Of all the things highlighted in these ancient texts in our first unit of Culture andExpression, the concept that stood out to me the most is that of xenia. Xenia, or “guest friendship”, is the Greek practice of hospitality in which it is expected to...
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,...
Numerous parts of our contemporary world have their underlying foundations of migration, trade, and travel in the actions of ancient civilizations that led to today’s profound outcomes. A migration process, called southernization, set up exchanging systems and religious missions that often becomes an inseparable unit....
Although Epictetus’s Handbook consists of only fifty-three points, it manages to convey clearly the main ideas of Stoicism and how to act based on those principles. Despite the fact that reading all of the points in the Handbook is important in order to get a...
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...
The Stoic way of life described in Epictetus’s Enchiridion (135 A.C.E.) is characterized by a freedom from anxiety and being highly aware of the limitations of humanity. The Enchiridion is a list of 52 principles that, by following them, would allow one to become as...
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?...
African rulers utilized art and architecture to a significant extent by illustrating the affluence, reputation, cultural beliefs, and social structure of their kingdoms through imagery and design. For example, the Kingdom of Meroë, a Nile Valley civilization, possessed jewelry, such as gold bracelets, that illustrate...
China is one of the many earliest civilizations in the world. It is a vast country with a huge range of terrain and climate within it. The Chinese were the first to develop the compass, paper, porcelain and the silk clothes. Their culture is shaped...
