Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Exam Question #10
I feel like I really did learn a lot form this semester's class. I learned a lot of things I would have never know about the world outside of the United States. It will help me later on in life with studies of history and modern day things we must know. I will remember a lot form this class later in my life.
Exam Question #9
Leonardo Da Vinci was the perfect example of a renaissance man. He did just about everything in his lifetime. He is very well known around the world for everything he has done. A renaissance man is a person whose expertise spans a significant number of different subject areas. Da Vinci was the ideal example of this.
Da Vinci was a master of art, engineer, and anatomy expert. He had several different extraordinary talents that spanned all different kinds of skill levels. He painted the famous image of the Last Supper that is seen in Milan, Italy. He invented several different things too like the tank and a helicopter. If it wasn't for Da Vinci, we wouldn't
have a lot of the stuff we have today.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci#Paintings_of_the_1480s
Da Vinci was a master of art, engineer, and anatomy expert. He had several different extraordinary talents that spanned all different kinds of skill levels. He painted the famous image of the Last Supper that is seen in Milan, Italy. He invented several different things too like the tank and a helicopter. If it wasn't for Da Vinci, we wouldn't
have a lot of the stuff we have today.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci#Paintings_of_the_1480s
Exam Question #8
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:060806-France-Paris-Notre_Dame.jpg
France Paris Notre Dame
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Angouleme_cathedral_StPierre_a.jpg
Angouleme Cathedral St. Pierre
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tournai_JPG001.jpg
Tournai
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:060806-France-Paris-Notre_Dame.jpg
France Paris Notre Dame
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Reims_Cathedrale_Notre_Dame_interior_002.JPG
Reims Cathedrale Notre Dame
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Reims_Kathedrale.jpg
Reims Kathedrale
Romanesque Cathedrals were more for places of worship. They showed more of what the religious community wanted to see. Some say they looked like castles but they were supposed to be perceived as places of worship. They could have been used for several other things also like defense or retreating to the churches.A lot of the Cathedrals have bell towers and higher places to look out over land. Since they were built in the time of war and violence between societies, hey were highly protected and did not want to be harmed.
Some say that the Gothic Cathedrals were more about the way they looked. They were the ones with the huge glass windows and thinner walls than the Romanesque Cathedrals. The Gothic Cathedrals were more pleasing to the eye and less warlike than the Romanesque Cathedrals were. The Gothic Cathedrals were built in a time of peace and tranquility which allowed the artists to make them lovelier for worship to take place in them.
Exam Question #6
http://rcrusade.wikispaces.com/
I, Saladin am asking you not to join the Crusade. It will be the worst decision of your life. It will ruin everything you have ever worked to and it isn't worth it. They treat you horribly and do not care about you at all. If I were you, I wouldn't follow them at all. The Crusades is something you would regret joining.
Trust me when I saw that the Crusades would be the worst decision you've ever made. I understand you may really think you need to, but you don't. There are better things you can do. Come support me and everything will be twenty times better than what they have. We actually care about you, unlike them. You will get treated like an actual person with us rather than getting treated like a dog there. So, which one do you choose?
Exam Question #5
Rome was a great empire in charge when it was the biggest empire in the world. It had everything it needed to just about take over the world. The US is the same way. The United States, like Rome, always has changing leaders, is usually at war with another country, and has enough power to control the world. It is fair to say that the US is the modern day Rome because there are many similarities in between the two large "empires"
In the Sentinel Times, there is an article about the Congress voting on a new law. this is just like it was back in Ancient Roman times. They were one of the first to have a good government with good leaders to lead the nation. Each of their governments are very complicated and and complex.
In the Opelika- Auburn News, there is an article where President Obama addresses the country. In Rome, they had changing leaders like the presidents. There was Caesar who led the country through great times. The leaders of each nation change every once in a while. They have each had tons of different leaders who have changed the nation in many ways. Sometimes, the leader is there for stern punishment and other times they are there for comfort and to bring the country together as one.
There are also many bad things about both nations. There are crimes, deaths, plagues, and bad economies. The US has had their fair share of ups and downs in their economy. Rome also had a fall of their economy, which is argued to cause the fall of their empire. The Times Record has an article on the front page about a crime where a little girl has disappeared. That is small compared to things that happened in Rome. Rome dealt with Caesar's assassination and many other huge crimes.
The United States and Rome could be looked at and analyzed in similar ways. They can easily be associated with each other. The world's greatest nations could easily be named the US and Ancient Rome because of their ability to almost control the world, have governments, and their changing leaders. All of these things are signs of a great complete nation.
Sources:
Rugaber, C. Crutsinger, M. Obama on Economy, http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/hr.asp?fpVname=AL_OAN&ref_pge=gal&b_pge=1
Rugeber, C. Crutsinger, M. http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/hr.asp?fpVname=AR_SR&ref_pge=gal&b_pge=1
Mortiz, R. http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/hr.asp?fpVname=AR_TR&ref_pge=gal&b_pge=1
In the Sentinel Times, there is an article about the Congress voting on a new law. this is just like it was back in Ancient Roman times. They were one of the first to have a good government with good leaders to lead the nation. Each of their governments are very complicated and and complex.
In the Opelika- Auburn News, there is an article where President Obama addresses the country. In Rome, they had changing leaders like the presidents. There was Caesar who led the country through great times. The leaders of each nation change every once in a while. They have each had tons of different leaders who have changed the nation in many ways. Sometimes, the leader is there for stern punishment and other times they are there for comfort and to bring the country together as one.
There are also many bad things about both nations. There are crimes, deaths, plagues, and bad economies. The US has had their fair share of ups and downs in their economy. Rome also had a fall of their economy, which is argued to cause the fall of their empire. The Times Record has an article on the front page about a crime where a little girl has disappeared. That is small compared to things that happened in Rome. Rome dealt with Caesar's assassination and many other huge crimes.
The United States and Rome could be looked at and analyzed in similar ways. They can easily be associated with each other. The world's greatest nations could easily be named the US and Ancient Rome because of their ability to almost control the world, have governments, and their changing leaders. All of these things are signs of a great complete nation.
Sources:
Rugaber, C. Crutsinger, M. Obama on Economy, http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/hr.asp?fpVname=AL_OAN&ref_pge=gal&b_pge=1
Rugeber, C. Crutsinger, M. http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/hr.asp?fpVname=AR_SR&ref_pge=gal&b_pge=1
Mortiz, R. http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/hr.asp?fpVname=AR_TR&ref_pge=gal&b_pge=1
Exam Question #3
After life in Egypt and Greece
To Ancient Greeks, the afterlife was not at all a happy place. They believed that the body was left as nothing but dust. Their big burials were always huge for people of high honor. There were three parts of burying the deceased person. The prothesis and the ekphora were for preparing the body for its life after death and the actualy burying of the person. To Greeks, some of them said they would rather stay on the earth miserable rather than going to the afterlife. They called their afterlife the "underworld". They believe that people who are properly buried get to cross the river in the afterlife.
Ancient Egyptians afterlife was very happy. The ka is greeted with foods and drinks as soon as they arrive there. You could become a god in your afterlife in Egypt. Egyptians made a big deals out of the deaths in their country. It seems to be the other way around now but it seems like Egyptians actually rejoiced their death. Death and afterlife was a great thing to Egyptians.
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/dbag/hd_dbag.htm
http://www.sacred-texts.com/egy/ebod/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_religion#Afterlife
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afterlife#Ancient_Greek_and_Roman
To Ancient Greeks, the afterlife was not at all a happy place. They believed that the body was left as nothing but dust. Their big burials were always huge for people of high honor. There were three parts of burying the deceased person. The prothesis and the ekphora were for preparing the body for its life after death and the actualy burying of the person. To Greeks, some of them said they would rather stay on the earth miserable rather than going to the afterlife. They called their afterlife the "underworld". They believe that people who are properly buried get to cross the river in the afterlife.
Ancient Egyptians afterlife was very happy. The ka is greeted with foods and drinks as soon as they arrive there. You could become a god in your afterlife in Egypt. Egyptians made a big deals out of the deaths in their country. It seems to be the other way around now but it seems like Egyptians actually rejoiced their death. Death and afterlife was a great thing to Egyptians.
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/dbag/hd_dbag.htm
http://www.sacred-texts.com/egy/ebod/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_religion#Afterlife
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afterlife#Ancient_Greek_and_Roman
Exam Question #4
Herodotus- http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/01/us/01gitmo.html?_r=1&ref=sept112001
Thucydides- http://nymag.com/news/features/19147/index8.html
I choose the one I choose for Herodotus because it basically just stated the facts. It just talked about the people charged with the involvement in the 9/11 terrorist attack. It only said what the writer heard, just like Herodotus did. He only listened to what he heard and wrote down the facts.
Thucydides thought things through more and gave his opinion much more than Herodotus. I choose the article about the possibility of 9/11 not happening because it was more of an opinion than a bunch of facts. It gave more of how the writer felt about it.
Thucydides- http://nymag.com/news/features/19147/index8.html
I choose the one I choose for Herodotus because it basically just stated the facts. It just talked about the people charged with the involvement in the 9/11 terrorist attack. It only said what the writer heard, just like Herodotus did. He only listened to what he heard and wrote down the facts.
Thucydides thought things through more and gave his opinion much more than Herodotus. I choose the article about the possibility of 9/11 not happening because it was more of an opinion than a bunch of facts. It gave more of how the writer felt about it.
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