Cultural Integration of Swimming – Swimming has been recorded throughout ancient history, however competitive swimming began in Europe in around 1800. The most popular stroke that was swum in competitions was breastroke. The adaption of the sport began in 1873, when a new racing stroke called trudgen was introduced to Western Swimming competitions. This originated from the front crawl used by Native Americans. The sport made its first appearance in the first modern Olympic games of 1896 in Athens.
The rulers held sway not just over their own people but over the Mediterranean, Europe and North Africa” (Menzies). The Greek philosopher, Plato, wrote the above description of Atlantis in 355 B.C. Plato had originally planned to write a trilogy of books on subjects such as the creation of the world, the nature of man, the story of Atlantis as well as other subjects. The first book, Timaeus, was completed, Critias, which contains the story of Atlantis, was incomplete, and Hemocrates, was never written (Levy). The story of Atlantis is one of the oldest myths of mankind, a lost paradise and the most popular of all supposed advanced prehistoric lost civilizations.
TheTruth Bone Yard Able Archeological Proof #2: The Pool of Siloam Emerald Able Mr Marr 1 Bible October 22, 2012 The first Pool of Siloam was constructed in the first century AD to supply water for the city of Jerusalem. The water that flowed into the pool came from a spring through Hezekiah's tunnel, built in the 8th century. King Hezekiah tunnel was built under the city to keep the water supply safe , in case of an attack by the assyrians. According to some Bible scholars, it is believed that the pool of Siloam supplied the pool of Bethesda. The Placenza pilgrim (6th century) wrote: You descend by many steps to Siloam, and above Siloam is a hanging basicilica beneath which the water of Siloam rises.
The Mycenaean civilization was discovered by Heinrich Schliemann through excavations in Mycenae in 1876 and in Tiryns in 1884 (Carver). Figure 1: W.W. Norton & Company, Ralph's World Civilizations, Chapter 4 http://www.wwnorton.com/colleges/history/ralph/resource/greece.htm Although the Mycenaean civilization began in 1550 BC, the occupation of Achaeans or Mycenaeans of many areas of the Greek peninsula, especially the coastal areas, started in 2000 BC. The Mycenaean civilization was the Late Helladic civilization in 1550 BC, but after the volcanic eruption at Thera in 1500 BC, the Mycenaean civilization at Knossos began in 1450 BC. This was followed by the destruction of Knossos in 1380 BC and a revival and further development of Mycenaean architecture in 1350 until 1250 BC. During the revival of architecture, the Mycenaeans became “wealthy and powerful” and “the most powerful group in the Aegean world” (Carver).
There are stone mortars and presses used for olive oil extraction that date back to 5000 BC ( History of olive oil in Israel ). Archaeological findings from the Minoan Palaces in Crete are fine examples of olive oil’s role in the Cretan or Minoan civilization, which reached its zenith between 2000 and 1450 BC. Archaeological finds proving that the Minoans used olive oil in their daily lives are found everywhere in Crete. One particularly impressive discovery is the untouched olives with the flesh preserved, found at the bottom of a cup sunk in a water cistern at the Minoan Palace of Kato Zakros. The Minoans used olive oil in their diet, as a cleanser instead of soap, as the base for scents and ointments, as a medicine, in tanning, for lighting and to protect delicate surfaces.
The City of Myra The City of Myra is the ancient Greek capital of the Lycian Union, which was a geopolitical region in Southern Turkey during ancient times. The land above and around Myra is inhabited today, but is known as the city of Demre. Records of the inhabitation of Myra date back to 168 B.C. It is located on the South Western Coast of Turkey, on the river “Myros”. After 800 years as an important pilgrimage site, as well as a Christian and Lycian Capital, the City of Myra was buried under 18 feet of mud from the Myros River.
(Jensen 1980, p2) This essay compares whole Healing system, Naturopathy and modality, Iridology considering when and by who were they invented, how have the therapies changed over time, what philosophies do they have about healing, how do they define the terms ‘health’ and ‘ disease’ and how whole healing system and modality are similar. Hippocrates, the ancient Greek “Father of Medicine” is the first advocate of Naturopathic medicine yet the term Naturopathy was coined in 1895 by John scheel. Then Benedict Lust, the father of U.S. Naturopathy purchased the term. (Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia, 2013) The Lust, a German immigrant brought Naturopathy to United States in 1902 and founded a school of Naturopathy. Before Benjamin Lust, a form of Naturopathy also can go back to 18th and 19th century.
When Aristotle returned to Athens in 323 B.C. from teaching his work around the Aegean, he was able to establish his first research library at The Lyceum, where he taught his pupils a wide variety of subjects. Unfortunately, he died a year later after Alexander did, but Aristotle’s work was still able to be gathered after his death. Aristotle’s Poetics is a work that was created to express his ideas about literary criticism. According to Aristotle, there is a distinction between a tragedy and fine tragedy.
But also in similarity with many of the major social movements, the sixty year spread of time between the fifties and 21st century was a time for great leaps forward in the naturalist movement. The beginnings of modern naturism originated in Germany in the early 20th century after several papers began to advocate for the cause of nudism and against the social ideas of shame and self-hate associated with being nude. (Aranda, 2005) During the 1920s, Germany also established the first true naturist colonies. (Aranda, 2005) Naturism in the United States, however, didn’t take wind until the late 1920s. Starting with Kurt Barthel’s family-oriented American League for Physical Culture (ALPC), the naturist movement began to slowly gain recognition.
(Insert your name) Ancient Indian trading (Insert teacher’s name) (Insert subject) Ancient India trading Trade in ancient India was a major part of their culture 11/9/14 (Ancient India woven silk mat found in 2nd century Egyptian tomb) About 4500 ago India stated to expand out to sea, this started their sea trading. Once a regular sea route was established (in 2nd century) the Indian trade roaring until the Portuguese wiped out the whole trade in 1400S. Without trade India would not have had the latest weapons, medicines, news etc. Without these India would have exposed too many things like viruses or weapons like firearms. In the follow pages I will be proving that Trade in ancient India was a major part of their culture.