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    The women of ancient Rome were not equal to Roman men. Although women were considered citizens they were not granted any legal rights. Women were considered property of their male guardian throughout their lives. Likewise, in the home as in political situations, women had little to no control. Women of ancient Rome had no power over their own lives. The majority of women in ancient Rome had no political power. If you were a regular woman in society you had no political power what-so-ever. “At no

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    end of the Neolithic era around the 8th century and lasted all the way to the 5th century. These societies had many advances which included trading. The main civilizations that had trading patterns between each other were China, India, Greece, and Rome. What were some technological advances in trading? But what were these trading patterns? What were some connections between classical civilizations because of trading? How did trade affect religion and culture? Summed up trade was an important part

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    Beer and wine were popular beverages in ancient civilizations such as Mesopotamia, Greece, and Rome. However, during the Age of Exploration and Colonial Periods, spirits became the beverage of choice among most members of society. Spirits were created around the end of the fourth millennium BCE, but they became popular around the end of the first millennium AD in Cordoba, Spain. People originally distilled wine, by boiling the alcohol out of the water. It results in an alcohol-rich substance known

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    and economics. Beer was associated with the domestication of cereal grains meaning it was associated with farming, which was a big part of creating a civilization. 2. What does this history of beer in the ancient world tell us about the early civilizations? The history of beer in the ancient world tells us that beer was the epicenter for almost everything in early civilizations. It also

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    Roman Occupations

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    olives, peaches, cherries, plums, walnuts, wheat, and barley. The livestock raised included horses, oxen, donkeys, sheep, cattle, and elephants. Large products of the Roman Empire were olive oil, wine, grapes, and olives. Once the Roman Empire expanded it had a large variety of resources. At the beginning, Rome was located near the Tiber river and it was close to a large

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    Essay Ancient Rome

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    In this report about ancient Rome I will be talking about a lot of different things. One thing is how ancient Rome was different from ancient Greece, their daily life activities and lifestyles, and also about their religion. The ancients Romans were very different from the ancient Greek. “The ancient Romans were down-to-earth realists, not idealists.”(Donn2) You can see this in their statues. The Greeks made statues of perfect people. The Romans created real life statues. A good example of this

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    Ancient Greece and Rome Ancient Greece peoples were, for the most part, farmers, their diet it was mostly grains, or to use the Greek word, sistos. The fertile soil from the hillsides of the mountainous lands, surrounded by water, provided the perfect habitat for olive, fig, and grape trees to grow naturally. In the Island of Siphnos and the Mountains of Thrace, gold and silver were found. Additionally, silver could be found in Laurionin Attica. The mainland and Aegean Islands was the home to the

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    Athens seems to have the structure of a Greek cross, it’s believed that its setting is in a Basilica. The figures in the painting are scientists, mathematicians, thinkers and philosophers all from Ancient Greece. The irony is that Raphael is from Rome and yet he paints these figures which are all from Ancient Greece. However, he does include arches which the romans were known for. Within these arches is a certain design which the Greeks used. In the painting there are two Greek sculptures; Apollo which

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    Religion and government played an important role in lives of Grecians and Romans during ancient times. Both nations were polytheistic and militaristic, however only Rome switched to Christianity, broke up, (rather than collapsed), after national conflict and was centralized. Both Grecians and Romans were polytheistic. Because Greece and Rome were two of the earliest civilizations, the ignorance of this earlier time prevailed. People were unsure of why certain events could occur, (like the rising

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    Ancient Rome was an empire so dominant, wealthy and economically- stable which came to a dramatic fall in the period of 250AD- 500AD. Ancient Rome faced unexplained unfortunate events which crumbled the Great Empire from the affluent empire to a impoverished society. For centuries historians have timelessly theorised and analysed many debates and research in relation to the Fall of the Roman Empire. What really caused the predominate Roman Empire to fall? Did Rome fall naturally? Was disease, such

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