Question: Were the Vikings "Barbarians"?
Thesis: Yes, Vikings are Barbarians.
Primary Source 1:
"Raids by seaborne Scandinavian pirates on sites in Britain, especially largely undefended monastic sites, began at the end of the eighth century AD. "
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/vikings/overview_vikings_01.shtml
Primary Source 2:
" The Vikings were made up of landowning chieftains and clan heads, their retainers, freemen, and any energetic young clan members who sought adventure and booty overseas. "
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/628781/Viking
Primary Source 3:
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Exam 5
Question:
What were Michelangelo's influences? Consider his works in fresco, sculpture, architecture, poetry and underlying humanist beliefs.
Thesis: Michelangelo's influences were the things that happened in his life and the events that occurred that inspired him to do the thinks he did.
Primary Source 1:
"Michelangelo was considered the greatest living artist in his lifetime, and ever since then he has been held to be one of the greatest artists of all times. "
http://www.all-art.org/early_renaissance/michelangelo1.html
Primary Source 2:
"1481 His mother died"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2004/02_february/05/divine_michelangelo_timeline.shtml
Primary source 3:
Explanation:
Michelangelo had many things in his life that influenced and inspired him to do the things he did. Many of his art pieces tell stories that relate to stories in his life and what he experienced.
What were Michelangelo's influences? Consider his works in fresco, sculpture, architecture, poetry and underlying humanist beliefs.
Thesis: Michelangelo's influences were the things that happened in his life and the events that occurred that inspired him to do the thinks he did.
Primary Source 1:
"Michelangelo was considered the greatest living artist in his lifetime, and ever since then he has been held to be one of the greatest artists of all times. "
http://www.all-art.org/early_renaissance/michelangelo1.html
Primary Source 2:
"1481 His mother died"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2004/02_february/05/divine_michelangelo_timeline.shtml
Primary source 3:
Explanation:
Michelangelo had many things in his life that influenced and inspired him to do the things he did. Many of his art pieces tell stories that relate to stories in his life and what he experienced.
Exam 4
Question: Do you think Alexander honestly felt like he was avenging Persian wrongs? Or was that just propaganda to mask his goal of conquest?
Thesis: Alexander honestly felt like he was avenging Persian wrongs.
Primary Source 1:
"The Battle of Issus. Darius's mother, wife and children taken captive by Alexander, as well as the immense state treasure of Persia."
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Curtius/home.html
Primary Source 2:
"the Macedonian king who defeated his Persian colleague Darius III Codomannus and conquered the Achaemenid Empire. During his campaigns"
http://www.livius.org/aj-al/alexander/alexander00.htm
Primary Source 3:
"When he arrived in Egypt, Alexander faced no resistance. The Egyptians were glad to be rid of the Persians, who forced Persian gods and customs upon them, and to welcome the Greeks, who liberated them and restored their liberties -- provided, of course, that they become allies of Alexander. "
http://www.the-orb.net/textbooks/westciv/alexander.html
Explanation:
Alexander honestly felt like he was avenging Persian wrongs because he was happy to have destroyed the Persians. He was proud of himself and many other people were proud of him.
Thesis: Alexander honestly felt like he was avenging Persian wrongs.
Primary Source 1:
"The Battle of Issus. Darius's mother, wife and children taken captive by Alexander, as well as the immense state treasure of Persia."
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Curtius/home.html
Primary Source 2:
"the Macedonian king who defeated his Persian colleague Darius III Codomannus and conquered the Achaemenid Empire. During his campaigns"
http://www.livius.org/aj-al/alexander/alexander00.htm
Primary Source 3:
"When he arrived in Egypt, Alexander faced no resistance. The Egyptians were glad to be rid of the Persians, who forced Persian gods and customs upon them, and to welcome the Greeks, who liberated them and restored their liberties -- provided, of course, that they become allies of Alexander. "
http://www.the-orb.net/textbooks/westciv/alexander.html
Explanation:
Alexander honestly felt like he was avenging Persian wrongs because he was happy to have destroyed the Persians. He was proud of himself and many other people were proud of him.
Exam 3
Question:
What was the significance of the Black Death and the 100 Years' War to the development of Europe as we know it today?
Thesis: The significance of the Black Death and the 100 Years' War to the development of Europe as we know it today was it decreased the amount of population in Europe.
Primary Source 1:
"This is one reason why the Black Death marks a dividing line between the central Middle Ages, with medieval culture in full bloom and at its greatest strength, and the later Middle Ages. The later period was one of chronically reduced population. "
http://www.boisestate.edu/courses/westciv/plague/15.shtml
Primary Source 2:
"On average, between 30-45% of the general populace died in the Black Death of 1348-50."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/middle_ages/black_01.shtml#nine
Primary Source 3:
"During the epidemic the people who needed and bought many types of goods and services died,…."
http://books.google.com/books?id=yw3HmjRvVQMC&pg=PA62&dq&hl=en#v=onepage&q&f=false
Explanation:
The Black Death killed much of the Europe population and they have had a hard struggle to come back from the great loss. Their death rate increased a lot. Also their economy fell due to Black Death.
What was the significance of the Black Death and the 100 Years' War to the development of Europe as we know it today?
Thesis: The significance of the Black Death and the 100 Years' War to the development of Europe as we know it today was it decreased the amount of population in Europe.
Primary Source 1:
"This is one reason why the Black Death marks a dividing line between the central Middle Ages, with medieval culture in full bloom and at its greatest strength, and the later Middle Ages. The later period was one of chronically reduced population. "
http://www.boisestate.edu/courses/westciv/plague/15.shtml
Primary Source 2:
"On average, between 30-45% of the general populace died in the Black Death of 1348-50."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/middle_ages/black_01.shtml#nine
Primary Source 3:
"During the epidemic the people who needed and bought many types of goods and services died,…."
http://books.google.com/books?id=yw3HmjRvVQMC&pg=PA62&dq&hl=en#v=onepage&q&f=false
Explanation:
The Black Death killed much of the Europe population and they have had a hard struggle to come back from the great loss. Their death rate increased a lot. Also their economy fell due to Black Death.
Exam 2
Question: Who is a better model for modern historians: Herodotus or Thucydides? Why?
Thesis: Herodotus is a better model for modern historians because he was lived through much more and had much more educational background.
Primary Source 1:
"Greek historian, called the Father of History, was born at Halicarnassus in Asia Minor, then dependent upon the Persians, in or about the year 484 B.C. "
11th Brittanica: Herodotus
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/eb11-herodotus.html
Primary Source 2:
"THESE are the researches of Herodotus of Halicarnassus, which he
publishes, in the hope of thereby preserving from decay the
remembrance of what men have done, and of preventing the great and
wonderful actions of the Greeks and the Barbarians from losing their
due meed of glory; and withal to put on record what were their grounds
of feuds."
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/herodotus-history.txt
Primary Source 3:
"He seems to have made but few journeys, one to Crotona, one to Metapontum, and one to Athens (about 430 B.C.) being all that his work indicates."
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/eb11-herodotus.html
Explanation:
Herodotus had a better education than Thucydides. He had a background of better more important things. He lived through a lot and it improved and gave him a better education. He wrote many things to prove he had a good education. He traveled the world to many places which helped enhance his education.
Thesis: Herodotus is a better model for modern historians because he was lived through much more and had much more educational background.
Primary Source 1:
"Greek historian, called the Father of History, was born at Halicarnassus in Asia Minor, then dependent upon the Persians, in or about the year 484 B.C. "
11th Brittanica: Herodotus
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/eb11-herodotus.html
Primary Source 2:
"THESE are the researches of Herodotus of Halicarnassus, which he
publishes, in the hope of thereby preserving from decay the
remembrance of what men have done, and of preventing the great and
wonderful actions of the Greeks and the Barbarians from losing their
due meed of glory; and withal to put on record what were their grounds
of feuds."
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/herodotus-history.txt
Primary Source 3:
"He seems to have made but few journeys, one to Crotona, one to Metapontum, and one to Athens (about 430 B.C.) being all that his work indicates."
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/eb11-herodotus.html
Explanation:
Herodotus had a better education than Thucydides. He had a background of better more important things. He lived through a lot and it improved and gave him a better education. He wrote many things to prove he had a good education. He traveled the world to many places which helped enhance his education.
Exam 1
Question: Why do you think so many conspiracy theories surround the pyramids and the megaliths?
Thesis:
So many conspiracy theories surround the pryamids because they are widely known around the world but not much information is given about them. we do not have a lot of background information on the pyramids and they are a big deal in Egypyt.
Primary Source 1:
Builders arrange a variety of megaliths from Wales at Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain. Although the exact use and meaning of the structure remains unexplained, it probably served in a ceremony associated with the changing of the seasons.
Source:Western and Central Europe, 2000–1000 B.C. | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/?period=03®ion=euw#/Key-Events
Primary Source 2:
"However, there are actually over 100 pyramids in Egypt, many of which are relatively unknown to anyone who is not an ancient Egypt enthusiast. "
Source: http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/pyramids.htm
Primary Source 3:
"Djoser's Step Pyramid is generally considered the first tomb in Egypt to be built entirely of stone. "
Source: http://www.arthistory.upenn.edu//zoser/zoser.html
Explantation:
In Egypt everyone knows about pyramids. They may not know a lot about them, but they do know about them. when most people think of Egypt they think of pyramids. We do not have very much background education on them so theories were made up to fill in the blanks of what we do not know.
Thesis:
So many conspiracy theories surround the pryamids because they are widely known around the world but not much information is given about them. we do not have a lot of background information on the pyramids and they are a big deal in Egypyt.
Primary Source 1:
Builders arrange a variety of megaliths from Wales at Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain. Although the exact use and meaning of the structure remains unexplained, it probably served in a ceremony associated with the changing of the seasons.
Source:Western and Central Europe, 2000–1000 B.C. | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/?period=03®ion=euw#/Key-Events
Primary Source 2:
"However, there are actually over 100 pyramids in Egypt, many of which are relatively unknown to anyone who is not an ancient Egypt enthusiast. "
Source: http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/pyramids.htm
Primary Source 3:
"Djoser's Step Pyramid is generally considered the first tomb in Egypt to be built entirely of stone. "
Source: http://www.arthistory.upenn.edu//zoser/zoser.html
Explantation:
In Egypt everyone knows about pyramids. They may not know a lot about them, but they do know about them. when most people think of Egypt they think of pyramids. We do not have very much background education on them so theories were made up to fill in the blanks of what we do not know.
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Review
- Mesopotamia
- Code of Hammurabi
- First code of law
- Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth
- Ziggurat
- Temple
- Eden is a place within Mesopotamia
- Mesopatamia
- Birth place of civilization
- First writing
- First law
- First mathematics
- monumental architecture
- Egypt
- Pharoah
- Tombs hold the remains of the pharoahs
- Ka
- Mummification
- Nile flows north
- Pharoah becomes symbol
- Greece
- King minos
- Indus valley culture fell
- Trojan war
- Academic Writing
1066
Futule system
Once you are a knight you must stay a knight
Live a peasant you die as a peasant no changing.
Midevil turned to the bibles and teaching of the churches all the time
Three categories
Animals
Humans
Spirit beings
Scared of the unknown
They believed the world was going to end very soon
They focused on social classes
Kings
Nobles/knights
Peasants/serfs
Slaves
Killer had to pay if they killed someone
Black Death
Also known as the bubonic plague
1300 the gothic period
They filled the catapult with dead bodies
1348-1350 many men died
Week 10
England rises in power in 14 century
Hundred years war is broken into three different phases
Edwardian War
Caroline War
Lancastrian War
1455 Johann Gutenberg first bible
Notes
Dangerous past
Major trading center was Florence
Florence was the place to be
Pope John 23- remembered his friends Medici when he became pope.
Built the largest dome in the world but failed
Without a dome you don’t have a sacred village
Cracked egg and it stood up so the dome was created
Sandstone rings would hold structure together
Medici died
Cosimo found guilty and he must face execution now
Medici
Juliano Medici Stabbed 19 times died instantly
Wanted divorce by pope would not grant henery the 8th the divorce
So he splits from roman catholic church
New church is created
Queen Elizabeth of England
Came to thrown in 1555 when she was 25
Childhood was key to her life
"elizabethan age"
Anne had a daughter and then miscarried a boy so he dumped her because she could not produce a son for him
Assainate Elizabeth
1587 mary was beheaded
Bruteleshki
Invented perspective
Built dome in Florence
Civil war started because of Michelangelo in Florence.
After nine years of exile the medici arrives in rome
Renaissance Food
Tarte of Strawberies.
Seson your Strawberyes with sugar, a very little Sinamon, a little ginger, and so cover them with a cover, and you must lay upon the cover a morsell of sweet Butter, Rosewater and Sugar, you may Ice the cover if you will, you must make your Ice with the white of an egge beaten, and Rosewater and Sugar.
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Pasted from <http://jducoeur.org/Cookbook/Cookrye.html>
Review
Invasion on Carthage
Romans invade the Carthage
Rome comes back from the 3rd Punic War as the superpower
Greeks tried to revolt but they crushed them so they didn’t revolt anymore
Optamarus vs. poptumares
Caesar ran against people and got all the votes but the people he ran against now hate him
Battle of Tours:
Primary source
Encylopedia
Pictures
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
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