Essays Tagged: "Bronze Age"

Ancient Greece

thern Aegean area as far back as the Neolithic Age.A cultural progression from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age started about 3000 BC. This civilization, during the Bronze Age was divided into two main ... ned tribes, were assimilated in the Helladic culture.Ancient GreeceGradually, in the last period of Bronze Age Greece, the Minoan civilization fused with the mainland. By 1400 BC the Achaeans were in ...

(3 pages) 237 1 3.5 Dec/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies

The Role of Women in Ancient Greek Art.

standing of this important area of art.The time periods covered by this site include the following:*Bronze Age (3300-1050 BCE)*Dark Age (1050-750 BCE)*Archaic Age (750-479 BCE)*Classical Age (479-336 ...

(4 pages) 144 0 4.8 May/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > Central & Southamerican History

Report on the Viability of The Isle of Arran as a destination for short breaks.

species of birds. There are colonies of seals near coastal caves, trails and pathways to mysterious Bronze Age Stone Circles, and many relaxing angling hours to be enjoyed by streams or sea. 7 challen ...

(11 pages) 45 0 2.5 Nov/2003

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

This essay is a contrast of the Odyssey and The Psalms.

The PsalmsThe Odyssey and The Book of Psalms are masterpieces composed orally as poetry during the Bronze Age, and then written down centuries later. Although they both express timeless human feeling ...

(5 pages) 63 0 4.3 Nov/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Mythology

What did the remains of Ötzi reveal about the lifestyle of Bronze Age People?

What did the remains of Ötzi reveal about the lifestyle of Bronze Age People?The 5,300 year old remains of Ötzi the Iceman found in the Ötzaler Alps ... tzi the Iceman found in the Ötzaler Alps on 19th September 1991 reveals that the lifestyles of Bronze Age people were developing technologically, developing their intellectual approach to resolve ... th Ötzi, his clothing and his physical remains.Otzi's equipment reveals that the lifestyles of Bronze Age people were beginning to develop technologically and they were learning to use resources ...

(6 pages) 31 0 3.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Information Literacy, what it is, why we need it, why is it important. paper demonstrates students ability to comprehend the concepts of infromation literacy.

en introduced since the establishment of the university. Many Ages have passed by, the Ice age, the Bronze Age and now the Information Age. Our century has been so called due to the outburst of inform ...

(3 pages) 149 0 3.6 Dec/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Library & Information Science

Structure of Art

The object in question is marked as a Syrian, Bronze Age, stone label seal (c. 3rd- 2nd millennium). Most of the seals I have viewed have much mor ...

(3 pages) 47 0 3.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Works of Art

A review of David Key's article entitled, "Europe's First Mummies," . Archaeologists had discovered the oldest mummies ever found in Europe!

he coast of Scotland. The house had been part of a settlement used for ritual activities during the Bronze Age.The older of the two mummies, a male, died around 1500 B.C., while the second, a woman, d ... evidence that prehistoric Europeans preserved their dead and directs further investigation into the Bronze Age.

(1 pages) 53 2 4.3 Mar/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Archaeology

Speech on Minoan Legends

Good morning today I'm going to talk about Minoan Crete. The Minoans were a Bronze Age society who lived on the island of Crete. Crete is located in the Greek islands and is th ... Some historians believe the Minoans set up a colony on Thera and possibly controlled it in the late Bronze Age. But other historians reject saying that the Therans and the Minoans were only trading pa ...

(6 pages) 43 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

This Essay examines American and African body modifications and how we view other cultures

rn with. From body painting to piercing to scarification, from tattoos to plastic surgery, from the Bronze Age to the computer age, cultures from around the world have changed their ideas of how a bod ...

(14 pages) 120 0 4.6 Jun/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Evidence for religion of the minoan.

ia Triadha sarcophagus, cult furniture, seals, statues, skeletons, frescoes and pillars and columns.Bronze Age societies held a common belief that supernatural forces controlled weather and fertility ... ssed up in a fashion comparable to that of the sacrificial bull on the Aghia Triadha sarcophagus. A bronze dagger which had an incised drawing of an animal head was found near the boy. Zarmati states ...

(5 pages) 47 0 5.0 Jul/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

Exponential Growth: An explanation of the ages

hropology. Anthropologists divide the history of humanity into several ages, such as the Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age, etc., with each age being shorter than its predecessors. Several major roadblo ...

(2 pages) 35 0 3.0 Oct/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

Technological Developments on Weapons of Mass Destruction

s venom, Hercules created the first biological weapons."Toxic arrows were the terror weapons of the Bronze Age.Adrienne Major states that"Almost as soon as they were created, poison weapons set the mo ...

(4 pages) 84 1 4.1 Jan/2005

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Military & International Conflicts & Security

A Time for Change: the Archaic Age

s marked with specific events that break the history up into eras or ages. For instance, the use of Bronze weapons marks what historians call the Bronze Age. The Archaic Age in Greek history spanned f ...

(5 pages) 27 0 1.0 Apr/2005

Subjects: Humanities Essays

At the beginning of the Chinese History

t is the true and reliable history preliminarily at that time. In 1928, the scientist excavated the Bronze Age sites at An Yang, Henan Province. In 1960's and 1960's, it was found by archaeologist tha ... ed. It can prove that it is believable to study and to discuss. These kinds of relics involving the bronze ware, tortoise shell, animal bone and so on. Those animals' backbone had been carved to recor ...

(6 pages) 51 0 3.9 Jun/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

The Shang Dynasty of China.

m 1600-1046 BC. It lasted over 500 years and belonged to seventeen generations. It arose during the Bronze Age in China. Thousands of archaeological findings have been found in and by the Yellow River ... dogs, sheep, and oxen were raised. More important, the Shang Dynasty thrived in the manufacture of bronze vessels, ships, weapons, and tools were found from that era.The singular aspect of Shang civi ...

(5 pages) 56 0 3.0 Nov/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

Essay on Leeks- Botany

which are very predominant in Europe, have an exemplary history. Leeks date back to 4000 B.C., the Bronze Age, where many different inhabitants used to eat this vegetable for health purposes. Hippocr ...

(3 pages) 15 0 3.0 May/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Plant Biology

Sir Arthur Evans and the Palace of Knossos

nes. This lured him to the Palace of Knossos, a palace that shows the sophisticated technology of a Bronze Age civilisation. Evans named the civilisation Minoan. In 1900, he began the excavation of Kn ...

(2 pages) 24 0 3.8 Sep/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies

World History

n are outside all the time.2-Describe the society that lived in Greece and on nearby islands in the bronze age.Nobles feasted in hallways 50 feet long and 35 feet wide, trade was one source for wealth ...

(1 pages) 4 0 0.0 Aug/2001

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Religion In Ireland

.C.- Irish tribes move inland to begin farming and raising livestock.· 2000 B.C.- The Bronze Age begins in Ireland, settlers from what are now Portugal, Spain, and France come to the isl ...

(1 pages) 12 0 0.0 Sep/2001

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History