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    Archimedes was a Greek mathematician and inventor who made significant changes to a number of fields and developed huge breakthroughs during his time. His discoveries, like figuring out how to find the surface area and volume of a cube, have had a great impact on mathematics and many other areas of science well. He was born in approximately 287 BC in Syracuse, Sicily, and spent the majority of his life working in and for this city before finally dying there in around 212 BC. Throughout his life, Archimedes pioneered many important mathematical discoveries, created complex inventions, and produced many scientific findings as well. His work had a gigantic effect on the scientific community and the entire world. Many of Archimedes’ most important discoveries came in the field of mathematics. First of all, he discovered the formulas to find both the surface area and volume of a sphere. He…

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    Archimedes had so many different discoveries and triumphs and inventions under his belt, but he considered his other theoretical achievements his greatest triumph. With his inventions in geometry and mathematics, he is also known for the odd weapons he created for the King to help protect Syracuse like the "Death ray" and "Archimedes claw". He is credited also with inventions and discoveries in the field of physics such as hydrostatics, and calculus. In mechanics he had defined the principle of…

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    many powers of the Mediterranean. In 509 BC, Carthage signed the treaty with Rome divides the influence and trade. They struggle with Greeks and local African tribes. The main rivalry over the Sicily and Sardinia with Greeks took centuries: (Wikipedia) First Sicilian War The island of Sicily, lying at Carthage's doorstep, became the arena in which this conflict played out. From their earliest days, both the Greeks and Phoenicians had been attracted to the large island, establishing a large…

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    have incomplete information about these events, but Thucydides’ prior knowledge of Nicias’s failure colors the way he reconstructs Nicias’s ineffective arguments against war. Nicias attempts to dissuade the assembly from a war it has already approved by discussing the lack of a compelling reason to aid the Egesteans, the challenge of conquering and ruling Sicily, and the fragile truce with Sparta. Because Nicias’s appeals are ultimately unsuccessful, Thucydides uses this failure as an example of…

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    2. What programs and services does your agency provide and which of those does the County fund? Cortland County Historical Society serves as a repository for information related to the history of Cortland County its residents, industries, government and more. We host special events including our 18 lecture Lunch & Learn speaker series, an attic treasure sale, as well as bus trips of historical interest. Cortland County Historical Society also produces publications including: a quarterly…

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    flourishing Carthage held over Rome provided them with a great advantage. Carthage had an experienced, affluent and fierce naval fleet that was compiled of allied barbarian mercenary seamen for hire who ruled the mighty Mediterranean. The successful spread and development of the Phoenician colonies reached across the Mediterranean and into the Atlantic coasts of Africa and Spain; with the expansion, power was obtained through their magnificent trading skills. According to Morey, Carthage grew…

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    Carthage showed her strength in wealth and commercial resources. Rome had better organization, a more efficient army, and a steadfast body of citizens who were committed to the republic. Rome showed her strength in the character of the people and a well organized political system. Although Carthage could be equated to Rome, the differences in strengths would determine the outcome of the First Carthaginian War. The First Punic War, also known as the First Carthaginian War (Britannica, 1998),…

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    city depending on its wealth. Rome depended on its people’s character. Before the Punic Wars, Rome was not seen as a major power in the Mediterranean. However, by the outbreak of the first Punic War, Rome had decent control over most of mainland Italy. Each individual community fell into a clearly defined category. The first Punic war was a fight over control of Sicily. During this time Rome had a strong Army while Carthage had a strong Navy. During the war the king of Syracuse switched sides…

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    new armies of Carthage could not be depended upon. In this battle Hannibal was defeated, and the Carthaginian army was annihilated. The Second Punic war had ended, and in 201 B.C., Scipio had imposed the terms of peace: (1) Carthage was to give up the whole of Spain and all the islands between Africa and Italy; (2) Masinissa was recognized as the king of Numidia and the ally of Rome; (3) Carthage was to pay an annual tribute of 200 talents (about $250,000) for fifty years; (4) Carthage…

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    and a council called the boulē, which could prioritize which topics went before the assembly; however, except in times of war or crisis, nothing could override the decisions of the assembly. Although this sounds like an effective form of government in theory, where every citizen is equal and majority rules without any checks on the process, this system causes problems for Athens in History of the Peloponnesian War. A critical event in Thucydides’s History of the Peloponnesian War is when the…

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