It is the seventh-largest
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1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world
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Home to the ancient Indus Valley Civilization and a region of historic trade routes and vast empires, the Indian subcontinent was identified with its commercial and cultural wealth for much of its long history.
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House Bill (HB) 136, which would expand public subsidies for private education
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here were probably always slaves in India, but until about 1000 AD there were only a few slaves, and most of them worked as house servants.
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Islamic conquerors reached India, they forced many more people to be slaves. They sold thousands of these slaves out of India to work in Persia (modern Iran) or Afghanistan. Many of these people worked in the mines. SIGN IN LOG OUT
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The ancient Greeks invented three types of columns that were used all over ancient Greece. The columns were placed to support a building, but also adjusted in size and angle and in footage from each other, so that from a distance, the columns looked perfectly symmetrical.
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Its massive foundations were made of limestone, and the columns were made of Pentelic marble, a material that was utilized for the first time.
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The Parthenon is a temple of the Doric order with eight columns at the façade, and seventeen columns at the flanks
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An acropolis (Greek: ἀκρόπολις; from akros or akron, "highest", "topmost", "outermost" and polis, "city"; plural in English: acropoles, acropoleis or acropolises)
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built upon an area of elevated ground—frequently a hill with precipitous sides, chosen for purposes of defense.
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The word acropolis literally means in Greek "upper city," and though associated primarily with the Greek cities Athens
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it was also a system of local justice.
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right of jurisdiction gave judicial power to the nobles and lords in cases arising in their domains and had no appeal but the King himself.
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Knights, barons, and dukes had their separate courts, and the king had his court above all.
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Why the Greeks could hear plays from the back row : Nature News - 0 views
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The wonderful acoustics for which the ancient Greek theatre of Epidaurus is renowned
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The theatre, discovered under a layer of earth on the Peloponnese peninsula in 1881 and excavated, has the classic semicircular shape of a Greek amphitheatre, with 34 rows of stone seats (to which the Romans added a further 21).
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a performer standing on the open-air stage can be heard in the back rows almost 60 metres away.
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"You all could show your opinions if we had a democracy," I told them. "You know, 'of the people'.
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Some people around me shook their heads in discontent.
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“If you want to change the world, pick up your pen and write.” ― Martin Luther
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“No one knows for certain how much impact they have on the lives of other people. Oftentimes, we have no clue. Yet we push it just the same.” ― Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why
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Athenian democracy developed in the Greek city-state of Athens, comprising the central city-state of Athens and the surrounding territory of Attica, around 508 BC. Athens was one of the first known democracies.
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It remains a unique and intriguing experiment in direct democracy where the people do not elect representatives to vote on their behalf but vote on legislation and executive bills in their own right.
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Solon (594 BC), Cleisthenes (508/7 BC), and Ephialtes (462 BC) all contributed to the development of Athenian democracy.
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Sparta, Ancient Greek City-State - Ancient Greece for Kids - 1 views
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The Spartans were proud, fierce, capable warriors
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Sparta's government was an oligarchy
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The people were ruled by a small group of warriors
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While women didn’t go through military training, they were required to be educated along similar lines.
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The Spartans were the only Greeks not only to take seriously the education of women; they instituted it as state policy.
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his was not, however, an academic education (just as the education of males was not an academic education); it was a physical education which could be grueling.
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510 BC, the
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Medieval "Black Death" Was Airborne, Scientists Say - History in the Headlines - 0 views
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w, analysis of skeletal remains found by construction workers digging railway tunnels in central London has led scientists to a stunning new conclusion: The Black Death was not transmitted through flea bites at all, but was an airborne plague spread through the coughs, sneezes and breath of infected human victims.
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stumbled on a plague cemetery
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cientists extracted DNA from one of the largest teeth in each of 12 skeletons
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