Essays on Ancient Civilizations

The topic of travel is as multifaceted and controversial today as it was in the ancient andmedieval worlds. The characters and stories encountered in the Culture and Expression readings embody this fact, revealing the spectrum of feelings and values associated with various aspects of crossing...

Ancient Warfare: A Brief Introduction by Harry Sidebottom examines the ways different societies have chosen to wage wars and challenges some of the commonly accepted opinions regarding different aspects of warfare. The book not only discusses how people chose to fight in wars, but also...

In the patriarchal society of Ancient Greece, women were seen as inferior to their male counterparts. As a consequence of this, women were far less represented in Ancient Greek society by a large degree, being unable to obtain any form of citizenship in their city-state...

Paleolithic age was the era about 2. 6 million years ago. Paleolithic people were hunters. They were migrants who lived in clans and depended on chasing, angling and assembling wild organic products. They chased creatures like buffalo, mammoths, bears, and deer. The meat was a...

“It was like the enchantments in the book of Amadis, because of high towers, rues [pyramids] and other buildings, all of masonry, which rose from the water. Some of the soldiers asked if what they saw was not a dream” (Miller, 239) A Spanish soldier,...

The campaigns were a progression of military undertakings advanced by the papacy amid the Middle Ages, at first went for taking the Holy Land for Christendom (Gerges 80). Following quite a while of disarray and conventional war, the general Alexius Comnenus grabbed the Byzantine high...

ABSTRACT India is a country with a rich culture and heritage. But a very little is known to a few about the ancient india and its civilization than others. More is being learned and encountered from its literatures and puranas and from them we come...

A lever is simply rigid beam that is free to rotate on a pivot. It is perfect for moving heavy things. It is a very useful simple machine. A lever is simply rigid beam that is free to rotate on a pivot. It is perfect...

The Theater of Marcellus was a large entertainment venue located near the Tiber River and was one of the three permanent theaters in the city of ancient Rome. The theater’s construction was originally begun by Julius Caesar before his death in 44 BC and was...

An international society is any association of distinct political communities that interact together following common rules and practices. Europe created the “family of nations” also known as the international society. The international society was formed with the objective of guarding each states’ sovereignty and “standard...

Today you will be learning about Dominoes in Ancient China. Dominoes are simple enough to describe. They are two-sided tiles with numbers represented by dots on each side. Although they appear deceptively simple, domino tiles can form the basis for some incredibly complex games. It’s...

Ancient Sri Lanka had the potential of producing all everyday needs of people within the country. Hence Sri Lanka owns a long legacy of craft practices. According to (Senanayake, 2013) these practices passed in families from generation to generation for years and reduced with the...

Text Questions Mythology Cassandra Lambert What purposes did myths serve to ancient peoples? Myths were used to tell stories and pass on tales from ancestors. They were also used to answer questions nobody knew the answer to. How do creation myths differ from nature myths?...

Day 1: Morning The Spartans are overburdening us and making us give a large amount of our produce, which we have worked hard for, to the owners of the land that we work on. Some of us are even being obliged by war forces. My...

The word polis comes from the Ancient Greek word πόλις or pólis meaning “city-state” or “fortified town.” It is most commonly used to refer to city-states in ancient Greece such as Classical Athens, though it can also mean a body of citizens. These poleis were...

Music played an integral role in Ancient Greek culture, its presence was highly regarded and expected in private and public festivities. Music’s popularity in society caused Ancient Greek philosophers to concern over the nature of music and its effect on people, and they agreed that...

Everyone knows about the Aztecs, right? Well how much do you know about them? The Aztecs, after traveling for many months finally found the spot where they were supposed to build their city in the middle of a lake. On that lake they grew extremely...

Throughout the history many civilizations believed in a God or Gods and they also believed in an afterlife concept whether it is a reward or a punishment for what they did in their lives. Death is the absolute truth about people lives whether we like...

When thinking about Mesopotamia and Egypt people typically tend to focus on how they are different first before thinking about how they are similar. The difference between both civilizations is what makes them unique and allows them to stand out from each other. Although Mesopotamia...