21. Bible History Links - Childrens Resources - General Childrens Resources general Ancient Latin America Get info and www.pbs.org/neighborhoods/history/Real Story of the Ancient olympic games Learn about http://www.bible-history.com/links.cfm?cat=33&sub=213

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Essay Index Custom Writing Admissions Help Submit an Essay FAQ / Help Essay Links Link to us Contact Us search tips power search -> Jump to: Home Art and Music Biographies Business Creative Writing Film Geography History Literature Shakespeare Miscellaneous Poetry Politics Religion Social Issues What's New Top10 Essays Login or Signup Read User Comments Rate/Comment on this essay Cite this essay: MLA APA Print this essay Index ... History The History Of The Olympic Games Written by: gym Introduction Today, the Olympic Games are the world's largest pageant of athletic skill and competitive spirit. They are also displays of nationalism, commerce and politics. Well-known throughout the world the games have been used to promote understanding and friendship among nations, but have also been a hotbed of political disputes and boycotts. The Olympic games started thousands of years ago and lasted over a millennium.. The symbolic power of the Games lived on after their demise, and came to life again as the modern Olympic Games being revived in the last century. Both the modern and Ancient Olympics have close similarities in there purpose and in there problems. Ancient Olympics The ancient Olympics had some differences from the modern Games. There were fewer events, and only free men who spoke Greek could compete, instead of athletes from any country. Women where not allowed to even watch the games on penalty of death let alone play in them.. Also, the games were always held at Olympia in Greece instead of being moved around to different sites every time. But also they had some similarities to our modern Olympics, winning athletes were heroes who put their home towns on the map, and became financially sound for life. The conflict between the Olympic’s ideals of sportsmanship and unity and the commercialism and political acts which accompany the Games where also present in ancient times. “Sotades at the ninety-ninth Festival was victorious in the long race and proclaimed a Cretan, as in fact he was. But at the next Festival he made himself an Ephesian, being bribed to do so by the Ephesian people. For this act he was banished by the Cretans.”

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25. Olympic Resources On The Web & In The Library general introductions include David C. Young, A Brief history of the olympic games(Oxford Blackwell Publishing, 2004); J. Swaddling, The Ancient olympic http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/olympics/resources.html

Your browser does not support javascript Olympic Resources "Ancient Olympics Guide" April 6, 2004 On the Web An overview of the ancient Olympics on the Archaeological Institute of America's website includes a short history of the games and convenient links to descriptions of individual events on the website of The Perseus Digital Library. Another excellent look at the ancient Olympics is " The Real Story of the Ancient Olympic Games " by David Gilman Romano of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. For the ancient games at Nemea, and their modern revival, see www.nemea.org , especially the sections on the stadium, history of the site (Archaic-Classical and Late Classical-Hellenistic), and new games (with the "Step into History" video). For the modern Olympics in general and the Athens games, see the official websites of the Olympic Movement and of the ATHENS 2004 Olympic and Paralympic Games David C. Young has traced the fascinating roots of the modern Olympics to the Greek poet Soutsos in the 1830s; Evangelis Zappas, a wealthy Greek businessman, who staged "Olympic" games in 1859; and Dr. W.P. Brookes of Wenlock, England, who kept the games going. Here's the full story in Young's speech, " Imagine That! Olympic Games in Greece!

26. Gunston Middle School Library - Olympic Research Web Site general Sites. Edgate Winter games. olympics Through Time. Take a journey throughtime and learn about the history of the olympic games from Ancient Greece http://www.arlington.k12.va.us/schools/gunston/library/students/links/olympics/

Olympic Research Sites General History Salt Lake City 2002 Paralympics ... Sydney 2000 General Sites Edgate: Winter Games "Welcome to the Gateway to the Winter Games" - information for students and teachers. USA TODAY Winter Games USA TODAY offers lessons, daily activities and will have a reporter at the Games with special coverage of individual sports. E.L. Easton: Olympics This section of the Easton English Online site targets the Olympics and sports vocabulary. The site also contains links to Olympic lesson plans and foreign language sites for sports vocabulary. United States Olympic Committee The official site of the US Olympic committee - who are your favorite US athletes? International Olympic Committee The official site of the IOC - find out about future Olympics. Olympic History Ancient Olympics A cultural and historical overview of the ancient games including detailed information of the diverse sports played. Stories of some famous ancient athletes are available.

27. USATODAY.com Act; AIP history of atmospheric general circulation models; variability and climate;AMS history of the big events; 1996 Atlanta olympic games, weather records; http://www.usatoday.com/weather/whistory.htm

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28. Team Handball General History Team Handball general history. During this past quadrennial, the US Women wonthe Pan American games and finished 8th in the olympic games in Atlanta. http://members.tripod.com/usadth/general.html

var cm_role = "live" var cm_host = "tripod.lycos.com" var cm_taxid = "/memberembedded" Team Handball General History A lthough its popularity spans the globe, the Olympic sport of team handball is just emerging in the United States and often suffers an identity crisis. Most of the world calls the game "handball," but in the U.S. there is already another game with that name. Most Americans who hear of team handball envision participants on something like a racquetball court smacking a little black ball with their hands. This vision is not correct without a doubt, team handball is not off the wall. Team handball is a dynamic court game that is fun to play and exciting to watch. First-time spectators describe team handball as soccer with your hands, but they also notice elements that remind them of basketball, water polo and ice hockey. Participants and spectators alike enjoy the fast continuous play, the body contact and the goalie saves as both teams each of which are composed of 6 court players and a goalie use their natural athletic skills of running, jumping, throwing and catching. Team handball had its origins in Europe in the late 1920s, about the same time basketball was developing in the United States, and today enjoys great popularity throughout the world. The International Handball Federation (IHF) consists of 136 member nations and 12 million registered players. A men's handball competition was included on the Olympic calendar at the Munich Games in 1972, after a 34 year absence, followed by the inclusion of women's competition in the 1976 Games in Montreal. During this past quadrennial, the U.S. Women won the Pan American Games and finished 8th in the Olympic Games in Atlanta. The U.S. men finished 4th in the Pan American Games and a very respectable 9th versus an excellent field in Atlanta.

29. UK Online - Official ISP Of The Olympics olympic Committee (IOC), which sets the general program, chooses take a look at thehistory of both the Ancient and Modern olympic games in anticipation http://www.ukonline.net/olympics/?art=history

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31. Cool Attractions - Olympic History also marked the first time in history alpine events also deemed official sports, andthe general consensus was not only the 19th Winter olympic games, but also http://www.saltlakecity.coolattractions.com/history.html

This site is sponsored by days until the 2002 Winter Olympic Games A Vintage Pair of Ice Skates 1924 marked the year of the first official Winter Games, and for the first time events such as figure skating, speed skating, Nordic skiing, bobsleigh, and ice hockey were held at a separate celebration than the Summer Games. Taking place in Chamonix, France, 294 competitors were involved in the first official Winter Olympics. The number of athletes participating in Salt Lake City is projected to be over 2,300. Norwegian figure skater Sonja Henie made her debut at the 1924 Games, at age 12, and in 1928, 32, and 36 took home the gold medals. In 1937 Henie took advantage of her world popularity and appeared in her first movie. Her Hollywood career would last over 10 years. Margaret Crosland Training in Davos, Switzerland With the world at war in the 1940s the scheduled games in 40 and 44 were cancelled. As punishment for their roles in WW2, Japan and Germany's absence from Olympic ceremony would continue into the 1948 games in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Twenty-eight countries participated enthusiastically, and it was clear that the games had survived both the world's conflicts, and the 12-year span between the last Olympics. The IOC awarded the 1976 Olympics to Denver, Colorado, but after two years of preparation and financial squabbling, the people of Colorado refused to fund the major event through public taxes. Innsbruck offered to host the Winter Olympics only twelve years since it last played the role, and the underplayed event went off peacefully and without excessive spending.

32. Kiat.net: Olympic Games Athens 1896 sport and full of enthusiasm, he put everything in place to revive the olympic games. InJune 1894, in his capacity as general secretary of the Union of French http://www.kiat.net/olympics/history/01athens.html

@import url(../../style/default.css); kiat.net where are you :: home Olympics History Athens 1896 1st MODERN GAMES Athens, GRE ATHENS, GREECE GAMES OF THE Ist OLYMPIAD April 6 - 15, 1896 Mascot - none 14 countries, 311 athletes - 230 Greek (no women) 9 sports, 43 events Opening - King George Ist of Greece Torch lit by - none Assigned during the 1st IOC Session 1894 Standing proud: Spyridon Louis, the first and symbolic marathon champion of the modern Olympic era. The modest shepherd was revered in Greece, and went on to feature as flag-bearer to the Greek delegation in 1936. THE RENAISSANCE OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES The rebirth of the Games The first Session of the IOC was held in Paris on 23-24 June 1894. It was during the first Session that the city of Athens was selected for the Games of the I Olympiad. The inauguration of the first Games of the modern era, opened by King George I at the foot of the Acropolis on April 5, 1896, was a huge relief for baron Pierre de Coubertin. Greece's instability and economic stature, due to numerous conflicts, proved almost insurmountable obstacles. However, a wealthy Greek architect from Alexandria, George Averoff, donated a gift of one million drachma and in a matter of 18 months a superb white marble stadium, able to hold 60,000 people, was constructed. Baron de Coubertin's dream of reinventing the Games was one he had coveted since 1892 - two years later the official announcement was made and Athens chosen as the site. Baron Pierre de Coubertin invited countries from all over the world to attend the first of the new Olympics in Athens.

33. Recreation & Hobby: Sports : Olympic Games - Subject Guides - Enoch Pratt Free L Information on the olympics in general, and links to the sites for the 2002, 2004,and 2006 games. Also features the history of the modern olympic games. http://www.epfl.net/subjects/subjectguide.cfm?cid=466&sid=24&pid=341

34. Brief History Of The Olympic Games Brief history of the olympic games. the Romans gained control of Greece and, therefore,of the olympic games. In 85 BC, the Roman general Sulla plundered the http://www.nostos.com/olympics/

Sydney Olympics - official site Your Comments Brief History of the Olympic Games Ancient Olympic Games Chronology of athletic events added to the Olympic Games Myths and the Olympic Games Pelops myth ... Athens for Olympic Games of 2004 Ancient Olympic Games The Olympic Games begun at Olympia in Greece in 776 BC. The Greek calendar was based on the Olympiad, the four-year period between games. The games were staged in the wooded valley of Olympia in Elis. Here the Greeks erected statues and built temples in a grove dedicated to Zeus, supreme among the gods. The greatest shrine was an ivory and gold statue of Zeus. Created by the sculptor Phidias, it was considered one of the Seven Wonders of the World. Scholars have speculated that the games in 776 BC were not the first games, but rather the first games held after they were organized into festivals held every four years as a result of a peace agreement between the city-states of Elis and Pisa. The Eleans traced the founding of the Olympic games to their King Iphitos, who was told by the Delphi Oracle to plant the olive tree from which the victors' wreaths were made. According to Hippias of Elis, who compiled a list of Olympic victors c.400 BC, at first the only Olympic event was a 200-yard dash, called a stadium. This was the only event until 724 BC, when a two-stadia race was added. Two years later the 24-stadia event began, and in 708 the pentathlon was added and wrestling became part of the games. This pentathlon, a five-event match consisted of running, wrestling, leaping, throwing the discus, and hurling the javelin. In time boxing, a chariot race, and other events were included.

35. Olympics As Sublimated Warfare Ancient / Classical history Sports, in general, could be described as ritualized warfarewhere one The olympic games also began as a celebration of death, but http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa070400a.htm

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36. Military History Manuscripts. Guide To Collections In The Virginia Military Inst the American olympic Committee, Seventh olympic games, Antwerp, Belgium typescriptpublication (196 pp.), history of the of 1902; Major general, United States http://www.vmi.edu/archives/Manuscripts/msguide3.html

VMI Archives Guide to Manuscripts Military History, excluding Civil War This section includes the papers of career military officers and other collections of interest to military historians, excluding our Civil War collections Other sections of the manuscripts guide: Civil War Cadet Life/Institute History Lexington/Rockbridge County, Shenandoah Valley, and misc. Questions/comments ... Adams Center Cold War Oral History Project Edward Mallory Almond Collection. (MS#089) Biographical note: b. 1892, Luray, Virginia; graduate, Virginia Military Institute, 1915; Lt. Gen., United States Army; member VMI Board of Visitors; d. 1979, San Antonio, Texas; buried Arlington National Cemetery. Descriptive note: The collection (ca. 21 items) includes transcripts of two oral history interviews. The first interview was conducted by J. Addison Hagan on January 20, 1967, concerning the Inchon Operation during the Korean War; the second conducted by Capt. Thomas G. Fergusson on 25-30 March 1975, "Reminiscences of a Soldier; An Oral History of Lieutenant General Edward Mallory Almond, United States Army, 1892-1979." Other items include photographs (16 items), 1950-1951; misc. documents. Thomas St. J. Arnold papers (MS #0309)

37. 1960 Winter Olympic Games - Encyclopedia Article About 1960 Winter Olympic Games history. Some articles mentioning 1960 Winter olympic games or using the contenton the freedictionary.com, including general dictionary, medical dictionary http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/1960 Winter Olympic Games

Dictionaries: General Computing Medical Legal Encyclopedia 1960 Winter Olympic Games Word: Word Starts with Ends with Definition The Games of the VIII Olympiad were held in Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s - Years: 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 - Events January 1 - Independence of Cameroon January 11 - Chad declares its independence. January 23 - Jacques Piccard and Don Walsh in the bathyscaphe Click the link for more information. in Squaw Valley Squaw Valley is a town located in Fresno County, California, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 2,691. The Squaw Valley ski resort was the site of the VIII Olympic Winter Games, in 1960, west of Lake Tahoe. There is a cable car (aerial tramway) system, which takes skiers from the base to the mountain top. The cars are attached to a fixed point on the suspended cable loop. When one car is at the top of the mountain, the other car is at the bottom. Click the link for more information. California Alternate meanings in California (disambiguation) California is a state located in the western United States, bordering the Pacific Ocean. The most populous and third largest state in the U.S., California is both physically and demographically diverse. The state's official nickname is "The Golden State" (referring to the California gold rush), and its U.S. Postal abbreviation is

38. ATHENS 2004 Olympics / Athens 2004 Olympic And Paralympic Games - Jeux Olympique understanding.” Mr. Kofi Annan, Secretary general of the proceeds to establish theolympic games and signs standing peace accord in history, the olympic Truce http://www.invgr.com/olympics.htm

INV International Ltd. Athens 2004 Olympic and Paralympic Games Games of the XXVIII Olympiad Athens 2004 Olympic Games August 13th-29th, 2004 Opening Ceremony: Friday, August 13th, 2004 Closing Ceremony: Sunday, August 29th, 2004 XII Paralympic Games Athens 2004 Paralympic Games September 17th-28th, 2004 Photo © Hellenic Tourist Properties SA The Olympic Games: The greatest celebration on earth At the dawn of the third millennium, the Olympic Games unite humanity through the global vision of a peaceful and better world. Promoting friendship, solidarity and fair play. Uniting nations from all over the world through the unique language of sport This special section of INVgr is a daily-updated portal with links, business news, stories, company profiles, contacts, interviews, accommodation offers, sponsorship and business opportunities, job openings, and more... Start here: Accommodation Olympic accommodation: Have you been asking yourself the following question lately: Where can I rent a comfortable, fully-furnished apartment, studio, maisonette, house, villa or home within my budget in Athens in August 2004?

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40. General Information For NCAA Conference Intern Seminar ceremonies of the Centennial olympic games in Atlanta. Perko supervises seven olympicsports women s basketball most prolific scorer in the history of women s http://www1.ncaa.org/eprise/main/membership/ed_outreach/cis/history.html

Championships Education Programs, Governance Reinstatement ... Employment Custom Home Pages Standard Home Page Athletics Administrator Faculty Representative Prospect/Parent Student-Athlete General Information for Conference Intern Seminar History of Conference Intern Seminar Mission Statement Comments from Last Year Objectives ... Where are they now? (past attendees) History of the Conference Intern Seminar The NCAA Conference Intern Seminar is an annual event that began in 1989. It was started to provide interns across the country an opportunity to come together and make contacts, increase their professional skills, and inform them on current collegiate issues and the athletic administration job market. Every year since then the NCAA interns have been in charge of creating the agenda, bringing in professional speakers, facilitating workshops, coordinating all the sessions, and providing entertainment throughout the weekend. This seminar has brought in some of the top name speakers in the athletic administration field covering a wide range of topics. (For more information on past speakers or past agendas please view these links.)

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