In the biblical Book of Genesis, Cain and Abel are the first two sons of Adam and Eve. Cain, the firstborn, was a farmer, and his brother Abel was a shepherd. The brothers made sacrifices to God, each of his own produce, but God favored Abel’s sacrifice instead of Cain’s. Cain then murdered Abel, whereupon God punished Cain to a life of wandering. Cain then dwelt in the land of Nod, where he built a city and fathered the line of descendants beginning with Enoch. The narrative never explicitly states Cain’s motive for murdering his brother, nor God’s reason for rejecting Cain’s sacrifice, nor details on the identity of Cain’s wife. Some traditional interpretations consider Cain to be the originator of evil, violence, or greed. According to Genesis, Cain was the first human born and Abel was the first to die.
Rome began as an Italic settlement in the Italian peninsula that grew into the city of Rome and which subsequently gave its name to the empire over which it ruled and to the widespread civilisation the empire developed. The Roman empire expanded to become one of the largest empires in the ancient world, with an estimated 50 to 90 million inhabitants (roughly 20% of the world’s population) and covering 5.0 million square kilometres at its height in AD 117. The Roman state evolved from a monarchy to a Classical Republic and then to an increasingly autocratic empire. Through conquest and assimilation, it eventually dominated the Mediterranean region, Western Europe, Asia Minor, North Africa, and parts of Northern and Eastern Europe. Ancient Roman civilization has contributed to modern government, law, politics, engineering, art, literature, architecture, technology, warfare, religion, language, and society. Rome professionalized and expanded its military and created a system of government called res publica. It achieved impressive technological and architectural feats, such as the construction of an extensive system of aqueducts and roads, as well as the construction of large monuments, palaces, and public facilities. Plagued by internal instability and attacked by various migrating peoples, the western part of the empire broke up into independent kingdoms in the 5th century. X
Ancient Greece was a civilization belonging to a period of Greek history from the Greek Dark Ages of the 13th–9th centuries BC to c. 600 AD. Immediately following this period was the beginning of the Early Middle Ages and the Byzantine era. Due to the conquests by Alexander the Great of Macedonia, Hellenistic civilization flourished from Central Asia to the western end of the Mediterranean Sea. The Hellenistic period came to an end with the conquests and annexations of the eastern Mediterranean world by the Roman Republic, which established the Roman province of Macedonia in Roman Greece, and later the Roman Empire. Classical Greek culture, especially philosophy, had a powerful influence on ancient Rome, which carried a version of it to many parts of the Mediterranean Basin and Europe. For this reason, Classical Greece is generally considered to be the seminal culture which provided the foundation of modern Western culture and is considered the cradle of Western civilization. Greek culture, in a few centuries and with a limited population, managed to explore and make progress in many fields of science, mathematics, philosophy and knowledge in general. X
Pompeii was an ancient Roman town-city near modern Naples, in the Campania region of Italy, in the territory of the comune of Pompei. Pompeii, along with Herculaneum and many villas in the surrounding area, was mostly destroyed and buried under 13 to 20 ft of volcanic ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. By the time of its destruction, its population was estimated at 11,000 people, and the city had a complex water system, an amphitheatre, a gymnasium, and a port. The eruption destroyed the city, killing its inhabitants and burying it under tons of ash. Evidence for the destruction originally came from a surviving letter by Pliny the Younger, who saw the eruption from a distance and described the death of his uncle Pliny the Elder, an admiral of the Roman fleet, who tried to rescue citizens. The site was lost for about 1,500 years until its initial rediscovery in 1599 and broader rediscovery almost 150 years later by Spanish engineer Rocque Joaquin de Alcubierre in 1748. The objects that lay beneath the city have been preserved because of the long lack of air and moisture. These artifacts provide an extraordinarily detailed insight into the life of a city during the Pax Romana. X
Tutankhamun was born circa 1341 B.C.E. and given the name Tutankhaten, meaning “the living image of Aten.” At this time, ancient Egypt was going through great social and political upheaval. Tutankhaten’s father had forbidden the worship of many gods in favor of worshiping one, Aten, the sun disk. The same year that Tutankhaten took power, he married Ankhesenamun, his half sister. It is known that the young couple had two daughters, both likely to have been stillborn. Due to Tutankhaten’s young age when he assumed power, the first years of his reign were probably controlled by an elder known as Ay, who bore the title of Vizier. Ay was assisted by Horemheb, Egypt’s top military commander at the time. Both men reversed Akhenaten’s decree to worship Aten, in favor of the traditional polytheistic beliefs. Tutankhaten changed his name to Tutankhamun, which means “the living image of Amun,” and had the royal court moved back to Thebes. Foreign policy had also been neglected during Akhenaten’s reign, and Tutankhamun sought to restore better relations with ancient Egypt’s neighbors. While there is some evidence to suggest that Tutankhamun’s diplomacy was successful, during his reign, battles took place between Egypt and the Nubians and Asiatics over territory and control of trade routes. Tutankhamun was trained in the military, and there is some evidence that he was good at archery. However, it is unlikely that he saw any military action. Internally, Tutankhamun sought to restore the old order, in the hope that the gods would once again look favorably on Egypt. He ordered the repair of the holy sites and continued construction at the temple of Karnak. He also oversaw the completion of the red granite lions at Soleb. Because Tutankhamun and his wife had no surviving children, his death at age 19, circa 1323 B.C.E., brought further turmoil to the court. Tutankhamun was buried in a tomb in the Valley of the Kings. It is believed that his early death necessitated a hasty burial in a smaller tomb most likely built for a lesser noble..X
In
Greek mythology, the Moirai—often known in English as the Fates—were
the white-robed incarnations of destiny. Their number became fixed at
three: Clotho (spinner), Lachesis (allotter) and Atropos (unturnable).
They controlled the metaphorical thread of life of every mortal from
birth to death. The Fates
were even more powerful than the gods, though this did not stop the gods
from trying. Homer writes it was the will of fate that the Greeks
destroy Troy, when Rumor and Panic caused the Greeks to want to flee.
Aeneas was fated to go to Italy, despite the best efforts of Hera.
Hera’s actions in attempting to defy fate led to a premature death of
Dido, the queen of Carthage. Since her thread was not cut to so short a
length, she would not die even though a dagger had pierced her breast. X
Gilgamesh is the semi-mythic King of Uruk best known from The Epic of Gilgamesh (written c. 2150-1400 BCE) the great Sumerian/Babylonian poetic work which pre-dates Homer’s writing by 1500 years and, therefore, stands as the oldest piece of epic western literature…. In The Epic of Gilgamesh, the great king is thought to be too
proud and arrogant by the gods and so they decide to teach him a lesson
by sending the wild man, Enkidu, to humble him. Enkidu and Gilgamesh,
after a fierce battle in
which neither are bested, become friends and embark on adventures
together. When Enkidu is struck with death, Gilgamesh falls into a deep
grief and, recognizing his own mortality through the death of his
friend, questions the meaning of life and the value of human
accomplishment in the face of ultimate extinction. Casting away all of
his old vanity and pride, Gilgamesh sets out on a quest to find the
meaning of life and, finally, some way of defeating death. In doing so,
he becomes the first epic hero in world literature. The grief of
Gilgamesh, and the questions his friend’s death evoke, resonate with
every human being who has wrestled with the meaning of life in the face
of death. Although Gilgamesh ultimately fails to win immortality in the
story, his deeds live on through the written word and, so, does he..
“Don’t kill the messenger”
“His brother’s keeper”
“Two birds with one stone”
“Mischief Managed”
“Cool your jets”
“Pump your breaks”
“You’ll find it in the last place you look”
“The Gift of Gab.” “Fool me Once, Shame on Me, Fool me Twice, Shame on Thee!” “Put money in thine Purse…” “Footloose and Fancy Free.” “Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire.” “Gotta Run!”
“NOT IT” *runs away*
“Merc With a Mouth”
“Bae.”
“Shake, shake, shake señora!” (that’s a bit of an inside joke for us)
“Put your money where your mouth is!”
“Bet you $5 [insert scenario].”
“Fluent in Flirt.”
“King of the Road.”
“Drive it like you stole it!”
“What’s up Doc?”
“My body is ready.”
“That’s what s/he said.”
Various forms of “What’s shakin’ bacon?”
“Brother from another mother.”
“Jack of all trades, master of none, but better to be master of none than master of one.”
“Light of my life.” “Wind beneath my wings.” “Song of my Soul.” Ect.
I’ll think of more, but I’m sleepy right now. ^_^
“Your Mom” “Just wingin’ it” “Cool story bro” “Bro, hold my drink” “You win some, you lose some” “Yo dawg, I heard you like _____” “Feelin’ froggy? Then leap!” “Catch ya on the flip side”
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