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{IMG_3214.JPG} Ashoka's Pillar
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Asoka Asoka ruled India
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{IMG_3214.JPG} Ashoka's Pillar
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Asoka ruled India for roughly 41 years. In the 9th year of his reign, there was an uprising in Kalinga, India. He violently responded and many people died or were injured as a result. Asoka, shortly afterwards, converted to Buddhism in response to his remorse and guilt. However, there were other motivations for his conversion. The political and social atmospheres in India were changing and in order to maintain the power he desired, he needed to reconnect with the people. There was a movement toward Buddhism and his conversion to Buddhism propelled the movement as well as cemented his power.
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{oracle_at_delphi.jpg} Illustration of the Priestess at the Oracle of Delphi
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god Apollo. …The second change was becoming more prominent in politics. The third change was the Oracle decline due to the validity of the prophecies and the rise of Christianity. Continuity is seen that it gave prophecies even though its main function changed various times. Also, the idea of predicting the future has continued with mankind because even in modern times, people, at times, put faith in predicting the future. Some forms of modern day 'oracles' include fortune tellers, fortune cookies, and magic eight balls.
Primary Source: The Omphalos Stone of Delphi
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Plato’s Allegory of
[Socrates] And now, I said, let me show in a figure how far our nature is enlightened or unenlightened: --Behold! human beings living in a underground cave, which has a mouth open towards the light and reaching all along the cave; here they have been from their childhood, and have their legs and necks chained so that they cannot move, and can only see before them, being prevented by the chains from turning round their heads. Above and behind them a fire is blazing at a distance, and between the fire and the prisoners there is a raised way; and you will see, if you look, a low wall built along the way, like the screen which marionette players have in front of them, over which they show the puppets.
[Glaucon] I see.

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Bust Of Plato
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[Socrates] And now, I said, let me show in a figure how far our nature is enlightened or unenlightened: --Behold! human beings living in a underground cave, which has a mouth open towards the light and reaching all along the cave; here they have been from their childhood, and have their legs and necks chained so that they cannot move, and can only see before them, being prevented by the chains from turning round their heads. Above and behind them a fire is blazing at a distance, and between the fire and the prisoners there is a raised way; and you will see, if you look, a low wall built along the way, like the screen which marionette players have in front of them, over which they show the puppets.
[Glaucon] I see.

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"Early Christian Catacomb". Photograph. G. Neri/Woodfin Camp and Associates, Inc. http://images.encarta.msn.com/xrefmedia/sharemed/targets/images/pho/t065/T065226A.jpg
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The Christian Catacombs were extremely important in Roman history and throughout the years many discoveries have been made by researchers and explorers. The early Christians who lived in Rome experienced difficulties expressing themselves culturally, and had to create their own structures and traditions in order maintain their religious beliefs. The Christians built catacombs outside the city of Rome, for they felt strong about their burial customs and proceeded to fulfill their beliefs in the afterlife. In my paper I am talking about the basic description and reasons for the building of the catacombs to the specific artwork and paintings that were present
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