Part 1:
The Black Death started by a bacteria that was carried by rats wandering through out Europe. It spread very quickly and killed people almost instantly; therefore, it caused a lot of panic over the people of Europe. It was highly contagious, so you could get it without even being close to the person or people that had it. This spread meant that a lot of people were going to die in a very short time, thanks to the awful disease.
Part 2:
I am a physcians at the time of the Black Death. I have been called in to inform everybody about how serious this is and what it can do to your health. To begin, this disease is VERY contagious and spreads very quickly. It kills many people in one area, and then moves to the next area like a wave of mass destruction. It begins with tumors on the armpits or thighs called gavoccioli. Gavoccioli begins to spread itself across your entire body, and black spots begin to form on your arms, thighs, or other places, quickly growing in size. These are the major sign that death from this disease is coming. A lot of people died within three days of receiving the plague. Since it is very contagious, you do not want to get near it as a physician; it is very hard to treat.
Part 3:
If a disease like the Black Death were to occur in the United States, people would get very panicked much like they did with the swine flu, only on a larger scale. It is a definite that the technology and medicine today is much more advanced than it was back then, so there is a possibility that scientists could create a vaccine that would protect you from getting the plague or erase it from you when you receive it.
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/boccacio2.html
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Question 6:
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Part 2:
To Whom This May Concern:Hello, my name is Saladin and I am the Muslim ruler for the Crusade. I don't think that the Crusades are just for many reasons especially because the Christians do not realize that our prophet, Muhammad, descended into heaven. This is also where we have our Temple of Jerusalem where we worship Muhammad. The Christians think that they can walk all over us and the Holy Land because their leader Jesus lived, died, and ascended there. Us Muslims personally think that Muhammad is just as important as Jesus, and he should get the same, if not more recognition than Jesus.
I have talked with my army and government about this, and we decided that we could make a peace treaty with the Christians so we can both pray to our prophets or "lords" peacefully. If this does not work, we will prepare ourselves to attack the Christians for full power over the Holy Land again.
Sincerely,
Question 5:
“Is it fair to say the United States is the modern day equivalent of the Roman Empire?”
The United States is a lot like a modern day Roman Empire. The Roman Empire was thousands of years ago, but in a sense they are very similar. The similiarities between the Roman empire and the United states are having good emporers and bad emporers, governers and presidents in our case; being one of the most important and influential areas of land at the time; and they both have and had a lot of fighting going on inside and with their empires and countries.
The United States has been around for quite a long time now; and other the years, there have been some good representatives in our government, and some not so good ones. A good example of a very bad government representative at this time in history is US Representative Anthony Weiner. He might be a good political man, but he was recently caught cheating on his wife by sending inappropriate pictures online to younger women. (Noveck). This is just one of the many not so great Representatives that the United States has had, but ancient Rome also had their bad emperors. Caligula is a good example of a bad emperor of ancient Rome. He was a very selfish ruler who only thought of himself. He executed many people just because he wanted to. (Caligula Biography) This is a good way of how the United States and Rome are alike.
Next, the two times are a lot alike because they have a lot of fighting inside of the country or empire. If you look at the newspaper article, you can see that there is so much violence and so many bad things and bad people in the United States (Rogers). It is crazy to see how lunatic people are, and how cops have to fight with millions of people every day to save this country. Ancient Rome was much like this because the bad emporers and the soldiers that followed these rulers did harsh things to the people in their empire just for the sake of doing it. If you take the emperor Nero for example, you see what an insanely awful person he was. He confiscated senator's homes and properties, over taxed the empire, and played the fiddle while Rome burned to the ground. (Nero Biography). This man is a good example of how insane some people are, and there are people like him today; maybe not as powerful, but still insane just like Nero.
The last way that they are alike is that they are and were both very influential in their time range. At the moment, the United States is responsible for trade, new technology, and different ways and lifestyles of people. Even though the United States is having some troubles with jobs and not having enough money, we are still at the top of the money making and distributing scale in the world. (Rugaber). This article shows President Barack Obama with the title saying “Nation should not panic.” When you think of it, Americans are lucky to be in the position they are now instead of being like the starving in Africa. Rome was a lot like the US in this sense because for a long time they were the “top of the world” empire. When you think of ancient Rome, you think of all of the good things that happened at that time like the growth of the republic and the magnificent buildings created, even though a lot of damage was done in this time period. (Roman Empire).
The United States is much like the Roman Empire in the sense that a lot of things have gone wrong in this country, but America manages to get through it all and stay on top and continue to be a very wealthy country. Even though ancient Rome and the US have negative things like bad emperors, and fighting going on inside of their country or empire; the Roman empire was and the United States is still on the top as far as wealth and power come.
Works Cited:
Noveck, Jocelyn. (2011, June 8). Is sexting cheating? Times Daily. pp 1A, 7A
Rugaber, Christopher S. (2011, June 8). Obama on US economy, Nation should 'not panic' Opelika-Auburn News. pp. 1A, 6A
Rogers, Lisa. (2011, June 8). Manhunt ends with one in custody. The Gadsden Times. pp. 1A, 7A
Caligula. (2011). Biography.com. Retrieved 02:03, Jun 8 2011 from http://www.biography.com/articles/Caligula-
Nero. (2011). Biography.com. Retrieved 02:03, Jun 8 2011 from http://www.biography.com/articles/Nero-9421713
Question 4:
The difference between Herodotus and Thucydides is that Herodotus writes everything down and didn't make a direct opinion on it. Thucydides on the other hand gather all available evidence on what he thought was true, and he shapes his presentation to emphasize what he thought was true.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/31/nyregion/antiterrorism-registry-ends-but-its-effects-remain.html?ref=sept112001 This link is more like Thucydides's way of writing because the writer is taking more of a side and standpoint, rather than explaining both sides without an opinion. In this article, the writer is being more opinionated about the Muslim and Arab immigrants coming into the United States, and even though they are the same race as a lot of the terrorist, they are not all terrorists. The writer was taking his stance on his story and he used people that terrorism deportation and other things along those lines as his backup.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/18/nyregion/conde-nast-publications.html?ref=sept112001
This link is a more Herodotus way of writing because even though there is not a lot of information on this particular link, there is no opinion being spoken here. There is also no writing trying to persuade people to think a certain way about a situation. Herodotus style writing is strictly black and white kind of writing, nothing about how you feel about this and that.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/31/nyregion/antiterrorism-registry-ends-but-its-effects-remain.html?ref=sept112001 This link is more like Thucydides's way of writing because the writer is taking more of a side and standpoint, rather than explaining both sides without an opinion. In this article, the writer is being more opinionated about the Muslim and Arab immigrants coming into the United States, and even though they are the same race as a lot of the terrorist, they are not all terrorists. The writer was taking his stance on his story and he used people that terrorism deportation and other things along those lines as his backup.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/18/nyregion/conde-nast-publications.html?ref=sept112001
This link is a more Herodotus way of writing because even though there is not a lot of information on this particular link, there is no opinion being spoken here. There is also no writing trying to persuade people to think a certain way about a situation. Herodotus style writing is strictly black and white kind of writing, nothing about how you feel about this and that.
Question 3:
The Greeks believed that when you died, your soul was taken away from your body like a puff of wind. They then prepared the body for burial. They were very strict about the time taken for this, and thought that if you didn't take your time on it it was an insult to human dignity. There were three parts of the burial ceremony used done by a woman of the deceased family. These parts were heprothesis(laying out of the body), theekphora (funeral procession), and the interment of the body or cremated remains of the deceased. The body was then dressed and put on a high bed in his or her house.
The Egyptian used the art of Ka when people died. The deceased have a soul and the soul stays with you even during death. They take out the insides of the deceased body, mummify it , and then put it in a tomb and put symbols of what they like to do to define themselves. Soul eventually goes up and gets judged and would weigh your heart to a feather. Lighter than a feather-can go to afterlife.
Egyptian and Greek ways of dealing with afterlife are not very similar, but they have some aspects that relate to each other. For example, they both dress the deceased body and place them into a box where they are preserved. The Greek people bathed the deceased in oils and was more classy about the ways of the ritual; where the Egyptian people just ripped out their intestines and mummified the body.
The Egyptian used the art of Ka when people died. The deceased have a soul and the soul stays with you even during death. They take out the insides of the deceased body, mummify it , and then put it in a tomb and put symbols of what they like to do to define themselves. Soul eventually goes up and gets judged and would weigh your heart to a feather. Lighter than a feather-can go to afterlife.
Egyptian and Greek ways of dealing with afterlife are not very similar, but they have some aspects that relate to each other. For example, they both dress the deceased body and place them into a box where they are preserved. The Greek people bathed the deceased in oils and was more classy about the ways of the ritual; where the Egyptian people just ripped out their intestines and mummified the body.
Question 2:
Part 1:
The Agricultural Revoultion was very important to the development of cities because before this time, people were moving a lot with the animals that they wanted to hunt, and they didn't have one place to stay. This revolution brought the first real settlement in one area, where the people in this area could trade with each other for food, plants, clothes, and anything else they needed in order to live. The idea of settling down and trading within a group led to the development of towns and eventually cities, which were built in the same idea.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neolithic_Revolution
Part 2:
View Agricultural Revolution in a larger map
Part 3:
BREAKING NEWS! Agricultural system in the United States falling apart!
There has been a lot of talk recently saying that the ways of agriculture in the US are beginning to fall apart, and we are going back to the ways of ancient Neolithic times where we were all fending for ourselves. Farmers are outraged with the loss of respect citizens around our country, and are beginning to not sell their crops and food to grocery stores and people at farmers markets. It is beginning to trend nationwide as well!
If the agricultural system collapses in America, we would all have to grow our own plants in order to have grains, fruits, and vegetables. Also, we would all have to hunt for meat in order to get enough protein in our bodies to function with our day to day lives. If this is to happen, the government would lose a lot of money from grocery stores and we could fall into a deeper depression than we already are! Terrible things could occur from the fall of the agricultural system, let's hope this trend doesn't occur. If it does, we could all suffer from this across the globe!
The Agricultural Revoultion was very important to the development of cities because before this time, people were moving a lot with the animals that they wanted to hunt, and they didn't have one place to stay. This revolution brought the first real settlement in one area, where the people in this area could trade with each other for food, plants, clothes, and anything else they needed in order to live. The idea of settling down and trading within a group led to the development of towns and eventually cities, which were built in the same idea.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neolithic_Revolution
Part 2:
View Agricultural Revolution in a larger map
Part 3:
BREAKING NEWS! Agricultural system in the United States falling apart!
There has been a lot of talk recently saying that the ways of agriculture in the US are beginning to fall apart, and we are going back to the ways of ancient Neolithic times where we were all fending for ourselves. Farmers are outraged with the loss of respect citizens around our country, and are beginning to not sell their crops and food to grocery stores and people at farmers markets. It is beginning to trend nationwide as well!
If the agricultural system collapses in America, we would all have to grow our own plants in order to have grains, fruits, and vegetables. Also, we would all have to hunt for meat in order to get enough protein in our bodies to function with our day to day lives. If this is to happen, the government would lose a lot of money from grocery stores and we could fall into a deeper depression than we already are! Terrible things could occur from the fall of the agricultural system, let's hope this trend doesn't occur. If it does, we could all suffer from this across the globe!
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