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the Battle of AegospotamiMy mistake. It was the Spartans, not the Persians, who defeated the Athenians at Hellespont. Correct?So the Persians never really regained control of Greece (except perhaps for some satrapies)?Back to studying more. (obviously I need to. :o)
Yes, but didn't Persia destroy Athens navy? I don't see the unity here, at least not at the end of the Greek Empire. Persia took advantage of the “civil war” and severely weakened Greece further (aside from the weakening caused by internal strife), did they not? Eventually that led to Greek's downfall and conquering by Alexander.Or am I way off?
I don't mean to keep digging up these old threads but….Funny thing is, this was the first discussion question posed at school. And the reponses were amazing. I'm glad about that too because the discussions int he other classes were minimal. Everyone just did the basic, one post, two other reponses. So far, this class has over 75 responses to this and it's only the first week.The prof (who seems pretty cool because she gets involved in the discussions, the other prof. just let the students do it) asked to name ONE thing that defines civilization. Most of us said, when a large group of people settle and come together for a common cause (like to grow crops). There were some other reponses about governing and all that, but I don't think that's necessarily accurate.Here's a question I posed. Is society a result of civilization or is it the other way around? My thinking is, society forms as civilization advances. Society is religion, politics, culture, etc. IMO, you don't really need those to define civilization. However, the professor answered back with, what about the hunter-gatherer communities? Couldn't you say they were a society? What do you think? And do you think "community" and "society" are not the same thing? (I don't think they are)
Yeah, kinda. I was just thinking that liquor is made by regular companies here. But for drugs like heroin and cocaine etc., we don't really know who they're funding.
... also the sinister foreign connection for opiates.
+1I think that's the difference between drugs and liquor.
States begin to say "look what is being done in X-ville, they're so forward looking!".
Hence we get the term "Progressive". :- (yeah, progressively communist)*Edit: Hey, this is my 500th post. Do they give out prizes here for that?
It seems we accept a lot of stuff as “fact” when it actually is unknown.Just came across this:
The name "America" or "Amerrique" in the Mayan language means "Land of the wind" or "Lands of strong winds".
http://www.hsp-aztec.com/AmericaRealm.htmIs the controversy concerning this map more about the name America or the accuracy of the map? The article went both ways.
I highly doubt the Hyksos were the Hebrews.
I kind of don't think so either, but that's wikipedia for ya. Any guesses? Are the Asian people not that far-fetched a hypothesis?Phid, Western Civilization by Spielvogel. A lot of interesting things, but not in depth. (but then again, it's only a 100 level course)Book web site
Divorce was allowed in Babylonian society. The most common reasons being infertility on the wife?s part (the Husband was never to blame!) or infidelity, which was always more severely dealt with if the wife had been at fault,
Didn't Hammurabi's laws permit the man to be sexually active outside of marriage? (but not the woman)
Are you going to give a shout out to 500 Boylston Street, Boston?http://www.equityoffice.com/images/500boylston_251.jpg
