DBQ 10th grade APWLL

Throughout history there has been many wars and fights for the title of who has the best physique, mindset, and power. However, in Greece in the year 776 B.C.E the time war was at an end and the court in which people decided whether people were worthy of being crowned The Strongest, fastest and or smartest in the world was in session. The beginning of the Olympic games were underway, as competitors from all over Greece came to compete in the test of true skill. The Greek Olympics have been around for more than 2000 years, but it was not until the year of 1892 that they would have been the official event for the world. The way the Olympic games are setup in the modern age, consists of: constant attempt at national superiority, Feminism, and, most of all, the ability of each host country to show its economic power; all three factors ultimately decreased patriotism and increased internationalism.

Throughout history the Olympic games have showed the world which country is the best by whichever country takes home the most gold in certain events and, thus creating rivalries causing the Olympics to be used as trials to prove national superiority. The 1936 Olympic games that were held in Germany (Nazi Germany) during that time period everyone hated the Germans, but the Germans tried to show that they were the best and prove that its pointless to try against them, but since the document was written by Arnold Lunn a British Olympic official, the idea of the Germans “making protests into a fine art” could have been exaggerated to show that the Germans could not stand to lose to others and, show how they believed they were the best (Doc. 3). The 1952 Olympic games “There were many pressures on American athletes because of the presence of th...

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...men, and the ability of each host country to show its economic power. These are all factors that have influenced the Olympics and created how and what they are today as well as how they define the modern society in which they are a part of. everyone has a rival and sometimes you are competing on their soil the greatest victory is if you win on their soil. Women weren't allowed to wear anything skin tight or that shows legs for the longest time in human history and yet one of the first places it happened was in the Olympics which gave them the push the change how women dress in public. The financial world is constantly changing stocks are going down and up companies are figuring out new ways to make a profit, but those companies that we know wouldn't be popular if it wasnt for the Olympic games and one mans dream of bringing back what the ancient Greek’s left for us.