5/28

Today in class we took our essays for the final exam. I chose prompt A, D, and E. I think I did very well on them.

5/27

Today in class we took our test on Rome. I don't think i did as well as i should've. I was confused with the branches of the U.S and Rome goverments

5/21

Today in class we saw Christiana and Suki present their project. In my opinion it was best in the class. We also talked about when the exam was, what'll be on it, and when we take the essay portion next week in class.

5/20

Today in class Jack and I presented our project. We worked very hard on it and spent a lot of time on it. I wish it launched the tennis ball father but it's okay. I hope we get a 200/200

5/13

Today in class we took a pop quiz that i got an A on. I need to get my grade up still from that 60 i got on the group project. I am finishing up the project with Jack on friday. I hope to get my grade above an 80

5/8

Today in class i wasnt able to do much. I have a serious concussion and can not take tests or look at screens for a long time

5/4

Patricians
Rule of kings is replaced by two consuls
- elected officials
- term = 1 year
-always aristocrats
-patricians traced their decent from a famous ancestor or Pater
-Duties were justice, making laws, and controlling the army
-One consul could veto the other

Plebs
Fifth century BCE- patrcian dominace of the goverment was challanged by the plebs
-plebs were 98% of the population

How did the patricians dominate
-plebs served in the army
-plebs couldnt hold office
-threatened by debt slavery
-no legal rights
-plebs were victims of disromatory decisions in judicial trails

Rome had no written laws
Patrcians used it to their advantage
laws were written (12 tables)
posted in public in 450 BC
Tribunes were picked

SPQR (Senatus Populusque Romanum)
designates any decree or choice by "The Roman Senate and People"

5/1

Today in class we went to the 1920's. I saw alot of interesting characters and i learend alot. I saw Milton Hershey, President Hooser, and Amelia Erheart.

4/27

 Circus Maximus:
-Was the largest stadium in Ancient Rome 
-At one point it could fit 250,000 people, a quarter of Rome's population
- It's been burned down three times in 31 BC, 64 AD, and 103 AD
- was occasionally used for events such as processions or gladiator combats, but on most days only chariot races.
- The last race in the Circus Maximus was held in 549 AD, almost a millennium after the first races were held at this location. 
http://www.aviewoncities.com/rome/circusmaximus.htm

Colosseum 
-Titus officially dedicated the Colosseum in A.D. 80 with a festival including 100 days of games.
-Measuring some 620 by 513 feet (190 by 155 meters)
-the Colosseum was the largest amphitheater in the Roman world.
- the Arch of Constantine, built in A.D. 315 in honor of Constantine I’s victory over Maxentius at Pons Milvius.
-Inside, the Colosseum had seating for more than 50,000 spectators
http://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/colosseum

Aqueducts
-The aqueducts were built from a combination of stone, brick and the special volcanic cement pozzuolana.
-The aqueducts were built only to carry the flow of water in areas where digging, burrowing, or surface grades presented problems, such as valleys. 
-11 separate aqueducts supplied the city of Rome and were built over a span of 500 years
-nearly 200 cities within the empire were supplied buy aqueducts
-The last Roman aqueduct built was the Aqua Alexandrina built in 226 AD
http://www.unrv.com/culture/roman-aqueducts.php

Roman Forum
-The Roman Forum  was the central area of the city around which ancient Rome developed.
- Here was where commerce, business, prostitution, cult and the administration of justice took place. 
-Space where religious activities were conducted and the communal hearth of the city. 
-The Roman Forum was designed by the architect Vitruvius

-The main sight of the Forum include the Arch of Titus , the Temple of Saturn, Temple of Vesta, and the church of San Luca e Martina.
http://www.rome.info/roman-forum/

4/24

Today in class we worked on our projects. Jack and I are making a lyric video to Chi-Cago's song "Rome". We finsihed putting the lyrics on Powerpoint, and we added pictures to the lyrics based on what they say. All we have to do is make a colossieum model and add the music to the powerpoint

4/23

Punic Wars
Carthage v Rome
Island of Sicili taken by Rome
Hannibal invades Italy behind the Alps using elephants as transports

4/22

Today in class we had a special preformer rap for us. I think his mixtape will be amazing and i'll download it for sure

4/20

Rome
9th century- Etruscans, Greeks, and Latins move into Italy. Greece had colonies along the Tiber River.

Remus and Romulus
river carried them to safety
a she-wolf had raised them and saved them
fed by a woodpecker
a shepard and his wife found him and raised them
Romulus killed Remus while discussing where to build their city

The Etruscans who were setting in Northen Italy had a big influence on Rome
Rome was also influenced by the Greek settlements

4/17

Today in class we were told to do a project on ancient Rome. Jack and I, are doing a model of the colossuem and maybe something else.

4/16

Today in class we watched Plato's The Allegory. At first i didn't understand what the point of it was. But in the end i believe the message was not to judge people on the way they think. People always will think differently, and you have to respect their choices.

4/15

I was not in school today, I have been out with a fever for two days now.

4/13

Today in class we got our tests back. I got an 80 on it and i was proud. My group project i was not. I worked hard on the 5 paragraphs i did to find out someone in my group plagerized and we had to pay the price. Which i dont think is fair. This is the lowest grade i've had in this class all year

4/1

Today in class we took our test, i thought i did pretty well on it. I hated the part where you had to match the date to the event. That really stumped me. Overall i thought i did pretty well

3/30

Today in class i started the video on Greece, i got about 40 minutes into it

3/27

Today in class we worked on our papers. It took me 15 minutes to finish my part of the project. I had done the thesis statement and three paragraphs that totaled 374 words

3/26

today in class we worked on our papers, my paper is already over 500 words out of 1000

3/25

Gods and Goddesses
what is unique about the Greeks relationship with their Gods is the interaction with humans
Posidon interfered with odysses coming home
aphrodite had lovers of both men and gods
dionysis was son of zues

zues is ruler of heaven, father of athena, god of sky, weather, thunder, law, order, and justice
athena is goddess of wisdom, warfare and peace

Apollo - God of music, arts, knowledge, healing
zues was his father and artimis was his twin sister

3/23

Today in class we went over how our essay should be written.

3/19

With hippias gone, isagoras and Cleisthenes engaged in a power struggle
isagoras had support from fellow aristocrats and sparta
cleisthenes had support from the majority of Athens
Isagoras wins
He ostracized Cleisthenes
Clesithenes followers revolt, making isagoras flee
508 BC- first time regular people rebelled agaisnt their leader
Cliesthenes takes over
very rich
insulated from the "hoi polloi"
hoi polloi means commoners

3/18

Transformation of Goverment
During 6th and 7th century BC, aristrocites ran the show in Greece.
Rich people held more influence in society and had more govermental power
Meet in Symposiums
An exclusive club
-no women
-no middle class
-certainly, no slaves

Tyrants seize control
Tyrants: someone who rules outside the framework of the polis
modern meaning- an abusive or opressive ruler

Hippias was a tyrant from 527-510 BC
his brother was murdered and his rule became harsh
he was thrown out of Athens
in revenge he worked with the persian king, and helped invade Marathon

3/16

Today in class we worked on our project. I finished my part of the project on Sparta. It was a good part of the project.

3/12

James Jack and Colin
Athens, Sparta, and the Peloponnesian war

3/11

Greece is on a mountianous peninsula
3/4 of Greece is mountians
about 1400 islands in the adratic, ionian and agean seas
they had many skilled sailors and ship builders and farmers
"sea people" invaded Mycean
dorians took over

Homer the storyteller
The lliad- probably one of the last conquests in the trojan war
The odyssey- Odysseus attempted to return home from war, being threatend by posidon
The odyssey was 12,110 lines of dactylie heyameter

the "homeric question" may have been a mythological creature
a blind wondering
lliad and odyssey may have been generations of story telling
or maybe he did exist

3/9

i was not in class today

3/6

Aristotle 384-322 BC
Born in Stagira, Greece

At 18, he joined Plato's academy and remained there until he was 37
He wrote about things like physics, biology, zoology, metaphysics, logic, ethics, aesthetics, poetry, theater, music, rhetoric, linguistics, politics and government. 
He taught Alexander the Great
He was considered to be the first scientist 
His work contains some of the first form of the study of logic
He encouraged the catholic church

3/5

the acropolis

It was used for goverment meetings, they're are more than one.


olympia

The olympia was important for Greece. It was the building used to start the olympics

temple of poseidon

this temple honoredthe God of the sea, poseidon

3/4

Today in class we talked about how cyber day's work. And we also talked about our last cyber day. That's pretty much all we did in class

3/2

greece is surrounded by water, not just a river. They can use it for military and shipping reasons.
greece is surrounded by the aegean sea and the adriatic sea
the large island to the southeast of greece is the aegean islands
Athens is close to water,
Sparta is surrounded by land
they relate by being the two super powers of ancient greece

2/27

that was probably the easiest test i've ever taken in this class. i felt like a got an A on it. i knew it was coming too.

2/26

1. What caused the fall of the Egyptian empire?

2. How many total pharaohs were there?

3. Was there ever wars between pharaohs?

4. Why did they worship so many Gods?

5. what religion are they closest to today?

2/25

Today in class we had to build a pyramid with a website. i was the 5th one finished. The one thing i didn't like was how i kept getting fired because of "workforce issues". I ended up getting a C which im not to thrilled about because it'll drop my grade and i want to have above an 80

2/23

Usually during mummification, all organs except the heart were removed
They covered the body in salt till all moisture was eliminated
Prefumed oils and plants were rubbed on the body
Linean was wrapped around the body
They would wrap the mummy onto a wood board
A pouch would be put on the chest
They mummified a bird with him
symbols of protection and rebirth were put on the mummy
The nile shaped life for eygyptians
communities only existed along the Nile
they were buried with things that meant something to them in life
Old Kingdom 2649- 2152 BCE
Middle Kingdom 2040- 1640 BCE
New Kingdom 1550- 1070 BCE

Old Kingdom
Divine Kingship
Pyramids
Rah was God of sun and creation

Middle Kingdom
New ruler was from Nubia down south
Oman and rah formed into one God

New Kingdom
Ahmosis was ruler
Hasheptsut ruled for 22 years
King tut married his sister
King tut died before adulthood
found his body in 1922
died of a infected broken leg or malaria

2/20

1. medicine
Eygpt and Rome were one of the first civilizations to have medicine. If anyone was sick or hurt, they wouldnt have to die, they'd have a chance to get healthy

2. Calender
They invited a calender so they could tell what time it is for crops, moon cycles etc.

3. Hieroglphics
they  came up with a langugage to tell stories and write down events

4. Pyramids
they honored their pharaohs by making them pyramids

5. mummification
they believed in an afterlife, so they preserved organs so they could put the organs back in you

2/19

Soliders used wood weapons with bronze tips, and rode charriots
upper class = white kilt class
pharaoh- religious and political leader
cleopatra ruled as pharoh from 51-30 bc

2/18

i was not in class today

2/12

scribes kept records and told stories
wrote in heiroglephics and in hieratic
soldiers used wooden with bronze tips
upper class was the "white kilt class"

Pharaohs
Political and religious leader

Godesses and Gods
over 2000
"controlled" a humans life

2/11

Ancient Egypt
Geography
- Centered around the Nile River
-Water for drinking, bathing, and transportation
-every July, it floods
-every October, it has incredible soil
-The delta is a broad, marshy triangular area of fertile silt
-manage the river required technological breakthroughs

Daily life
pharaoh, goverment officals, soliders, scribes, merchants, artisons, farmers, slaves
slaved helped wealthy
farmers raised wheat, barley and lentiles
artisons carved statues
mercants used a money barter system

Pyramids
last of the 7 ancient wonders of the world left standing
great sphinx of giza
built 2555-2532 BC
oldest monumental statue in the world

2/9

Today we took our test on Guns, Germs, and Steel. I believe i honestly did better than an 80.

2/6

On Monday we have our test on Guns, Germs and Steel. I believe that i took good notes and i paid attention to the movie. I also think i'll get above an 80 on this test

2/5

People invented plaster
Made a paste for homes
Making steel would change the world
within 1000 years, most villages were left behind
they were killing the enviorment
moved west and east
animals followed, causing a boom in civilization
Geography was the main reason people advanced

2/4

Goats and sheep were the first domesticated animals
The only animal in PNG that is domesticated is the pig
The best animals can reproduce at 1-2 years old
only 14 animals over 100 pounds have been domesticated
sheep
goats
pigs
cows
horses
donkey
bactrian camels
arabian camels
llama
reindeer
yaks
mithions
bali cattle
the big 4 animals were cows, pigs, sheep, and goats
fertile crescent was geopgrapically blessed

2/2

Guns, Germs, and Steel.
- Jared Diamond- Biologist at UCLA
- Papuanewguinea
- "why do you white men have so much cargo, and us New Guineans have so little
- great civilizations have added technology, large populations, and well organized work force
-  PNG still lives in the hunter- gather lifestyle
- Sego- parts from a sego tree that can be ate and used in multiple ways
- They grow barley and wheat
-Draa
-Granary- stores food
- The way human tame things is domestication
- rice in china
- americas had corn, sorghun, beans
- africa had millet, yams
-New Guenians are low on protein
- most productive crops = productive society
- comes down to geopgraphic luck
-9000 years ago we domesticated animals

1/29

Today in class we took our test on Mesopotamia. It was open blog so i believe i got everything right except the question where i needed to know what the sumerians called the first type of writing. i just saw it was called "cuneiform".

1/28

Mesopotamia
-Tigris river is above the Euphraties river
-Fertile crescent
-Iraq, Syria, Turkey
- i learned what a ho was
-40,000 inhabbitents
-sumerians created first  form of writing
-the first epic was the epic of gilgamesh, which was a flood
-sumerians created time and a calander
- a temple called a zigguret was built
-King of Babalon created "Hammarubis code"

1/22

3000-1200 BC From Prehistory to Civilization
The origins and "ages" of human beings
-200,000 years ago a human species emerged in southwestern Africa.
-14,000 years ago, a worldwide human race existed
- Earliest Prehistoric age is the Paleolithic age
-Neolithic age was marked by when humans started using tools
-initially humans were parts of migratory groups that hunted, fished, and gathered plants for food.

The Agricultural Revolution
-also known as the Neolithic revolution
-a shift from wandering around to settling down
-population grew from raising kids
-hierarchies appeared in the village
-invention of wheel and plow made it possible to produce and store food
-villagers were polytheistic, worshipped many gods
Mesopotamia is in Iraq

1/21

Today in class we made our new blogs and i was the first one done. Tonight we play @ CMW where all my friends go. I know a lot of people there and im excited to play them