Essays on Ancient Civilizations

The academia usually refers the grand civilization established by Egypt, Babylon Hittites and Athelia as “ancient east”. However the definition of “ancient east” has led to the exclusion of a series of ancient civilizations that was emerged during the Bronze Age. The fact should be...

Ancient Greece is a land of numerous city-states, called polis. Each polis had its individual government, laws, rulers, and traditions, in spite of the fact that they did have certain things in common such as their language and religion. As a rule, in spite of...

Sparta, a military focused civilization, is known for its extremely harsh training, the Agoge. In this essay I will speak about three major things that made Sparta what it is in today’s world: Lycurgus, the Agoge, and the battle of Thermopylae. Lycurgus, shown in this...

Pericles, a successful Athenian orator, general, and statesman once said, “What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others. ” These words are especially relevant when considering the legacy of Ancient Greece. Ancient...

Throughout time, our world has seen many different Empires ruling different territories. Some rise to great success, while others fall. In this essay, I will be comparing and contrasting four different Empires; Ancient Persia, Greece, Rome, and the Byzantine Empires. However, I will specifically be...

The concept of magic and witchcraft actually can be found in Ancient Greece and Rome as far back as 560 BCE. It was even included in the Odyssey by Homer. Typically when we think of magic, we picture spells, wands, the Salem Witch Trials, and...

Medea is an Ancient Greek tragedy play written by Euripides of Jason and Medea’s love-story myth. Throughout this play, Medea tells the story of jealousy and revenge of herself by being unexpectedly betrayed by her husband, Jason, whom she loved deeply. He left her to...