2007-03-17 22:36:10 · 9 answers · asked by gav3376 1

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Who organized the assassination of the Serbian king Alexander II in 1934 ?

The assasin was Vlado Chernozemski, member of VMRO, Macedonian revolutionary organization. But who was the organizer : Hitler, Mussolini, or VMRO itself ?

2007-03-17 22:31:48 · 7 answers · asked by flavivs severvs 3

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