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  • Ancient Greek Technology

    Ancient Greek Technology

    When most people talk about ancient Greek civilization, they usually think about the humanities (philosophy and literature) that flourished in ancient Greece. They know Plato and his theories about the ideal forms, they admire the depth of Aristotle's thought. However, few people heard about the contribution of the Ancient Greeks in other sciences like medicine, which was made by Hippocrates, or mathematics and geometry by Pythagoras, Euclid and Archimedes and fewer know about technological achievements

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    Essay Length: 295 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: May 18, 2010 By: Anna
  • Greek and Roman Technology

    Greek and Roman Technology

    Some of the things we see today and appreciate are older than you would probably guess. Now a days we're surrounded by modern conveniences, but some of them aren't exactly that innovative. For example; when you take a shower, use the restroom, or turn on the sink you expect to have running water, the same thing the ancient Greeks had two thousand years ago. So I guess the Moen commercial is accurate. Who would have

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    Essay Length: 969 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: June 11, 2010 By: Kevin
  • Greek and Roman Art

    Greek and Roman Art

    Greek and Roman Art Grinning masks, padded fat suites, and enlarged genitals all have something in common. They were part of a comedy in the classical Greek theater. The theater originated around 400 B.C. and different types of plays were common. The comedy and tragedy is what I will focus on along with the theater itself and some terms from the theater. The theater itself was held outside in an amphitheater. The auditorium originally had

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    Essay Length: 817 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Yan
  • Government and Society: Greek Vs. Roman

    Government and Society: Greek Vs. Roman

    Greek vs. Roman Government The Ancient Greeks and Romans are two of the most influential civilizations in history. Their contributions in art, architecture, philosophy, and, warfare are still a major part of today’s society. Perhaps the most important part of these great civilizations’ history is their unique forms of government. The Roman Republic, as well as, the infamous Greek Democracy are both similar and different in a number of ways. They are alike in the

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    Essay Length: 659 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: January 1, 2010 By: Wendy
  • The Role of Greek and Roman Literature

    The Role of Greek and Roman Literature

    THE ROLE OF GREEK AND ROMAN LITERATURE Over the years, literature of ancient Greece and Rome has affected art, religion, philosophy, science and mathematics, medicine, drama, and poetry profoundly. It has served as a basic model for the development of later European literatures and, consequently, the writings of the historians, geographers, philosophers, scientists, and rhetoricians are read today as sources of historical information and enjoyment. Alfred Whitehead, the famous British philosopher-mathematician, once commented that: "[A]ll

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    Essay Length: 841 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: January 10, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Greek and Roman Influence in Psychology

    Greek and Roman Influence in Psychology

    Greek and Roman Influence in Psychology Virtually every branch of knowledge, as we know it today, came from particularly two powerful empires of the ancient past, which are the Greek and Roman Empire. Although there were other civilizations, such as the Arabs and the Mayans, that made progress in knowledge, especially mathematics, the Greeks and Romans have been more recognized for the development of other branches of knowledge. The Greeks and Romans have been known

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    Essay Length: 1,668 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: January 26, 2010 By: Tasha
  • Greek Education V.S Roman Education

    Greek Education V.S Roman Education

    Similarities and Differences: Ancient Greece vs. Ancient Rome Many qualities of the Ancient Roman civilization were undoubtedly borrowed from their predecessors of the Greek culture (Bonner 1). Roman education, however, is only a reflection of the Greek education system. Ancient Roman education tactics differ from the education methods used by Ancient Greek instruction. Nevertheless, these two different approaches contain many similarities. Although the Romans made an effort to reproduce the style of education maintained by

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    Essay Length: 4,248 Words / 17 Pages
    Submitted: January 27, 2010 By: Yan
  • Greek & Roman Gender Roles

    Greek & Roman Gender Roles

    Gender Roles between Greek and Rome Gender Roles varied a great deal in both Greek and Rome. In Greece, the gender roles were defined differently then how Rome defined them. Men were treated differently then the women, in both cultures. Women were more or less the keepers of the house and to tend to the slaves and make sure everything ran smoothly; whereas the men worked and tended their people that they ruled over. The

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    Essay Length: 1,003 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: February 24, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Greek and Roman Women in Ancient Times

    Greek and Roman Women in Ancient Times

    “What is said in praise of all good women is the same, and straightforward. There is no need of elaborate phrases to tell of natural good qualities and of trust maintained. It is enough that all alike have the same reward: a good reputation. It is hard to find new things to praise in a woman, for their lives lack incident. We must look for what they have in common, lest something be left out

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    Submitted: March 11, 2010 By: David
  • Jews, Christians, Greeks, and Romans

    Jews, Christians, Greeks, and Romans

    The Greeks, The Romans, The Jews, and the Christians were all important civilizations in Ancient History. Why? Because they all had a hand in forming what is now the government of the United States. All of these people had many similarities and many differences. For instance, the Greeks and Romans both had polytheistic religions, based upon many of the same gods, whereas Christianity and Judaism are Monotheistic Religions, based on parts of the same scriptures.

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    Essay Length: 266 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: March 18, 2010 By: Wendy
  • Greek and Roman Culture

    Greek and Roman Culture

    Greek and Roman culture, although similar, are very different and interesting. Since the Romans adopted culture from the Greeks, many traditions are the same. When the Romans conquered the Hellenistic cities, they became fascinated with the idea of a Greek style of doing things. All things Greek were now considered popular. This is how much of the Greek way of life made its way into the Roman society. The first part of culture that the

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    Submitted: April 18, 2010 By: Edward
  • Greek and Roman Influence on Western Civilization

    Greek and Roman Influence on Western Civilization

    Western civilization is what we call modern society that mainly includes North America and Western Europe. But how did this western way of life come to be? Their are many different ways but mainly through ancient cultures. The two main ones are the Greek and Roman. Greece with their golden age and Rome with its great Empire and Republic and also together. Their are many ways in which western civilization is like the ancient Greek

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    Essay Length: 587 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: April 19, 2010 By: Anna
  • The Role of Greek and Roman Literature

    The Role of Greek and Roman Literature

    THE ROLE OF GREEK AND ROMAN LITERATURE Over the years, literature of ancient Greece and Rome has affected art, religion, philosophy, science and mathematics, medicine, drama, and poetry profoundly. It has served as a basic model for the development of later European literatures and, consequently, the writings of the historians, geographers, philosophers, scientists, and rhetoricians are read today as sources of historical information and enjoyment. Alfred Whitehead, the famous British philosopher-mathematician, once commented that: "[A]ll

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    Essay Length: 840 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: June 10, 2010 By: Kevin
  • Han and Roman Technology

    Han and Roman Technology

    Isaac Collazo 9-15-2016 Han and Roman Technology Both the Roman and Han empires developed many technologies and viewed it in different ways. While they both advanced over the year’s people felt differently about these advancements and about the people who made them. Even as the technology changed their daily life somewhere still not satisfied. During the Han Dynasty technology changed in many ways both good and bad. For example, in the early second century B.C.E

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    Submitted: September 27, 2016 By: Cloke2001
  • Negative Effects of Technology

    Negative Effects of Technology

    For a while now, science has been a mystery to man, leading him to want to discover more and more about it. This in many aspects is dangerous to our society, being that scientific developments in new studies have been advancing too quickly for our minds to comprehend. Things such as cloning, organ donation, and pesticides, are things that the world may sometimes find useful, when in reality, it only brings civilization down. "Raising science

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    Submitted: December 1, 2008 By: Jessica
  • The Advantages Technology Has Given Us Outweigh the Disadvantages

    The Advantages Technology Has Given Us Outweigh the Disadvantages

    Many argue that as we venture further into the frontier of technology we proceed with a slow death of society, by losing culture and ultimately a sense of self. To a certain extent this may be true, but realistically if we cease to progress we wont be able to survive. (Robert) There are many examples of advantages and disadvantages some mentioned were " Technology has the ability to create shortcuts in working and can make

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    Essay Length: 489 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 1, 2008 By: Jessica
  • Barbarization of the Roman Army

    Barbarization of the Roman Army

    The fourth and fifth centuries saw a profound change in the great Roman army. What was once a predominantly Roman institution became increasingly УbarbarizedФ, a term used by historians for the Germanization of Roman culture, with more and more northern peoples being used in the army, which, some modern historians claim had a negative impact on the Empire itself. Many modern historians claim that this was a key factor in the decline and fall of

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    Essay Length: 2,525 Words / 11 Pages
    Submitted: December 8, 2008 By: Steve
  • Effects of Technology

    Effects of Technology

    Technology 1 Effects of Technology Technology 2 Effects of technology Throughout history, innovations in technology have assisted humankind improved their standards of living, beginning with the simple inventions in prehistoric times, continuing on to and beyond modern times. In today's time, when the rapidness of development and research is so impressive, it is easy to think about the advantages of modern technology. Modern technology has solved many problems that people face and play an important

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    Essay Length: 319 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 13, 2008 By: Jack
  • Reading and Technology

    Reading and Technology

    Reading And Technology Literacy and reading in particular is just one of the aspects in which research has provided evidence of potential impacts of new technologies such as multimedia and hypermedia. Most of the studies address literacy or reading in the early years of schooling. These technologies may be important for older readers also, particularly those that have not experienced success in their school careers already. The purpose of the paper is to determine whether

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    Essay Length: 1,586 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: December 30, 2008 By: Max
  • Chinatown Directed by Roman Polanski

    Chinatown Directed by Roman Polanski

    ChinaTown, directed by Roman Polanski, is a non-traditional hard-nosed detective film made in the 70's. The typical elements of character type are there; J.J. Gittes (a private detective in LA) played by Jack Nicholson is the central character, sharing the spotlight is Fay Dunaway playing the femme fatale Evelyn Mulwray. This film breaks all types of norms when compared to the hard-nosed detective films it is modeled after. The film is filled with allusions to

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    Essay Length: 1,333 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: January 9, 2009 By: Bred
  • The Roman Empire

    The Roman Empire

    The Roman Empire, founded by Augustus Caesar in 27 B.C. and lasting in Western Europe for 500 years, reorganized for world politics and economics. Almost the entirety of the civilized world became a single centralized state. In place of Greek democracy, piety, and independence came Roman authoritarianism and practicality. Vast prosperity resulted. Europe and the Mediterranean bloomed with trading cities ten times the size of their predecessors with public amenities previously unheard of courts, theaters,

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    Submitted: January 14, 2009 By: Yan
  • Cloning Technology Opinion Paper

    Cloning Technology Opinion Paper

    Why shouldn't humans attempt to clone living organisms including humans? Why do people think it is wrong? Nevertheless, natural cloning occurs everywhere. All plants, some insects, algae, unicellular organisms that conduct mitosis or binary fissions, and identical twins are all clones of each other. As long as genetic make-up is the same they are considered clones. Cloning would bring endless potentially important benefits to everyday life and more importantly, the future. By being able to

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    Submitted: January 24, 2009 By: Victor
  • Flat Panel Technologies

    Flat Panel Technologies

    Intro It's a very good idea to do your homework before going forward with the purchase of a new high definition television as technologies sometimes increase in complexity, while other aspects become more similar between the current display technologies available. Before even considering what brand to buy, you should first determine the type of technology that best suits your needs. Choosing one can prove to be confusing, but the technology you ultimately decide on, will

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    Submitted: January 24, 2009 By: Victor
  • How Technology Effects Modern America - Us Wage Trends

    How Technology Effects Modern America - Us Wage Trends

    How Technology Effects Modern America - US Wage Trends The microeconomic picture of the U.S. has changed immensely since 1973, and the trends are proving to be consistently downward for the nation's high school graduates and high school drop-outs. "Of all the reasons given for the wage squeeze – international competition, technology, deregulation, the decline of unions and defense cuts – technology is probably the most critical. It has favored the educated and the skilled,"

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    Essay Length: 1,247 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: March 4, 2009 By: David
  • Communications Technology

    Communications Technology

    Internet By: JB Communications Technology: Global Information Infrastructure jkylewalke Introduction We are in the midst of a global information revolution driven by the convergence and proliferation of information and communication technologies. The telecommunications sector is changing at warp speed, driven by technological innovation that results in new equipment and services, and also by new entrants and alliances between companies with experience in a wide range of information industries from telecommunications to broadcasting to computer hardware

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    Submitted: March 11, 2009 By: July

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