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Representations of the Ancient Past - Coggle Diagram
Representations of the Ancient Past
definitions and key ideas
methods of representations
text
films, video games
art, poetry
lego
boardgames
history vs past
history is created by humans
history is how humans interpret, order and record the past
the past is things that have happened
history puts the past inro narrative by a narrator or explanation and therefore can be swayed, incorrect and bias
case studies
battle of thermopylae (300)
greek vs persian
big persian army
described as barbaric
greek actually 'lost'
small greek army
many greek perspective: as strong and powerful
herodotus honours Leonidus (greek) for being honourable and the amrmy (even though death was invetiable they still fought)
art depicts them naked - masculinity
tut
incest
had club foot and walking stick
flat head
hawass: depicts him as handsome
cleopatra
plutarch
wasnt strikingly beautiful
others
surpassing beauty
the seige of massada
the jewish soliders killed eachother and then themselves
romans arrived and was liek what
was it dramatised? did the romans ask? was josephus jewish? whos perspective did he get?
issues
fact and opinion
bias
one sided accounts
progaganda