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I am really glad that 1/12 of world population is using you
Your blue body looks like the sea water of Yellow Sea
And your white face looks like snow of Russia
However you are sometimes trouble
Last year I've got 7 detention becuse of you
I used you during class time
You should've stopped me!
Alas, becuase of you I've got 4 marks
Deducted from my total scholastic grade
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I am really sorry, I started use Twitter and Skype
Ancient Greece is the most interesting and controversial civilization that was once flourished around the east of Mediterranean Sea. It’s about 6000 B.C. to 146 B.C. about 5000 years old. During those 5000 years of time, there are many periods; Neolithic, Early Bronze, Minoan, Mycenaean, The Dark Ages, Archaic, Classical and Hellenistic. There were many countries and thousands of wars happened. In this report, I will suggest the reasons why the certain countries whether Greek or not and I will also suggest 4 standards that will be helpful to decide such things.
II.Countries
In ancient Greece, there were hundreds of city-states, poleis, therefore it’s unwise to describe all those poleis. Thus I will describe 2 big city-states that represent ancient Greece; Athens and Sparta. Athens was the largest city in Greece, and controlled a region called Attica. Between the many mountains were fertile valleys, with many farms. Athens became rich because Attica also had valuable sources of silver, lead and marble. Athens also had the biggest navy in Greece.
Athens was a beautiful and busy city. People came to the city from all over Greece, and from other countries, to study and to trade. The city's most famous building was the temple called the Parthenon. It stood on a rocky hill called the Acropolis. Inside the Parthenon stood a statue of the city's protector-goddess Athena.
While Athens was trying democracy as a form of government, its rival Sparta had two kings. One king might stay at home, while the other was away fighting battles. Fighting battles was what the Spartans did best. Greeks said that in a battle one Spartan was worth several other men.
The Spartans spent so much time training for battle that they would have starved without slaves called helots. The helots worked on the Spartans' farms. They grew the food for the Spartan soldiers and their families.
Athens was democratic operation but in contrast, in Sparta’s case, it’s kind of mixed. Even it had two kings, the kings didn’t have all the power. Sparta has Parliament called Gerousia. Even the king made a decision and if people in Gerousia disagree, the decision can’t be made. By doing this, it stopped power to go to only one man. This democratic poleis system is the typical point that decides whether the country is Greek or not.
III.Cultures
The culture of Ancient Greece is too big and large, so I thought it’s unwise to list all those Greek culture. So things that I did were compare the culture of Greek countries and find the similarities. First they use same language. Second they believe in same gods. They believe in 12 gods of Olympus which’s Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Hestia, Hera, Ares, Athena, Apollo, Aphrodite, Hermes, Artemis and Hephaestus. However they don’t pray to all those 12 gods. The regions or countries god is different. For example, Athenians pray to Athena, the goddess of war. So we can say those ancient Greek temples are biased. Still there is exceptional case. Apollo temple in Delphi isn’t. It allows everyone to ask their questions and predict their future.
IV.War
The point that must be remembered is that the country that fought against the Greek union is not Greek. For example, Persia’s not Greek. The facts of two wars, Trojan and Persian, will be described briefly.
IV.1. Trojan War
History described that Trojan War incited because Helena and Paris. However I disagree with his idea. The main food source of Greeks was bread and they required wheat to bake it. As many land of Greeks were rocky, so they had to import wheat. The place where they imported wheat was Ukraine, west of Russia. The fastest way is to sail across the Aegean Sea, go through Hellespont then go through the Sea of Marmara and finally sail through the Black sea. However right next to Hellespont there was Troy. So Trojan asked for tributes. Greek merchants had to give them tributes. In those days there weren’t any money so things they did were trading. Therefore Greek gave some of their goods. In this process of paying Greek goods to Trojans, they happened to share their cultures. However later they fed up with paying tributes so they decided to conquer Troy.
IV.2. Persian War
The reason for Persia’s attack was that when Persia’s fighting with Ionian city states rebellion, Athens helped them. The king Darius, the king of Persia that time, got really angry and planned to conquer Greece, but first they conquered Thrace, the north of Greek. After few years, Persia’s attack incited. Ancient Greek city states united together and protest. Because even only Athenians helped, the other Greek poleis thought that Persian army was not coming for only Athens. They first attacked Attica and Eretria. Then they were defeated by Athens in Marathon. Athens used various tactics. According Herodotus, Persia lost 6400 men and in contrast, Athens lost only 192. Then Darius died and his son Xerxes prepared for the war but they spend 10 years preparing and Greek nations could prepare it.
V.Greeks?
V.1. What makes Sparta Greek?
lSort of democratic operation. They had kind of parliamentary system that controls Sparta. It stopped power to go to only one man.
lUsed Greek language.
lSame Greek Religion; 12 gods of Olympus.
lPlayed a great role in defending Balkan from foreign invasion
V.2. What makes Athens Greek?
lPerfect democratic operation
lUsed Greek language
lSame Greek Religion; 12 gods of Olympus.
lPlayed a great role in defending Balkan from foreign invasion
V.3. What doesn’t make Macedonia Greek?
lNot city-state
lCommon enemy of Greek city-states
lNot democratic operation, they had kings
V.4. What doesn’t make Persia Greek?
lNot city-state
lCommon enemy of Greek city-states
lDifferent religion
lDifferent region
lNot democratic operation
V.5. What doesn’t make Troy Greek?
lEnemy of Greek city-states
VI.Conclusion
VI.1. Comparison
I will compare my view of Trojans and Persians and historians view of Trojans and Persians. First of all Herodotus viewed Persians as complete foreigners and I completely agree with his idea because as I stated above, Persia’s completely different culture. All the things they did were invading Balkan. Secondly, Homer also viewed Trojans as complete foreigner but this time, I disagree with this. The reason is as I explained before, Trojans had similar cultures with Greeks and they had also same religion. Therefore, it’s wrong to consider Trojans as complete foreigners.
VI.2. My Opinion
The standards that I made to decide whether the country is Greek or not are 4 things. Language, religion, common enemy and city-state. If any country is missing one of those we cannot say that they are Greek. For example, Macedonia is not city state and Macedonia was common enemy of Greek city-states. Trojan is kind of Greek, because in the process of paying tributes, the Greek cultures kind of mixed with Trojan culture but Troy was also enemy of Greek city-states. There aren’t only countries that are Greek and countries that is not Greek. Not like black and white. There are grey zones too. And I think that Macedonia and Troy are in those grey parts. In Persia’s case it’s not Greek, because Persia does not fit in those 4 standards I suggested above.
VII.Bibliography
VII.1. Primary Sources
ØThe Iliad by Homeros, translated by E. V. Rieu, Penguin Classics, published in 1950
ØThe Histories by Herodotus, translated by Aubrey De Selincourt, Penguin Classics, published in 1954
Think about the things that you will do when the camp is over..
I will first read any Korean book aloud to complain about EOP and I will sleep for the whole day long. I require a hibernation. That is the most important thing in the world.
I fell asleep yesterday listening to an old album that my mom had. I really enjoyed it, though I had a weird dream. It was kind of like one of the old songs.
I've been workin' in Moscow,
All the spectacular day.
I've been workin' in Moscow,
Just to pass the time away.
Don't you hear the whistle winning?
Rise up so early in the morn.
Don't you hear Kyu Bo Shim shouting
“Marshutka, kill your horn? ”
Marshutka, won't you kill, Marshutka, won't you kill, Marshutka, won't you kill your horn? Marshutka, won't you kill, Marshutka, won't you kill, Marshutka, won't you kill your horn?
Someone's in the D222 with Marshutka.
Someone's in the D222, I know.
Someone's in the D222 with Marshutka
Strumming on the old Clarinet.
It was the weirdest dream I've had in a long time!
This is called Wacky Web Tales. You put the word and it makes a story. Ver funny!!
(Intro)
Look, if you had one shot, or one opportunity
To seize everything you ever wanted in one moment
Would you capture it? Or just let it slip?
(Verse 1)
Yeah,
His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy
There's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti
He's nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready
To drop bombs, but he keeps on forgetting
What he wrote down, the whole crowd goes so loud
He opens his mouth, but the words won't come out
He's choking how, everybody's joking now
The clock's run out, time's up over, bloah!
Snap back to reality, oh there goes gravity
Oh, there goes Rabbit, he choked
He's so mad, but he won't give up that
Easy, no
He won't have it, he knows his whole back's to these ropes
It don't matter, he's dope
He knows that, but he's broke
He's so stagnant that he knows
When he goes back to his mobile home, that's when it's
Back to the lab again yo
This whole rhapsody
He better go capture this moment and hope it don't pass him
(Chorus)
You better lose yourself in the music, the moment
You own it, you better never let it go go
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime yo (x2)
(Verse 2)
This soul's escaping, through this hole that is gaping
This world is mine for the taking
Make me king, as we move toward a, new world order
A normal life is boring, but superstardom's close to post mortem
It only grows harder, homie grows hotter
He blows it's all over, these hoes is all on him
Coast to coast shows, he's know as the Globetrotter
Lonely roads, God only knows
He's grown farther from home, he's no father
He goes home and barely knows his own daughter
But hold your nose 'cause here goes the cold water
These hoes don't want him no mo', he's cold product
They moved on to the next schmoe who flows
He nose dove and sold nada
So the soap opera is told and unfolds
I suppose it's old partner, but the beat goes on
Da da dum da dum da da da da
(Chorus)
You better lose yourself in the music, the moment
You own it, you better never let it go go
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime yo (x2)
(Verse 3)
No more games, I'ma change what you call rage
Tear this motherfucking roof off like two dogs caged
I was playing in the beginning, the mood all changed
I been chewed up, and spit out, and booed off stage
But I kept rhyming and stepwritin' the next cypher
Best believe somebody's paying the pied piper
All the pain inside amplified by the
Fact that I can't get by with my nine to five
And I can't provide the right type of life for my family
'Cause man, these Goddamn food stamps don't buy diapers
And it's no movie, there's no Mekhi Phifer, this is my life
And these times are so hard and it's getting even harder
Trying to feed and water my seed, plus
Teeter totter caught up between being a father and a prima donna
Baby mama drama's screaming on and
Too much for me to wanna
Stay in one spot, another day of monotony
Has gotten me to the point, I'm like a snail
I've got to formulate a plot or end up in jail or shot
Success is my only motherfucking option, failure's not
Mom, I love you, but this trailer's got to go
I cannot grow old in Salem's Lot
So here I go it's my shot.
Feet fail me not 'cause this may be the only opportunity that I got
(Chorus)
You better lose yourself in the music, the moment
You own it, you better never let it go go
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime yo (x2)
(Outro)
You can do anything you set your mind to, man
This song ia considered as the best Rap song among the whole history of Hip-hop.
Eminem(Mashall Mathers) sung this song when he was 24.
THE BEST of basketball. I was planning make a video like this but I didn't have a time. I will post it when I made it. I think NBA is better than Street Ball becuase, NBA is basically team play but Streetball is just One Man Play. I like NBA more than And1.
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