8. China is concerned only by their intellectual
excellence and they neglect physical activities.
Military training in ancient China includes:
ANCIENT CHINA
13. INDIA
Physical education is strongly influenced
by their religious belief.
They focus on spiritual needs, not the
needs of the body and worldly things.
19.
The civilizations of ancient Egypt, Assyria,
Babylonia, Syria, Palestine and Persia believed
that the strong drive to physical education and
sports would provide to them a strong and
powerful military army.
ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN COUNTRIES
20.
Egyptian youths were reared in a manner
involving much physical activity. As young boys
they were instructed in the use of various
weapons of war, such as..
Egypt
25.
Their main objective was building an empire
through military aggression. A strong army
Persian army meant a healthy and physically fit
army.
Persia