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- Ancient Greek theatre (7531 bytes)
3: ... forms to emerge in the world. Greek theatre and plays have had a lasting impact on [[Western world|W...
9: ...34 BC]], a man named [[Thespis]] is credited with playing the role of the main character in a narrativ...
13: ...horus]]). In addition, the subject matter of the plays had expanded so that rather than just Dionysus...
17: ...s]] and the comic writer [[Aristophanes]]. Their plays, along with some [[secondary source]]s such as...
21: ...on Roman comedy, such as the surviving works of [[Plautus]] and [[Terence]]. - Greece (54754 bytes)
1: ...Western world|Western civilization]] and the birthplace of [[democracy]], Greece has a long and rich h...
52: ...n world|western civilization]] and being the birthplace of [[democracy]], [[philosophy]], the [[Olympi...
57:
65: ...nglish/greece/living/read_greek/alphabet.html]. [[Plato]] described how the Greeks live round the Aege...
68: ...he Byzantine Empire, centered around [[Constantinople]] (known in ancient times as [[Byzantium]]), rem... - Ancient Greece (23806 bytes)
17: ...ntrate almost wholly on political, military and diplomatic history, and ignore economic and social his...
20: ...y Greek geography, where every island, valley and plain is cut off from its neighbours by the sea or m...
22: ...sunset.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Acropolis, Athens|Acropolis]], in ruins, is still at the centre of modern [[A...
24: ...eir beginnings as the Greek colonies Syracusa, Neapolis, Massilia and Byzantium.
26: ...ves into independent communities, and the city (''polis'') became the basic unit of Greek government. - Politics (7193 bytes)
2: ... decisions for groups. Although it is generally applied to [[government]]s, politics is also observed ...
4: ...tical behavior and examines the acquisition and application of power, i.e. the ability to impose one's...
14: ...bes the transformation of human society that took place around [[6th millennium BCE|6000 BCE]] as an u...
16: ..." is derived from the Greek word for city-state, "Polis". Corporate, religious, academic and every other...
18: ...t was tribal organization. Rule by elders was supplanted by monarchy, and a system of [[Feudalism]] a... - Zeus (17267 bytes)
6: ...nic]] and [[Norse mythology]]. Tyr was however supplanted by [[Odin]] as the supreme god among the [[G...
13: Zeus played a huge role in the [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] O...
15: The various titles applied to Zeus emphasized different aspects of his wi...
17: ... all the Hellenes') to whom [[Aeacus]]' famous temple on [[Aegina]] was dedicated.
25: ...tance, could be found at any number of [[Greek temple]]s from [[Asia Minor]] to [[Sicily]]. Certain mo... - Acropolis (1763 bytes)
1: ...own example of the kind, see the article on [[Acropolis, Athens]].''
3: [[image:Athens_Acropolis.jpg|thumb|250px|Acropolis in [[Athens]]]]
4: '''Acropolis''' (Gr. ''akros,'' top, ''polis,'' city), literally the upper part of a town. For...
6: ...bes]], and [[Corinth, Greece|Corinth]]), may be applied generically to all such citadels ([[Rome]], [[...
8: ...ly known without qualification as simply "The Acropolis". - Acropolis, Athens (7462 bytes)
1: ...polis-panorama-night.jpg|none|thumb|805px|The Acropolis of Athens lit up at night, seen from Phillopapus ...
2: [[image:ac.acropolis3.JPG|thumb|200px|The Acropolis of Athens, seen from the hill of the [[Pnyx]] to ...
3: [[image:ac.acropolis4.JPG|thumb|200px|The Acropolis of Athens, seen from the north, with the restored...
4: ...opolis2.JPG|thumb|200px|The south wall of the Acropolis of Athens, seen from the [[Theatre of Dionysus]]]...
5: ...200px|The Acropolis of Athens, seen from the [[Temple of Olympian Zeus]] to the south-east]] - Architectural history (13369 bytes)
1: ...tations and potentialities of history as a [[discipline]]. Consequently there have been a wide range o...
3: ...that focuses on the historical evolution of principles and styles in the design of [[buildings]] and c...
5: Under the pressures of [[post-modern]] [[pluralism]], recent theorists have tried to open arc...
9: ...h less historical context. Matters are further complicated by incidences of Western [[colonialism]]. [...
17: ... the wilderness of [[nature]] outside, and the temple or palace continued this order by acting as a ho... - Ankara (15129 bytes)
6: ...eep and rocky hill, which rises 500 ft. above the plain on the left bank of the ''Enguri Su'', a tribu...
8: ...]] architecture, the most remarkable being the temple of [[Augustus]], on the walls of which is the fa...
17: ... 6th century, it remained an important crossroads polis within the Byzantine Empire until late 11th centu...
21: ...pire]] captured the city in [[1356]]. [[Turkic people|Turkic]] leader [[Timur Lenk]] besieged Ankara a...
23: ...ng had replaced [[Istanbul]] (formerly Constantinople) as the capital of the new republic on [[October... - History of Greek and Roman Egypt (25856 bytes)
3: ...ed first from [[Rome]] and then from [[Constantinople]] until the Arab conquest in AD [[639]].
14: ...warded with grants of farm lands, and Greeks were planted in colonies and garrisons or settled themsel...
26: ...ences in later reigns. The material and literary splendour of the Alexandrian court was at its height ...
29: ... out of the wars of the other Greek kingdoms, and plunged into a war with the [[Seleucid dynasty|Seleu...
36: ...ic possessions. Philip seized several islands and places in [[Caria]] and [[Thrace]], while the [[batt... - Greek theatre (7531 bytes)
3: ... forms to emerge in the world. Greek theatre and plays have had a lasting impact on [[Western world|W...
9: ...34 BC]], a man named [[Thespis]] is credited with playing the role of the main character in a narrativ...
13: ...horus]]). In addition, the subject matter of the plays had expanded so that rather than just Dionysus...
17: ...s]] and the comic writer [[Aristophanes]]. Their plays, along with some [[secondary source]]s such as...
21: ...on Roman comedy, such as the surviving works of [[Plautus]] and [[Terence]]. - Jerusalem (61585 bytes)
4: ...]]ish, [[Christianity|Christian]], [[Armenian (people)|Armenian]], and [[Muslim]].
12: ...See the Biblical commentator the [[Ramban]] for explanation.) "Salem" is the original name used in [[G...
20: ...e reign of King Solomon, the northern ten tribes split off to form the [[Kingdom of Israel]] with its ...
22: ...rically identifiable, and the significance the Temple had in Jewish religious life is clear.
24: ...chadnezzar II of Babylon|Nebuchadnezzar]]. The temple was burnt, and the city's walls were ruined, thu...
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