4th millennium BC

Introduction This essay will examine the different ways in which Roman culture is detectable archaeological throughout the landscapes of both Campania and Etruria. Through the different archaeological, techniques epigraphy, ground surveys, Roman architecture and excavation we will discover that Roman empire was busying itself and expanding it influence. For this discussion, one will look at Pompeii in Campania, Cosa in South Etruria and Volaterrae in North Etruria and will find that there is a…

tell whether the Eclipses would be full or partial. The Greeks also taught explanations for the movement of the planets. Such achievements of astronomy in ancient Egypt as the introduction of a calendar employing a year having 365 days around 3000 BC and division of the night and, by analogy, the day into 12 parts, may be considered to be the most lasting (Edwin C. Krupp, 2003). Even Copernicus in Book 3 of his De revolutionibus commented on the usefulness of the Egyptian year: In computing…

The element silver (ag) is named from the Anglo-Saxon word seolfor, it’s chemical symbol, Ag, comes from the Latin word argentum, derived from the Greek ὰργὀς (are-ah-gush). This name comes from a Proto-Indo-European language root. Silver has been around for thousands of years, with many versatile uses. From a scientific layout, silver has an atomic weight of 107.8682, contains 47 protons and electrons respectively, and has 61 neurons. This element has a melting point of 1234.93 K (961.78 °C…

The believed origin date for the first Olympiad is 776 BC however it is has been the subject of intense debates for historians for a long time (Spivey 2004, 206). When trying to come to a date for the first Olympiad a decision was made by fixing a list of victors at Olympia, after which they counted backward in quadrennial units (Miller 2004, 20). The main concern with trying to figure out the origin date is if it is accuracy for the emergence of Greek athletics. Scholars have looked for the…

period between 2000 BCE and 1800 BCE, which diffused people from the European continent to the Levant region and inner region of the Asian mainland (Frawley, 1). This diffusion is estimated to have started early in the year between the 5th and the 4th millennia BC when the Aryan people spread across the grassland region of the Eastern Europe. However, the initial migration was accelerated by the chariot war causing the Aryan to spread further into the Asian continent. During the chariot war, the…

I would say there was one person that affected Augustus the most in a mucho masculine way, Julius Caesar. Julius was Augustus’s great uncle/ adoptive father. In 59 BC when Augustus was only 4 years old his father (also named Gaius Octavius) died. His father had been the governor of macedonia (Roberts 16). Augustus was surrounded by powerful political officials his whole life. Julius was the most powerful man in…

figure with typically African facial features, being held in the paws of a tigress (Rashidi 2012, 151). From the Tang Dynasty of China (618-907 CE) come statues of africoid looking dancers who have "spiral hair" (Rashidi 2012,152). From first millennium BCE and even prior, Edward Bruce Bynum says "black Mongolian horsemen can be discerned in some of the sculptures and reliefs of the east"
(Bynum 1998, 41). Also in China but from the Yuan dynasty (1271-1368), comes a painting of "two powerful…

Mahpiya Vanderbilt Archaeology 1 Bauer Mummies Ancient Egypt has become synonymous with mummies. The elaborate burials and preservation of the bodies is a defining factor of their culture. The word mummy comes from the Persian word mummia which means bitumen. The term was used in the middle ages to the embalmed bodies because of their blackened appearance of the skin, mistakenly thought to have been caused by the use of bitumen in their preservation when in actuality, the blackened appearance is…

Richard Reyes June 6,2015 Living Environment period : 6B-7 4th Quarter Project Throughout history humans have been at the top of the food chain , we have adapted to be able to live in a certain environment without dying. While everything seems fine , there are things that are lethal to humans and those things are diseases. While we have made some…

power of the empire. Each structure had a unique purpose. The Roman population needed an abundance of fresh drinking water to thrive. The water from the Tiber River was not drinkable and rainwater was not bountiful enough to supply the city. In 312 BC, Censor Appius Claudius Caecus commissioned the first aqueduct, Aqua Appia. This aqueduct showed the power of the empire to provide water to the city in a fast and efficient matter. As the population grew, the empire created more aqueducts. The…