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Learning Journal Week 1 How Greek Democracy Ended Anytime I read something like “democratic Athens was flush with victory power and pride as it entered its golden age” (Brand, n.d., p. 27), I know how the story is going to end; Hubris takes its toll. It always does. Sure enough a few paragraphs later Brand talks about Hubris and jealousy. The wealth and success of Athens, led to jealousy and resentment and ultimately Athens and Sparta went to war in 431 B.C.E. According to Brand, “Pericles…

lifespan of the Roman Empire, the Romans were able to develop advanced methods of construction while creating a unique Roman style. This is especially true in the case of Roman Baths. Examining Roman baths and their transition over time expose the ingenuity of Roman engineering, development of a Roman art style and reflect a degree of societal structure. These bath houses were widespread throughout the empire; their popularity allows them to act as a symbol to watch the transition of Roman…

How can men be worthy what they are doing is it a right of noble birth that puts them as a leader. Or is it the knife that gets thrust in the back that puts them to gain the power that they did not have it in the first place. Men that corrupt men to gain some political power in their own way of life. The force of nature that burns in the heart of men and that can make them better for world kind and destroy the world that they live in. Julius Caesar is a play that shows the rise and fall of power…

Daphne Choy Prof. Kenfield Marble Sarcophagus with the Triumph of Dionysos and the Seasons The Roman Sarcophagus with the Triumph of Dionysos and the Seasons made from marble, is displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and dates back to the Late Imperial, Gallienic period around 260-270 A.D. Its accession number is 55.11.5 and can be found in the museum’s Greek and Roman Art Gallery. This piece was brought to the Metropolitan Museum from a collection of the dukes of Beaufort, where it had…

Thirty minutes of play of Zhang Yimou’s “Hero,” I watched two characters, Flying Snow with Moon, hanging blade to blade as if through mystical powers surrounded with spinning colorful leaves. This incredibly lovely scene, decorated in untainted color, shot like a fantasy poetry, and dramatized like angels’ dance, it is unbelievable to be a fight. It is more similar to a swordplay pleasure (Harrison 570). This is the loveliest scene ever filmed and among the spectacles that the film…

Funerals are generally a time of remorse but Brutus cares to show none for what he has done. He persuades the townspeople at Caesar’s funeral and says a speech about how Caesar was too ambitious and would have corrupted Rome to justify his acts. The Roman people are convinced about what Brutus said then get the wrong impression of what his speech is about and suggest Brutus should be the new leader of Rome. Before his speech could continue Marc Antony, a close friend of Caesar, took over and…

In Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, Caesar exists only as a supporting character yet his ambition and assumption as a divine figure leads the entire play to exist under his shadow. Caesar’s influence and eternality throughout the play are undeniable, as even in death his permanence strengthens the triumvirate’s determination and precipitates the misfortunes of Brutus and Cassius. Caesar’s actions signify his ill-famed ambition and the autocracy by which he plans to govern Rome and subsequently, the…

Throughout history, many rulers have come to power by holding the succession to the throne. In a time when high level positions in dynasties were held predominantly by men, one woman used her brain rather than body to gain the respect of those around her. That leader, Cleopatra, used her skills and knowledge as a way to rule ancient Egypt as one of the last Macedonian-Greek rulers to rule shortly throughout her era. Cleopatra encountered and overcame many obstacles on her way to taking the…

In this book, author Gwendolyn Leick, an anthropologist and Assyriologist, describes the ancient history of Mesopotamia by way of ten cities: Eridu, Uruk, Shuruppak, Akkad, Ur, Nippur, Sippar, Ashur, Nineveh, and Babylon. The cities are given separate chapters which are arranged roughly chronologically over an immense time span, from the beginnings of Eridu in the fifth millennium BCE to the end of Babylonian culture in the first centuries of the Common Era. The chapter are further divided by…

A very important leader in the Inca civilization is a man named Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui; translates to earthquake. He was a very important figure because he was able to rise on top amongst all his other competitors. He rules the valley of Cuzco and managed to build an empire that stretched from Quito (present day Equator) to Santiago (present day Chile). This coverage was about 3,400 miles long and gave homes to twelve million people. A successful empire is an understatement. Because of…