Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Question 10:
I feel like I really did learn a lot this semester. There were things about Alexander the Great that I went home and told my parents about, and I never do that kind of stuff with school work. A lot of things that we learned this semester have really stuck with me. I will never forget the nastiest jobs because we talked about it a lot and it was probably one of the grossest things I ever had to watch. I don't think I will forget about the Third Crusade because we made those children's books that were actually a lot of fun to make! There were a lot of things we did this semester that will keep me from forgetting a lot of things we covered.
Question 9:
The Renaissance was a time of rebirth with the people, literature, art, religions, theature, and bunch of other things. There were many great philiosophers, artists, and writers that came from the Renaissance, but my idea of an ideal Renaissance man is William Shakespeare. I consider him to be the ideal Renaissance man because he wrote plays and other forms of literature, and he performed those plays on major theaters at the time where many people came to see them. The Renaissance was a time of class, and nothing was classier than going to see a good play at the Globe Theater were Shakespeare performed his works.
I think that his poetry with all of the sonnets he wrote made him a great writer, and the extremely popular plays that he wrote and performed made him an even more all around Renaissance man. He was able to write plays that ended well and were light-hearted, like A MidSummer Night's Dream, which ended with a good happy ending. He was also able to write more serious plays like Romeo and Juliet, where both of the lovers end up dead. This shows that he was a well rounded writer, and literature was a prime component of the Renaissance.
Finally, the way he wrote about love made him a true Renaissance man as well. This time of rebirth and happiness was also a time of love, and writing about love made him a true part of this era. Most of his plays and poems had some sort of love aspect in it, even if it ended in a sad or unexpected way.
http://shakespeare.mit.edu/
I think that his poetry with all of the sonnets he wrote made him a great writer, and the extremely popular plays that he wrote and performed made him an even more all around Renaissance man. He was able to write plays that ended well and were light-hearted, like A MidSummer Night's Dream, which ended with a good happy ending. He was also able to write more serious plays like Romeo and Juliet, where both of the lovers end up dead. This shows that he was a well rounded writer, and literature was a prime component of the Renaissance.
Finally, the way he wrote about love made him a true Renaissance man as well. This time of rebirth and happiness was also a time of love, and writing about love made him a true part of this era. Most of his plays and poems had some sort of love aspect in it, even if it ended in a sad or unexpected way.
http://shakespeare.mit.edu/
Question 8:
Romaneque Images:
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| http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Schoengrabern1a.JPG/800px-Schoengrabern1a.JPG Gothic Images |
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Romanesque and Gothic cathedrals express many different and opposite ways of religious theology. The Romanesque time was an era or protection and judgment, but the Gothic era was full of light and happiness. The different times led to different ways of living and theology; thus the two different eras has different architecture to base how the time was to their buildings.
The Romanesque time was a time filled with invaders trying to attack land and take over the Roman Empire. This period began in the 9th century and ended in the 11th century. The churches and cathedrals at this time had many small windows so invaders couldn’t break in and the church and everyone in it was more safe. The churches at this time were considered to be more of a protection area rather than a place of worship because of that stage in time. The Romanesque architecture also included many buildings with arched curves in them, also to protect from invaders. This time in the Roman Empire was a time of fear and protection, rather than the light from the Gothic times.
The Gothic times in the Roman Empire began in the 12th century and ended in the 14th century. The architecture was much different in these times that the Romanesque era. The cathedrals had huge windows filled with stain glass. This time was a time of light and stability. Since there were much less invaders, the architects were able to make windows and churches larger and brighter with stain glassed windows. This time in the Empire was full of happiness and faith because invaders were gone, and they could live happily and be more religious.
Question 7:
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
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
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.
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