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    and Winter Olympic Games alike provide an opportunity for countries to display their athletic prowess and national strengths. However, these competitions are often tainted with the corrupt seeds of politics. A wide variety of dangerous and damaging political power plays make an appearance in each Olympic gathering. In the beginning the Games were designed to be a truce period, but they are beginning to lose this component. Also, in every Games since the beginning of the modern Olympics, there has

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    Ancient Greece; a land of wonders. In this presentation, I will explain the social, political, religious, intellectual, technological, and economical aspects of Ancient Greece. You will learn how the Greeks lived, and what the Greeks did. Learn some of the inventions, philosophers, writers, and historians of Ancient Greece. There is also information about Greek social structure, government, wars, and trade. There is so much to learn about Greece! There were different social structure

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    Introduction  Main body 1. Establishment of the temple 2. Related politics and art 3. Culture development  Conclusion Cultural influence of the temple of Hera It is very clear that ancient buildings can be a part of the evidence to show what happed in the history. As a part of ancient culture, architectural languages have the significant vale in both culture and construction. The temple of Hera, which becomes the sign of Greek classic architecture even the whole Europe, plays an

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    Kenzay Rivers Ms. Finney How did the religion of ancient Greeks played a role in their daily lives? 10 November 2016 How did the religion of ancient Greeks played a role in their daily lives? In the ancient Greek world, religion was personal, direct, and present in its citizens’ daily lives. During this time, they participated in animal sacrifices and offerings, created myths to explain the beginning of the human race and gave reverence to their gods by building temples which controlled the

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    Greece is considered to be the candle of Western Civilization and birthplace of democracy. Athens and Sparta were two of the most important poleis, or city-states, during Ancient Greece. Athens was formed at a Mycenaean settlement during the Neolithic period and it became an important area for the civilization. While Sparta was formed a couple hundred years after the collapse of Mycenaeans and suffered lawlessness and civil strife before it was reformed. Western Civilization was formed because of

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    because they have given us great things when it comes to entertainment. First, they gave us the Olympics and this is an event that most countries around the world are involved in still to this day. Every 4 years it bring most of the countries around the world together to play games. It promotes peace through the games because they are brought together to have fun and play games. The soul purpose of the Olympics was to bring countries together, get more money, and provide more jobs. To this day countries

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    Performance Enhancing Drugs Performance-enhancing drugs (PED 's) have been an issue for many decades now for the medical and sports field. Olympic and professional athletes have been using them to gain an upper hand on the competition, but some may ask if it 's really worth it? Studies show that performance-enhancing drugs have been proven to negatively affect the health of athletes who take them. Simply put, performance-enhancing drugs could either improve athletic performance or can be extremely

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    western philosophy, literature, mathematics, history, drama, the Olympic Games, and democracy. Not only that, there are also a lot of famous arts and architectures in the Ancient Greece, too. The Greek architectures, that we have today are invented and pasted on back in the old days. One of the famous building is the Parthenon, but there are also famous people, too. For example, Alexander the Great, and Aeschylus. Culture: Life in the ancient Greece was a little bit different for both men and women. In

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    country of the Balkan Peninsula. The ancient Greek civilization is considered to have began around 1100 B.C. and lasted until approximately 146 B.C. These two civilizations are thousands of miles apart, and they share a few similarities but have a notable amount of differences when comparing and contrasting their religious beliefs. Both civilizations were considered to be polytheistic societies. They believed in multiple gods. In both of these ancient societies, gods played a major role

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    the Chinese and the Greeks had the most influence. Emphasis should be placed on how Greek culture has spread farther and affected the world in ways the Chinese was unable to. We can see most roots of modern Western culture lying within the Ancient Greek. Ancient Greece had a very large impact on todays’ modern world. The Greeks developed many amazing inventions, and ideals that have shaped our society. The various fields that were advanced include architecture, democracy, philosophy, science, and

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