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    In Herodotus’ The History, Herodotus states the purpose of his writing as giving a report to the reason for why the Greeks and Persians went to war. After briefly reporting an account from Persian scholars, Herodotus notes that he neither believes or disbelieves the account. Instead, he rather finds fault with the man that he thinks first wronged the Greeks, Croesus of Lydia. Croesus, after succeeding his father in the rulership of Lydia, subdued and ruled the Greek city-states of Western Asia…

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    Weapons and Technology of WW1 World War I was called “the war to end all wars;,” however, it didn’t end anything. World War I was the biggest war anyone has ever seen in their time. Some countries were crippled, and some countries were strengthened, the same can be said of families. Over 38 million people died during this horrendous conflict, most of these deaths were civilians. Philippians 3:13 says, “Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what…

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    Over the hundred years of building and preserving, United States has suffered through a lot of bloody battles. President Abraham Lincoln once said: “ To care for him who shall have borne the battle.” (Second Inaugural Address) The bravery soldiers who commit to fight for the peace of United States are willing to give up their lives for the others. As an United States citizen, who lives under the bless of God is responsible for the peace of America. Every war will come to the end, America is…

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    disgruntled and battle-weary soldiers. They almost all agree to…

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    Terrain As the battle of Thermopylae took place in the northern part of Greece, this naturally meant that the battle itself took place in the Spartan’s homeland. This therefore meant that the Spartans knew the terrain much better than what the Persian army would have. This is evident from Leonida’s battle which is featured within the film 300. This showed that the Spartans knew where would be best to lure the Persians in and where they would stand a better chance which is also evident due to…

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    A Day in the Life in Athens and Sparta in the Classical Periods My impression of what life would be as a male Spartan in my 20’s would be quite different than being an Athenian. First of all, being a male citizen of Athens allowed me to vote and participate in all the city states political systems. The Athenian system of a true democracy comparing to the Spartan intent, but not really being a democracy. I would control my wealth which would include land, slaves and any business owned that I…

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    DAY ???? Acropolis and Parthenon of Athens by Loren Jurkovic Year 11 (WHEN) 28th of July 447BCE (MAIN EVENT/S) Timeline of Events - 3500-3000BCE: Remains found from the Neolithic period indicate that there was a continuous settlement up the slopes in ancient caves. - 1600 – 1100BCE: The Mycenaean people of the Bronze Age built a large fortification wall with the perimeter of 760 metres at the head of…

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    The reading is about a Greek defended that was implemented in the Roman navy attack in 2000 century known as "Burning Mirror". The reading disagrees with the possibility of construction of that weapon by Greek people in that time for the following reasons. First, the ancient Greek was not technologically developed to construct this kind of weapon. Because the technology for manufacturing a large sheet of copper as well as the mirror used in that device was not available at that time. In…

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    The Ancient Olympics was the most religious festival in ancient times held in Olympia, Greece to honor the gods by sacrifice, dedication, and victory. The Olympic games were played to recognize and respect the gods that the Greeks worshipped and they did this by sacrificing their valuable possessions to the gods. On the first day of the Olympics, a sacrifice of one hundred oxen was made to start off the Olympics. Not only did the Greeks devote their lives to Olympic gods but worshipped their…

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    Did you know that the Battle of Gettysburg was the “bloodiest battle in the Civil War”? It was fought from July 1st to July 3rd. It was located in Pennsylvania. It was the most important engagement in the Civil War or the the turning point in the war. Robert E. Lee marched his North Virginia army into Pennsylvania. It was caused by Commander Robert E. Lee. The Confederates were strong but not strong enough. As confederate forces drove out out-numbered federal forces, Lee gave orders to attack…

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