... the summer of 2002, my four friends and I planned to take a seven day trip to Europe. Most of Europe lies in latitudes more northerly than New York, due to which it has warm, Atlantic currents with moderate temperature. The Alps can be used as a rough dividing line for the continents climate. ... Europe and attached in the north to the European mainland. In a century marked by immense political unrest, public debate between the classes, and resurgence in new forms of art and culture, citizens are taking part in Caesar's grand Roman tradition. Political fights have moved from the rostra to...

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... of lands to the pope, but he refused so Charlemagne subdued, or subjugated his kingdom and restored the Papal States. He was very organized in his military incursions. He often sat by the hearth and planned out every move in advance. This was a precedent to Napoleon who studied his tactics. In 778 he led his army into Spain to battle the ... infidel Sarcens. In 800 Pope Leo crowned Charlemagne the new Roman emperor which sanctified the kingdom. Charlemagne was the first emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. He worked to strengthen the empire. He had local officials called counts to help ......

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... large scale mass production. Engineers traveled with their armies building roads and bridges. In fact, a knowledge of engineering was almost a requirement for advancing through the ranks. After they conquered new territory and created a new province, their engineers laid out cities to a standard plan and provided them with excellent roads and a clean water supply. Once Ancient Rome became a dominating world power, a revolution in ... having it built. Later, the name "Colosseum" was adopted, perhaps because it stood near the enormous gilt bronze statute that was placed in the entrance of...

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... have been passed through generations and to different cultures since the beginning of time. From the start, people have been able to put their minds together to come up with new and easier ways to do daily activities. These brilliant and determined minds brought forth everything from better technology, faster and more efficient food production and it all eventually led up ... desire to rule with their advanced ways of life. The Greeks, especially those in Athens, dominated the Mediterranean region. They consisted of many great minds that cultivated a time in which new ideas and inventio...

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... two powers, since each empire wanted to be able to impose a king that was favorable to Armenia's interests. With Antoninus's death and the uncertainty upon and new emperor (in this case two, a diarchy, for the first time in Rome's history), the Parthian monarch, Vologaeses III, struck rapidly, placed his own candidate ... army's movement eastward was a lot like the movements of Alexander the Great five centuries earlier. By 166 A.D., Parthia had been defeated and a Roman nominee sat on the Armenian throne. The victory appeared to be the greatest since Trajan's conquest of Dacia, but, whe...

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... built a temple in Rome, the Temple of Venus and Roma. It had many Greek features, like the fact that it sat on a platform with steps leading up to the entrance; a very Greek idea. Hadrian loved Athens, he renovated numerous buildings, built some new ones, and constructed his arch there. He finished the Temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens and built a large library ... ...

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