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Ancient Olympics
Title: Ancient Olympics
Category: History
Details: Words: 1178 | Pages: 5.0 (approximately 235 words/page)
Ancient Olympics
Since 1896, the year the Olympics were resurrected from ancient history, the Olympics have been a symbol of the camaraderie and harmony possible on a global scale. The gathering of athletic representatives, the pride of the pack, from participating governments, even throughout the recent Cold War period, is proof that world unity is possible; just as it was in Ancient Greece with the polis or city-states.
Olympic Games were held throughout Ancient Greece, but the most …showed first 75 words of 1178 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1178 total…that time, it has been held every four years, in accordance with tradition, being interrupted only for the two world wars. The competition of the nations in these events represents the age old competitive spirit of man. The need for people to take pride in something larger than themselves and feel as if they are part of a greater good. The Olympics, today as well as 3,000 years ago, offers a non-combative environment to do so.
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