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Western Civilization study guide 2
Covers Assyria,Babylon,Persia, and Greece
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History
Undergraduate 1
11/07/2012

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The fight for control over what city recorded in the history of the heroic deeds of the Mycenaeans as told by Homer, had mroe to do with economic realities than a beautiful woman
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Troy
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Who was the most beautiful woman in the world over whom the most famous war of the ancient world was fought
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Aphrodite
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Who was the young prince who was promised the most beautiful woman in the world by the goddess of love, if he chose her in a beauty contest
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Paris
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What was the famous only "weak spot" on the body of Achilles
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his heel
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Achilles, hero of the greeks, eventually bested and killed in man to man combat before the walls of his city what hero of his people?
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