The ancient Olympics were more of a religious festival rather than an athletic event. The games were held to commemorate Greek god Zeus. During those times, on the middle day of the Olympics, 100 oxen would be sacrificed to god Zeus. In the modern times, Olympic games are held with the same purpose.
No. At first it wasn't and then slowly they started to realize how bad it was and created laws and etc to protect the working class.
Franklin D. Roosevelt's farm policy was primarily designed to reduce production in order to boost farm prices
Price changes send contrasting messages to consumers and producers about whether to enter or leave a market. Rising prices give a signal to consumers to reduce demand or withdraw from a market completely, and they give a signal to potential producers to enter a market.
Phoenicia was an ancient civilization composed of independent city-states located along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea stretching through what is now Syria, Lebanon and northern Israel.
People have been living in a Phoenician city (Byblos) for over 7000 years, making it the oldest inhabited city.
Phoenicians invented the alphabet, or, the alphabet we use today.
They also invented the number 0 (zero)
Not only that, they invented numbers too (Roman numerals)
There's proof that the Phoenicians were in modern-day america before Christopher Columbus
They also brought the color purple into the world, it was very expensive to make purple, which is why we associate the color with royalty.
The main cities of Phoenicia are located in Lebanon
The Phoenicians invented glass manufacturing, the glass workers invented glass blowing skills
And they developed open-sea navigation
Hope this helps but there's always more ^-^
