The founding of the Roman Empire was a very peculiar one. It began with the story of two twin boys, Romulus and Remus. They were descendants of a demigod named Aeneas. Romulus and Remus were sent adrift down a river by their step-father. They were found by a she-wolf and she raised them for a very short time until they were found by a shepherd.
Starting in the early 1500s CE, in Persia and India, the Safavids and Mughals created powerful states, whose institutions and policies shared many similarities to the Ottoman Empire. Until their decline in the 1700s CE, these three Muslim states controlled the richest and most developed lands on three continents, and challenged Europeans for control of numerous seas and trade
The Jungle: Book Review In 1904, in the midst of a bitter stockyard strike, socialist writer Upton Sinclair’s two-month visit to Chicago’s “Packingtown” area provided him with a wealth of material that he turned into his best-selling novel, The Jungle. The book is best known for revealing the unsanitary process by which animals became meat products. Yet Sinclair’s primary concern was not with the goods that were produced, but with the workers who produced them. Throughout the book, as in this chapter, he described with great accuracy the horrifying physical conditions under which immigrant packing plant workers and their families worked and lived, portraying the collapse of immigrant culture under the relentless pressure of industrial
The Conquest of Gaul Gaius Julius Caesar was born 100 B.C. in Rome to the impoverished patrician Julian Clan, and know knew controversy early age. Through this conflicts he slowly but surely throughout his lifetime worked his way up the political ladder, becoming Consul and finally Dictator Perpeteus, or Dictator for life. He is deemed as one of the most influential political and military leaders of all time, a highly intelligent man and an exceptional orator. Acquiring this absolute power however, was no easy feat, and Caesar had well equipped himself through previous expeditions of Europe and the ancient world with all the resources necessary to gain power in Ancient Rome.
Name: kartik Patel Subject: history 101 Professor: Dr. Gilbert stack Essay: Hannibal Hannibal Hannibal, a Carthaginian general and one of the greatest generals that ever lived was renown for his strategies and courageousness, such as crossing the Alps and using the bottleneck strategy at Lake Tradesmen. He used strategies that a lot of generals at this time, especially Roman generals, would never think of and in doing this he almost destroyed the Roman republic. From the middle of the 3rd century to the middle of the 2nd century BC, Carthage was engaged in a series of wars with Rome (Dorey, P 57). These wars, known as the Punic Wars, ended
Not only was the arena a masterpiece, but it was also had a lot of different activities that went on. For example the first type of events that went on were funereal games to honor the dead that were held by wealthy Romans. According to a section in an article
Wolves being raised by a grizzly, can you believe it? Read this adventurous book as Faolan goes on a journey to the beyond and the Outermost to find a new mother {Thunderheart}. When Faolan was born, he was part of a wolf clan. He got kick out of the wolf clan because he had a crooked paw. His mother took him to a icy river bank to die.
In the follow pages I will be proving that Trade in ancient India was a major part of their culture. I will be proving this by 3 sub-questions; why trade was important in ancient India, Why was trade important in ancient India, How did the trade affect ancient India. Trade was important in ancient India because of many reasons, such as an almost constant flow of money of the economy, news, weapons, and all sorts of new things from other country like east Africa, Egypt and Rome. One of the Most iconic artefact of ancient India it’s the Silk road, (until the kushan period which after it was classed as unsafe from thieves etc.) this was how India first trade but sea trade was popular.
Whatever the cause may be, there remains little doubt that humanity has come a long way since our ancestors began walking on two legs. Yet there is one civilization that has been studied and analyzed for its unique history, culture, and extraordinary expansion. Perhaps known as the most sophisticated society for its time period, the Roman Empire was formed on a combination of the previously stated elements and its consequential rapid growth has yet to be seen since. With a reign lasting more than 500 years, the Roman Empire is considered one of the most powerful nations in all of ancient history. Stretching from the arid plains of the Arabian Desert to the isles of the United Kingdom, Rome controlled the entire Mediterranean world at its peak.
ROMAN ARCHITECTURE My fascination with Roman architecture begins with the Romans ability to achieve such greatness and sustainability within their work without the means that we have in our design world today such as industrial machinery and Technology. The work of the Romans is design ingenuity. They were able to create such huge rooms with such high ceilings, as well as so many different aspects within one building, for example the Colosseum. Within this building Romans played many types of games and held shows including beast hunts and gladiator combats. Oval in shape, it had incredible interconnecting corridors that would lead to six tiers of seats, thus allowing a huge audience to sit within its walls.