Ancient Greek History

The Khmer Empire, which is modern-day Cambodia, was a powerful state in South East Asia. The empire lasted from 802 CE to 1431 CE. The Khmer Empire was also home to the famous Hindi temple complex, Angkor

The Europeans who dreamt of conquering Asia were under the impression that Asia was a blank slate, isolated with no history and traditions. However, that is their misconception for Asia from 500-1500 CE “was a vast world of contrast… [and] bewildering variety” thriving with many empires, capital cities, religions, and cultures (Gordon, 177). Because of this, Asia then can be classified as a compilation of many key eras such as the Medieval Age in China and the Golden Age. Such prosperous times for Asian states and empires are to be accredited to the notable networking in Asia at this time period. People who utilized the establishment of fundamental institutions such as the religions of Islam and Buddhism and various modes of trading and traveling were able to facilitate the diffusion of ideas and cultures therefore indirectly contributing to the overall connection of Asian states and empires during 500-1500 CE.

Between the ninth and thirteenth centuries, the Chakravartin of the Khmer Empire ruled through their ability to build temples and perform Buddhist rituals. Throughout its history, Buddhism had a large and devout following in Cambodia, and for this reason, the Khmer Rouge sought to replace it. The Angkar, the name ascribed to the state by the Khmer Rouge, banned the practice of religion to extend its power through the loyalty of its subjects. According to Loung Ung's brother Kim in her memoir, "the Angkar do not want people worshipping any gods or goddesses that might take away devotion to the Angkar. To ensure that this rule is enforced, the soldiers destroyed Buddhist temples and worshipping sights throughout the country." By banning Buddhist religious practice in its state and eliminating historical remnants of Buddhism, the Khmer Rouge revised Cambodian history and established the Angkar as the only higher or more powerful force for people to look up to. Though Pol Pot had a particularly atypical cult of personality due to his secrecy, Loung Ung explains that many began to see him as a patriarchal, god-like figure: "They whisper that he is a soldier, that he is brilliant, and that he is the father of the country […] Pol Pot makes us work hard because he wants to purify our spirit and help us achieve beyond our potential as

When people wonder about Ancient Greece the first thing that comes to their minds is Greek mythology; gods and goddesses that have helped shape many historical events. “In ancient Greece, stories about gods and goddesses and heroes and monsters were an important part of everyday life.” (“Greek Mythology.”) The civilization showed that numerous characters and stories helped shape Greeks. The beliefs the Greeks had with mythologies was they understood the meaning behind all the characters that are known today. However, to the Greeks, they were not just characters, these were their gods and goddesses who gave them meaning and understanding of the world around them. Worshiping the gods and goddesses helped them with their religious rituals and the temperament of the weather. A famous wine-jar that was made during this time period was “Achilles killing the Amazon Queen Penthesilea, 540-530 BCE, black-figured amphora”. (Khan Academy) The civilization that they lived in grew around their worship and achievements.

Ancient Greece had many contributions that were important, but Art and Architecture is the area the Greeks made the biggest contribution. The first reason that art and architecture is the biggest contribution is that there were different kinds of pillars in Ancient Greece that are here today. There were three types of pillars Ionic, Doric, and Corinthian All these pillars were used in Ancient Greece. Doric pillars were the most simple pillars they were the least decorated pillars of the three. The Ionic pillars were more detailed and decorated than the Doric pillars. Ionic pillars were also more thin and tall. The top of the pillars there was decorated and looked like scrolls or curls. Unlike the Ionic and Doric pillars, Corinthian pillars were Super decorative. These pillars looked a lot like Ionic pillars, but they were more decorative at the top. Corinthian pillars have floral patterns a the

Ancient Greek civilizations mentality is what got them through life by their way of thinking. Even though Greece’s geography isolated the civilizations, it allowed them to see the world by providing the civilizations with the Mediterranean Sea. The geography divided Greece up into city-states that made them strive to do better than each other, which we know today as competition. This allowed for art, politics, literature, athletics, inventions, and new ideas to come about. Greece’s dry and rocky climate allowed for the civilizations to find two cash crops known as grapes and olives. Grapes and olives is what led to Greece civilizations trading around the Mediterranean Sea. This boosted trade, allowed settlement (colonization), and allowed new ways and ideas to come about. When the Persians tried to defeat Greece, Greeks not only

To look first at the economic side of the equation, the Khmer Rouge, upon their rise to power, greatly altered the economic trajectory of Cambodia, reorienting the nation towards a heavily state-driven approach. Such an approach was a profound shift in direction from the prior

Before the Khmer Empire, the land it was on was broken up into small states that were ruled by princes. They all worshipped the Hindu King Java. One prince, Jayavarman, declared himself a ‘God King’, he took over the other states by waging wars and arranging

This shallow drinking cup is called a kylix. On this side there are men ploughing with oxen and sowing seed, and on the other, people dance before an altar. Demeter is the goddess associated with agriculture and fertility. Agricultural work such as ploughing was sometimes called 'the work of Demeter.' From this pot, we can learn that the people of Greece farmed and used animals to assist with labors like farming and trade.

The ancient Greeks highly valued the strength and power in a spoken word. Political, economic, cultural, and social life of the Ancient Greeks can be seen in their plays. They thus relied on words to communicating. Their desire to communicate and pass crucial information led to the creation of numerous plays across the region. The ancient Greek plays were both entertaining and educative thus reflecting on the kind of life that this person lived (Hogan 11). Their settings can suggest a lot about the circumstances and conditions under which this play was performed. The dramatic presentations were crucial to Athenians, a fact that can be seen from the numerous and well- spread theatres across the city. The paper will focus on how the ancient

Before the Khmer Empire rose to power in around 802 CE, there were several groups of small Khmer kingdoms with settlements across the Angkor region. Most were located across the fertile Mekong River Delta and around a large freshwater lake known as Tonle Sap. In addition to Khmer people, the region was also home to a kingdom of Malay people known as the Cham who formed a kingdom to the east of Angkor known as Champa.

Greece is a country in southeastern Europe, known in Greek as Hellas or Ellada, and consisting of a mainland and an archipelago of islands. Philosophy (Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle), literature (Homer and Hesiod), mathematics (Pythagoras and Euclid), history (Herodotus), drama (Sophocles, Euripedes, and Aristophanes), these are the birthplace of Greece. And the Latin alphabet also comes from Greece.

The rise and fall of different empires greatly affected the language, customs, politics and beliefs of many modern day civilisations. One of these very important empires was known as the Khmer empire, Based in South-East Asia (Cambodia), the Khmer empire ruled from 802 AD when several smaller states in the modern day Cambodia area combined. It fell in 1421, when the Khmer empire was over-ruled by the Thai Kingdom. The other important empire was the Byzantine, which was brought into existence when the Roman Empire split into two sides, this was around 324 A.D. The Byzantine Empire later fell in the year 1453. In the end, all empires eventually rise and fall, due to political problems, loss of land in warfare and in some

The settlement of Angkor in Cambodia (9th-15th century AD) has been regarded as one of the greatest pre-industrial cities ever built. A unique characteristic of Angkor is that it is regarded as a secondary-state formation; the origins of the Khmer people stem from Chinese and Indian civilisations, with the result that the Khmer are an amalgamation of these cultures and religions. Through an examination of commercial communication, settlement patterning and state ideology, an understanding as to how the Khmer people were able to maintain and manage such a vast settlement will be gained.

“When Angkorian society began, Paris and London were not much more than elaborate villages. Europe was crawling with barbarians, and here were the Khmer engineering sophisticated irrigation systems and constructing the biggest temple in the world.” – Kim Fay