Slaves played an important role in Athenian society during the 5th Century BC. They performed tasks which allowed male Athenian citizens to have time to themselves and so they were able to participate actively in the Democracy aspect of society‚ they helped out the wife with domestic chores. Without slaves Athenian males struggled to keep up with the daily duties they were required to participate in during the day which caused them stress and put them under huge amounts of pressure. The institution
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Otzi the Iceman Who was Otzi? Otzi‚ also called Otzi the Iceman‚ is a well-preserved natural mummy of a man. He is Europe’s oldest known natural human mummy‚ and has offered an unprecedented view of Chalcolithic Europeans. Several experts have meanwhile attempted to reconstruct the Iceman’s facial features. The Dutch artists Adrie and Alfons Kennis created the most recent reconstruction‚ which will also be on display at the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology. It is based on the very latest research
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trina brown 199 Mon de Drive pheniox‚ Arizona 07509 September 3‚ 2013 Dr. I.C. Mann Smithsonian Institute Natural History Museum Room 212 P.O. Box 37012 Washington D.C. 20013-7012 Dear Dr.Mann‚ Hello‚ my name is Hannah Formanek. I have studied the National Geographic documentary on Otzi the Iceman in my honors 9 Literature class. I would appreciate your consideration of my opinion. I would believe that Iceman ritually killed. I have many reason I believe this. One reason
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Who was otzi the Iceman- Page 1 The discovery Who was otzi the Iceman- Page 1 The discovery It was that he was in his mid 40’s and his powerful leg muscles and his general fitness proposed that he may have spent his time rounding up sheep and goats up and down the Tyrolean’s Alps. Otzi had a number of tattoos that were covered all over his body. A cross was on the inner part of his left knee and had six parallel straight lines that were arranged in two rows on his back above the kidney‚ these
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Otzi the Iceman Otzi the Iceman is one of the greatest discoveries known to date. His discovery has a major significance throughout the world‚ for his age and excellent preservation‚ the equipment found with him and the contents of his stomach. Other factors which contribute to his significance are the number of different human blood samples found on his clothing and equipment. Carbon dating indicates that Iceman is over 5300 years old with nature preserving him to unprecedented levels. He was
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There are‚ and always have been many theories on how and why Oetzi the Iceman was killed. Many theories say he was murdered by an enemy‚ tracked down and hunted after surviving a battle with an enemy clan‚ or even that he was sacrificed to the god of the mountains. There is no way to surely determine how he died to a tee‚ and ever since the Iceman’s discovery‚ new evidence has been consistently presenting itself‚ suggesting new and improved theories‚ while also dismissing the old. After extensive
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The Golden age of Athens Fifth-century Athens refers to the Greek city-state of Athens in the period of roughly 480 BC-404 BC. This was a period of Athenian political hegemony‚ economic growth and cultural flourishing formerly known as the Golden Age of Athens or The Age of Pericles. The period began in 480 BC when an Athenian-led coalition of city-states‚ known as the Delian League‚ defeated the Persians at Salamis. As the fifth century wore on‚ what started as an alliance of independent city-states gradually
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Ancient Chinese Now allow me explain these marvels. Row planting was first planted in 6th century BC. This way of planting allows the crops to grow faster and stronger and they also realized that as the wind travels there is less damage in crops planted in rows due to the wind passing through gently. It is also more efficient in watering‚ weeding and harvesting the crops. The compass was created in 4th century BC and was made of lodestone. The compass was first used by fortune-tellers before it was
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Ancient Greece Essay Topic One: ‘Comparing Athens and Sparta is like comparing Heaven and Hell’ The two rivals of ancient Greece that made the most noise and gave us the most traditions were Athens and Sparta. They were close together on a map‚ yet far apart in what they valued and how they lived their lives. Athens and Sparta were different in many different ways and
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CLASSICISM In the early 5th century Greek artists began consciously to attempt to render human and animal forms realistically. This entailed careful observation of the model as well as understanding the mechanics of anatomy - how a body adjusts to a pose which is not stiffly frontal but with the weight shifted to one side of the body‚ and how a body behaves in violent motion. The successors to the archaic kouroi‚ mainly athlete figures‚ are thus regularly shown ’at ease’‚ one leg relaxed‚ with a
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