Ancient Egypt

Mckenna Robbins Coach Smith Ancient World History 25 September 2017 Hammurabi’s Code: Was it Just? Hit you your father, You will be left with no hands. King Hammurabi ruled for 42 years. He became king of babylon. He created 292 laws And they were wrote on stone. He had many laws that had harsh discipline if you didn't follow the rules. He wrote the laws to keep the people in order. We will be discussing was Hammurabi’s code just? First you will have to know what “just” means. The meaning…

The cave of Chauvet may be the most important discovery of cave work ever. Some historians believe that the Cave may possibly some of the oldest cave art know to the world. The cave is very beautiful and historical and it is very important to the study of cave art. The cave was discover on the eighteenth of December, Nineteen Ninety Four. The cave was accidently discovered when Jean-Marie Chauvet and his two other speleologists friends were wondering around the Ardèche Valley, in southern France…

Ancient civilizations in Latin America created the building blocks for a vibrant, diverse region in the future with their athletics, architecture and language. To begin with, the Mayan people created a complex, competitive ball game that shaped the future of sports. They had rules about what body parts to use, where to aim the ball, how to score before the Europeans could create anything more advanced than jousting. Starting place for many modern day sports, the ball game inspired many athletic…

The Two Worshippers are Sumerian statues made out of black limestone. These ceremonial objects functioned as an act of worship to the gods. They are surrogate supplicants for the Sumerians so that they wouldn’t stay at the temple worshipping all day. They were generally placed in the Square Temple of Eshnunna. The figures come in different sizes. They range in height from a foot to around two feet. The male figure is wearing a skirt and the female figure is wearing a dress with drapery over one…

The Maasai people are a diverse people, full of history and culture. Reigning out of Kenya and northern Tanzania, they live a semi-nomadic life rooted in ritual and tradition. One very important part of their culture is their masks, that are used for many things. These masks are very important to the past and present Maasai warriors, that hold their culture to their heart. One distinct thing about the Maasai peoples’ mask is their distinctive use of warm colors, like reds and oranges. In other…

“Land between the Rivers”. The region is a vast, dry plain through which two great rivers, the Euphrates and Tigris flow. Surrounded by the mountains in the north and the east and the desert in the west and bounded in the south by the Persian gulf, ancient Mesopotamia was shaped by the two rivers Tigris and the Euphrates. These rivers provided water for daily life and also provided…

The Arts. A wide spectrum of knowledge encompassing of the performing arts, literary arts and visual arts. By watching movies, reading novels, listening to music or looking at a painting, the arts extend our personal knowledge and enrich our inner lives. Art is way through which an individual can understand their selves better. A way through which one can express their ideas freely without any boundaries. A way through one can understood various cultures and societies around the world. A way so…

wearing a red dress with the head of a lioness wearing a sun disc circled by a cobra on her head. She often holds the ankh (key) – the symbol of life, when seated. When standing or striding, she is seen holding the papyrus specter symbolizing Lower Egypt. As a sun goddess, she is connected with the scorching, searing…

Why Ned should stay dead One thing I don't understand: why the hell would you, as a fan, want to bring Ned back from the dead? Let's start with the possibility of it happening. We know that it IS possible to resurrect people - the best example of it being Lord Beric Dondarrion, who was brought back to life 6 TIMES by Thoros of Myr, the Red Priest of R'hllor. That proves that R'hllor has the ability to revive someone. Dondarrion did it himself, too, to resurrect Catelyn Stark. He died while doing…

Material Correlates The Dani make and use a large number of items such as weapons, tools, shelters and watch towers, clothes, and other miscellaneous items. The Dani do not have ceramic technology, which is indicative that not all farming societies develop ceramics. The Dani do have access to clay, as they wear it around the eyes for ritualistic purposes, but have never used this clay for ceramic purposes as far as we can tell. Most of the Dani items are made of wood and stone, however modern…