Articles for tag: Ancient World, Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

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Board Game Review: 7 Wonders

Name: 7 Wonders Publisher: Asmodee Year Published: 2010 Average Retail Price: $50 Good: Nearly perfect replay value – Short – High production value – Easy to learn – Accommodates up to 7 players Bad: Large element of luck – Few distinct strategies Ever since Dominion was released in 2008, quick, fast games with high replay ...

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The Lost City of Atlantis: Was it Really a Minoan Empire?

Many discussions have taken place surrounding the fabled lost city of Atlantis. According to accounts by the philosopher Plato the ancient city possessed technologies that were advanced far beyond the modern world in which Plato lived, and yes the city was swallowed by the sea, destroyed in but a single day and night. Theories have ...

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To the Stronger: The Significance of the Death of Alexander the Great

By 323BC Alexander the Great had forged an empire that stretched over most of the known world by conquering many different kingdoms and people groups. While it was a remarkable feat, his empire ultimately proved short lived. Since Alexander did not have a clear successor, his empire died with him. The destruction of that mighty ...

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The Hanging Gardens of Babylon

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon is considered to be on of the seven wonders of the ancient world. While these gardens no longer exist today, the information that does exist about them through the transmission of early Greek historians helps us to understand how these gardens were constructed and why they were built. While they ...

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Renaissance Artists: Titian, Michelangelo, Leonardo

One of the great things about Renaissance art is that each artistic master had a distinctive style. Each one brought to their art a different perspective of the world, a different artistic mission, and a different personality. The four greatest art masters of the High Renaissance were Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Titan. Leondardo ...

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Nebuchadnezzar: A Biography

Do you remember the Biblical tale of the three young Jewish men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who were forced into a fiery furnace as a means of execution ? The king who ordered their punishment was Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. This is his biography. Nebuchadnezzar II came from a tribe of warlike people in the ancient ...