between the ancient civilizations of Greece and Egypt in term of education system‚ art and geographical regions. II. The Egyptian and Greece are different in term of their education system. A. Egyptian education system 1. age entering to school 2. subjects they learn in school 3. girls from wealthy family enter the school B. Greece education system 1. age of entering school 2. subjects they were taught 3. girls learn to do house work III. The Egyptian and Greece are different in term of their
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Greece has a mixed capitalistic economy with a large public sector that accounts about half of GDP. Besides‚ Greece is a major beneficiary of European Union aid‚ which equal to about 3.3% of annual GDP. In addition‚ Greece is an agricultural country and one of the poorest countries of the European Union with the second to lowest average income‚ after Portugal. In January 2002‚ Greece adopted the euro as its currency. The adoption provided Greece‚ formerly a high inflation risk country under drachma
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OLYMPICS The Olympics are a huge sporting event that contains many different sports and consists of many different countries from around the world.Back in ancient Greece is where the ancient Olympics originated. From 776 BC‚ the traditional games took place at Olympia every 4 years for almost 12 centuries until 1896. The first modern Olympic games took place in Athens Greece in 1896 and the games played to today every 4 years.Today‚olympic games worlds biggest athletic and competitive event that
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History of Greece Stone and Bronze Age Excavations show that the first settlement dates from the Paleolithic era (11‚000-3‚000 BC). During the second millennium BC‚ Greece gave birth to the great civilization of the Minoans (2600-1500 BC)‚ the Mycenaean (1500-1150 BC) and the Cycladic civilization. The Stone Age According to archaeologists‚ the earliest settlements in Greece date from the Palaeolithic era‚ between 11‚000-3‚000 BC‚ when a population coming from the east (and‚ as some believe
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The Olympic Games of Ancient Greece and What They Represented The ancient Olympic games were primarily part of a religious festival in honor of Zeus‚ the father of the Greek gods and goddesses. The festival and the Games were held in Olympia‚ a rural sanctuary site in western Peloponnesia. The Greeks invented athletic contests and held them in honor of their many gods and Zeus. The Isthmos games were staged every two years at the Isthmos of Corinth. The Pythian games took place every four years
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Olympic Games The Olympic Games started off as a series of athletic events to honor the gods. The games have begun in the early 700 BC in honor of the god Zeus. No women were allowed to watch the games and only Greek nationals could participate. The games were held every four years. In honor of the god Zeus a statue was built out of gold and ivory by a Greek sculptor. In the games 100 oxen were sacrificed and many athletes would make sacrifices themselves. In the games boxing was a brutal sport
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Greece and Persia Persia and Greece were beautiful and prosperous empires‚ the most influential of their time. Over the years the two empires have had many conflicts and rivalry dating back to before the Christ era. However at the same time‚ each city had great influence on one another in some way. Greece and Persia have many similarities in their political and economic organization along with differences. Before Persia became known as the largest empire in the world in its time period they were
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Impacts of Beijing 2008 An appraisal of the impact of the Beijing Olympics presented by Lee Sands considered that‚ ‘the huge inflows of investment to support the Olympics and recreate Beijing have had an important ripple effect on economic growth’. To prepare for the games‚ China invested nearly $40 billion in infrastructure alone from 2002 to 2006‚ transformed the cityscape of Beijing. Furthermore‚ the Olympics have had a significant influence on Beijing’s economic development‚ environment‚ and
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development of Greece. One of them was geography. Geography affected the development of Greece in positive and negative ways. The geography that had the most affect on Greece included the climate‚ the sea‚ and the mountains. First of all‚ the climate in Greece was very temperate. It was comfortable to be outside almost all year round. This made it easy for the Greeks to have an outdoor life. The Greeks met for gatherings‚ shows‚ meetings‚ and athletic events outside. The climate in Greece was a great
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Climate GREEK CLIMATE Greece has a climate all its own. Greece has fairly warm temperatures all year round and is very nice to live in…well according to the climate. Greece is located in Europe‚ next to Italy‚ on the Mediterranean Sea. It is theoretically possible for it to snow in Greece‚ but it is very‚ very rare to see. Though it may seem like a nice place to live with it being warm and on the ocean and all But Greece is surprisingly very dry due to its long summers of 4
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