Activity 1 – Laying the Foundations (Knowledge & Understanding) Concepts Mycenaea 6500 BCE Neolithic farming starts to develop also the production bronze starts, there is trade and use of natural resources. Archaeologist called this new culture Mycenaean, after its largest political centre,...

"The world we live in appears to be falling apart at the seams. The problems facing humanity seem overwhelming." Never in history has a generation differed as greatly from those of the past. The gap between the rich and the poor is widening, thus, their are more people living in poverty a...

Collapse of RomeThe Roman Empire is possibly the greatest Empire ever in the history of the world. For over a thousand years the Romans ruled and dominated the area around the Mediterranean as well as most of what is now Europe as well as Asia Minor or the Middle East. In Rome was found one of the ...

Through out this paper I will discuss, how and why the first cities began, from small villages into city form. I will tell how prominent cities formed through the years of the forth millennium BC, to where we are today. It is a coincidence that the first cities in time took place in the Middle Ea...

Christianity is very practical. It is not a dead, dry, formal, human religion of rituals, outward form, and show, but a divine, living, vital, dynamic, liberating religion. The word Christian means, "Christ like", or "One follows Christ". Jesus Christ, who laid the foundation of Christian Church, w...

Gender inequality has always been around. Men have been portrayed as the dominant gender since the beginning of time. However, women\'s roles have increasingly become more significant throughout history. In Islamic society, women played higher roles than in earlier societies such as Ancient China ...

A nation is commonly known as a group of people whose common identity creates a psychological bond and a political community. Their political identity usually comprises such characteristics as a common language, culture, ethnicity, and history. What is it that shapes the nation's political inst...

As man evolved over the centuries, his views of art transformed. Each culture and era presents very distinct characteristics of their art. Through time and experimentation, the views of mankind clearly are seen in art. We must understand how art was used in the past to know why we need it today. E...

Julius Caesar, Life of Julius Caesar was a strong leader for the Romans who changed the course of the history of the Greek - Roman world decisively and irreversibly. With his courage and strength he created a strong empire. What happened during his early political career? How did he become such a st...

Looking around Eugene, one can see the obvious heritage of architectural ideas. There are domes, fluted pillars, arches, and many other originally conceived styles in the ancient world. The influence of Greece, Rome, and the Renaissance can be seen literally everywhere. These ideas come together in ...

In history it is rare to find truly great leadership, but every once in a while someone comes along so charismatic that even his enemies cannot but admire him. Rome in the first century B.C. was replete with statesmen, generals and leaders who to this day are remembered as being among the gre...

Peter Brown's The World of Late Antiquity The Late Antique period is recognized from AD 150 to 750. For many historians, the central focus of this era revolves around decline and fall; however, this is not the case for Peter Brown, author of 1971's The World of Late Antiquity. Brown ...

The contributions of the Roman heritage on the modern West cannot be overemphasized. Even from ancient times the Roman Republic, and later the Roman Empire, was regarded as a successful template for all of civilization. The Romans had an excellent ability to organize and administer to the needs of t...

How Do We Know They Were Telling the Truth? The inscription on the reverse of the radiate of Aurelian illustrated at right proclaims that hi si "Restorer of the World." How believable is his claim? Did he really restore the world th the Roman Empire and people? Follow the link to read the article a...

Ancient History Essay"Rome's Imperial Expansion Was A Two Edged Sword"Rome was an extremely resourceful community that, because of their innovative ideas, military leaders and expansion, was eventually turned into an empire. At the same time, it is through these that also turned Rome upside down; th...

The rise of Christianity was one of the major influences of western society. At the height of the stable and secure Empire of Rome came the emergence of the greatest philosophical development of western history. But like all other transcending moments in history, some obstacles and developments work...

The consensus among many historians has been that the transition from paganism to Christianity in the Mediterranean world was effortlessly accomplished by the end of the fourth century. In Christianity and Paganism in the Fourth to Eighth Centuries, Ramsay MacMullen sets out to disprove the consens...

Many would agree that the Roman Empire was truly one of the most superior and complex civilizations of all its time. Those who stood in its path suffered the brutal and bloody consequences and were shown little, to no mercy at all. From the very beginning of its history to the chaos of civil war, t...

Julius Caesar was a man who took a falling city and made it in to a glorious empire. Caesar did many things that we still use today and that helped shape the western world as we know it today. Those things include many reforms that changed the city of Rome and in changing the city of Rome and its wa...

Rome and The United States of America share titles of world powers, while being divided by thousands of years. Looking at each of these great nations, a myriad of similarities evolve, almost as if the United States is an altered Blueprint of Ancient Rome. The basis of both civilizations possessed ...

RomeThe LandItaly is a peninsula jutting out into the Medditerranean sea west of Greece. Italyhas poor mineral resources and very few useful harbors, however it is wealty in bothfertile land and precipitation. Three - quarters of the peninsula is covered in foothillsand mountains. The alps, a mounti...

Augustus Caesaar is known as one of the most prominent and capable leaders in Roman history. Born as Gaius Octavius Thurnius, Augustus became a member of the Second Triumvirate. He eventually defeated the army of his fellow Triumvirate member, Marcus Antonius and became sole ruler of Rome. Octavius ...

Throughout history there has been thousands of dominate empires, but none as dominate as the Roman Empire. Rome's great empire included over one million people, and ran in a stretch of over two million miles. Rome's government was very public oriented. Rome had huge public buildings that allowed ...

Julius Caesar was killed on March 15, also known as the ides of March. He was at the peak of his power and domination of the world. The Council of the Roman Empire intended to crown Caesar king of the entire Roman Empire. Caesar would be the most powerful man on the earth and that frightened even so...

War is a complicated subject that has ignited the interests of many scholars over the years. The human culture is concerned with the topic and for a good reason. War itself is as old as man; they can be seen as going hand in hand with each other. Until the day that we as humans can find ways to ov...