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    had a better education in the arts and were taught to appreciate dancing, music and poetry. Many vases have been found with evidence of this. As well as being academically well rounded, they thought physical development was important as well. The Olympic Games were so highly value, that physical development must have also been quite important to the Athenians as well. King Xerxes had said on noting the small Greek army at the

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    “between two rivers”, was located in modern-day Iraq and. Syria. The name of this region is due to being located by the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. 2. Which ruler is considered the first emperor? b. Sargon the Great Sargon the Great reined the ancient region of Mesopotamia between 2334 BCE to 2279 BCE. He is deemed to be the first person in recorded history to have created a global empire. 3. Religion in Mesopotamia was d. Polytheistic The people of Mesopotamia believed in the theory that there

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    More than two thousand years ago the inhabitants of ancient Greece created a civilization like no other. New advancements such as democracy, medicine, literature and architecture helped Greeks to form a civilization that generations would try to replicate. The contributions of the ancient Greeks shaped western civilization in a positive way. In the areas of government, medical ethics, and the arts, the ancient Greeks gave us tools that have stood the test of time and contributed to successes we have

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    As a sporting mega-event, the Olympic Games have numerous social impacts on the people, not only on those from the host country, but on individuals all over the globe. Impact on Host Country For the social impact on the host country, the Olympic Games primarily boost the nationalistic pride of the citizens. The Olympic Games increases the civic pride of the residents, and this is thought to increase individual philanthropic giving. Similarly, hosting the Olympics causes local companies to increase

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    The early Olympics had a huge impact on the Olympics today, good and bad. The early Olympics basically created the Olympics now. You can’t say really say what changed it because they changed things every year, so there was something different each year. This is good because you don’t want to be looking at the same games same people each year until they die or something. The Olympics is something that shows who is the best at what they do every 4 years. There will not be the same person every 4 years

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    Sports have always been a leisurely activity, and a way to escape the reality of the world. But the actions that certain athletes, teams and fans have taken, changed the potential that sports now hold. Whether it is athletes that kneel during the national anthem, athletes that hold a fist in the air before the beginning of the game, or fans who protest in unity; sports can be used to spread political messages. Even so, the media has an influence on the way people perceive the message being displayed

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    Microcephaly In Brazil

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    from the virus in Brazil and many other Central American countries. The Olympic games are being held in Brazil, the center of the disease, causing panic among many of the athletes. It especially hits the female athletes the hardest for the Zika virus mainly affects females reproductive cells. Why should the female athletes suffer for something that is not their fault? Even though it would be very difficult to reschedule the Olympics that are so soon, they still should not be hosted in Brazil.

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    Skeleton Sport Essay Lena McLean period 5 2/23/17 Have you ever heard of the Olympic sport Skeleton? To begin, the paragraphs will tell you all that you need to know. How you play skeleton is very quick and exciting. When you start you run 50m with these spiky shoes, so you could run faster. The goal of the event is to get a super fast speed, also in a very small amount of time, and whoever has the highest speed of how fast they went wins. When playing the sport skeleton the time is calculated

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    Overcoming Obstacles

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    Do you think the Olympics are cool? Olympic athletes push the limits of a normal human body. What if the Olympic athletes were missing crucial body parts; like a limb, their ability to walk or the vision. That would make there job impossible right? Wrong! There are people who are missing limbs, are in wheelchairs, and can’t see pushing limits. They are showing society that they don't want piety they want equality. The ad shows the athletes as strong- not broken, through the music and video clips

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    Olympic Movement Dbq

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    The factors that shaped the modern Olympic movement from 1892 to 2002 are the ability to compete against each other peacefully in order to not invoke any more wars, another factor that played a major part in shaping the modern Olympic movement was equality, making the world more equal and accepting to not only all races but as well as accepting to women. The modern Olympic movement was shaped by the friendly and peaceful competition going on around the world since countries did not want to invoke

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