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Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton impacted United States history during the 1700s by helping in many ways to mold America. However, they both had very different views on government issues that concerned the American people. Thomas Jefferson was a anti-federalist while Hamilton was a federalist. They both differ from the forms of government they support. !!Hamilton believed in the central government being strong and did not have a particular interpretation of the Constitutional views. With the

Have you ever heard the phrase, “Nobody’s perfect”? Well, it’s true. Nobody is perfect, especially not Alexander Hamilton. Hamilton was a Founding Father of the United States and America’s first Secretary of Treasury. He was a great political leader and he was incredibly intelligent. He influenced the political system extremely. One way by founding the first National Bank, although many people disagreed with this decision. Another way he influenced the United States was that he made many great political

Hellenistic Culture The time between the death of Alexander the Great and the rise of Roman civilization is defined as the Hellenistic period. After the great expansion of Greece, the empire was split into smaller kingdoms. Many battles were fought before establishing the kingdoms. However, they lasted fairly long until they were conquered by the Romans. Hellenistic culture emphasized the importance of the individual. This brought on the growth of art, literature, and philosophers. Along with this

Alexander inherited Macedonia at age twenty, and he set out to conquer Persia immediately which was considered the most powerful kingdom in the world. Alexander was to born to be a king. He was taught by Aristotle training and excelling in politics, sports, and warfare. He even eventually grew such a high belief of himself that he considered himself to be a god. News spread of his great power intimidating many rulers resulting in some of them surrendering. From many years of fighting he sustained

-ANCIENT GREEK- WARRIORS THESIS Ancient Greek warriors were great fighters because they had excellent weapons, technology, and training. Guiding Question What made Greek warriors such great fighters? Ancient Greek Training ● A boy went to a training camp at the age of 7 to become a hoplite. ● Once at camp the boys were given small, child-sized helmets and shields. The reason for this was so they got used to the weight of them. ● The young boys would be trained in different

As James Hillman, an American psychologist, once said, “We return to Greece in order to rediscover the archetypes of our mind and of our culture." Ancient Greece’s culture helps us to learn about the culture of our lives in current times, as well as the values that were held in past times. Greek culture and the values that the people of ancient Greece held can be very imperative to us today and can be seen through many works of literature. In the plays Oedipus Rex and Antigone many common Greek cultural

The Ancient Greek civilization is noted for presenting the ideas of perfection in daily life. Many of the things they did were a result of wanting to maintain their ideal image of how Greek civilians should live, by sophrosyne which was being able to have self-control, restraint and living in moderation. Sophrosyne would lead to kalokagathia, the Greek way of viewing the world interacting with polar opposites in order to produce a change and ultimately lead to areté, reaching one’s highest potential

Ancient Greece Essay Why is learning about Ancient Greece important? Learning about Ancient Greece is important to learn because, they had agriculture, poetry, a unique government, and mythology that taught you life lessons. What was Ancient Greece's agriculture like? Greece’s agriculture was difficult due to limited amount of good soil and cropland. The main crops were barley, grapes, and olives. For the Greeks government, it included oligarchy. Oligarchies were perhaps the most common form of

Alexander the Great was born to parents King Philip II and Queen Olympia in 356 BCE; he came from the frontier state of Macedonia to the North of Greece. Alexander took charge of the Companion Cavalry when he was only 18 years old and assisted his father in defeating the Athenian and Theban armies and Chaeronea. His father had helped him turn Macedonia into a large ethnic and territorial state. Macedonia held gold mines that were very helpful for Philip II by financing his new military technology

The Hellenistic period occurred from 323-31 BC and brought forth a new idea of passion in art. This historical time period succeeded the Classical Era of Ancient Greece, where sculptures were made for an idealistic perfection. However, during the Hellenistic art period, sculptures endured a stylistic change. Artists no longer felt required to portray people as ideals of beauty or physical perfection. Sculptors took inspiration from pathos and drama to display exaggerated, dramatic, emotion-filled