Ancient Macedonians

Complex Societies The ancient complex societies of Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Harappa had a lot of things in common as well as some differences in their civilizations. Today we classified all these civilizations as complex because of their sizes, the density of their population and their government systems. But back then these civilizations had some interesting facts in common for example, the three of these civilizations developed around rivers, since they live so near to rivers their…

Roman were advanced civilization where their architecture had benefited everyone resulting to be pleased with what they have and showed us these people were very intelligent on constructing monuments. The three architectural pieces that defined Rome was the colosseum, aqueducts and bridges, and bathrooms because they were both aesthetically and as an engineering feat. The colosseum is the most iconic Rome architecture where our modern society know about this building being associated with Italy.…

Marvin, M. 2002. “The Ludovisi Barbarians: The Grand Manner.” in the ancient art of emulation. Studies in artistic originality and tradition from the present to classical antiquity. MAAR Suppl. 1. E. Gazda (ed.) While a more bit technical to read than some articles this was still a truly interesting read, and while the actual topic is a bit difficult to ascertain, if one reads with care, it can be found. This paper centers around a pair of sculptures called “The Dying Gaul and The Gaul…

5.0 Baking Technology throughout the History of Ancient Egypt Penetration in the field of biotech are directly returned to bread manufacturing, harvest, threshing, crushing the grain in order to achieve flour and sieving were completely illustrated on the ancient egyptian monuments (see Fig. 1). A hand grindery Known as a saddle quern was used for grinding grain (see Fig. 1F) by the housewife. Eventually, crushing was carried out on a large scale by grinders. Fermentation by the use of leaven,…

The roman government, set up after the seventh and final king was assassinated, was structured as a democratic republic that gave elites large amounts of power. This “imperium”, power to command and bestowed by the people was given to the two consuls and praetors after winning an election, was not supreme and the people could take it away. This system on paper looks ideal by giving the people a voice in rome 's politics, but in practice the system was manipulated to favor the patricians and…

The first point discussed in Marta Cerezo Moreno’s The Controlling Force of Rome in Coriolanus and Julius Caesar is how Rome does not function as just a location where the play is set, but in fact the framework of the plots would collapse because the plot is directly related to the location. The city of Rome is constantly attacked by the Volscians in Corialanus, defended by the plebeians, praised by its people and feared by its enemies. Rome is symbolic of the characters Corialanus and Julius…

The early Egyptian were very much concerned with the afterlife so they invented mummification in which ones body was preserved for the afterlife. They thought that the body should be in its original state and recognizable for one afterlife as they body should be possessed again by the soul of the departed. A proper procedure was introduce for preserving the bodies consisting of two steps embalming and wrapping. In “Embalming” the body was washed with the water of the Nile and a good smelling…

Lend Me Your Ears In William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, a group of men kill their leader and are left to run Rome by themselves. "Julius Caesar is ancient Rome’s most famous figure. A brilliant politician and general, his accomplishments and influence were so significant that other languages have words meaning “ruler” that derive from his name." Caesar's death proves that even your most trusted friends can not be trusted. Atony uses the art of persuasion and he gains the power…

The evidence to be discussed is that of Xenophon from his work The Economics, however there is no record of when it was produced. Xenophon was born in to a wealthy Athenian family in C.430BC and lived until 354BC. He participated in campaigns but was exiles from Athens in 394BC after fighting against them along side the Spartans. This therefore could affect his attitudes towards Athens however it is still an important piece of evidence concerning social history. In these particular verses…

As time passes, so does the trends of different arts and culture. Part of why ancient art is so fascinating is the fact that art today is different in so many ways than all arts before; therefore making the incredible ancient pieces so intriguing. Along with time, every different civilization interprets and executes art differently, aiding in the immense diversity we see. From approximately 1400 BCE to 460 BCE, several different civilizations were taking control over the Near East, thus bringing…