How is Blogger Helpful in Class?

Blogger is helpful in Western Civilization  class because you can post things worldwide that everyone can  look at.  This is helpful because people can leave comments on how you did and how you can improve it or give their views. Also people in your class can look at it for ideas and they can help you by leaving comments. It is a way for anyone to look at your writing and give you feedback on it. It is very helpful because you can get a lot of information and help each other.

How was the Medieval concept of power and equality different from our contemporary concept?

The medieval concept of power and equality is very different than our concept today. In medieval times people were born into their class and that decided the amount of power they had. Today everyone has an equal chance to succeed in life and have a lot of power. In the medieval times you weren't given a chance the chance was given to you based on your heritage. We have the idea of equality in our lives today. We are not categorized into groups like they were in the medieval times. Not everyone was treated equal because some people were in a higher class. Today by law everyone is treated equally and there is no discrimination. Today is different because we are given equal opportunities and not treated based on our heritage and family background. 

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Describe the Medieval Imagination

The medieval imagination was based mainly on religious beliefs. They were very prepared for things they tought might happen. Their mind was set to always be prepared and they questioned things they weren't sure would even happen. For example, they debated weather or not they should preach to a dog head if they every saw one. It had a human soul so they weren't sure if they should preach to it. They never saw this and it was pretty unlikely that they ever would but they wanted to be prepared. They believed the world was going to end and wanted to be as prepared as possible for when it does. Today we find some of these things crazy but it is the way their minds and imaginations worked and what they thought.

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Do human beings have an innate instinct to be free?

Yes, humans have an innate instinct to be free, especially citizens in the United States. In the United States we have a lot of freedom. We have freedom of speech, and can do many things on our own.  We have a lot of freedom with what we do but we also have laws to keep us maintained and under control. In America we focus a lot on freedom and equality without letting our country get out of hand.  The statue of liberty is one way we show our freedom in the United States. The idea developed from a roman goddess that stand for freedom of many things. Making a statue was one way she show we are a free country. Since we have these privileges it is instinct to be free and many humans would not know any better. 

Sources:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Liberty

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Constitution

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Why do you think the Church and the monasteries became the centers of learning?

The church and monasteries became the centers of learning because people trusted them and believed their teachings. The people follow their church leaders and will learn from them because they trust them and want to know the knowledge of God that the leaders have.  They base everything they know on the bible and their Gods. Learning from the church will give them more knowledge about their Gods and help them to become smarter. The Charta Caritatis says that "also that there shall be sedulously directed to God prayers, beseechings and exhortations as well for me as for all, according to the order in which mention has been made of them above." God helps them with everything they know so their churches become the center of their learning.  

Primary Source: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/chart-cluny.html 

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Could Rome Have Risen Without Slavery?

1. Intro
1. Rome could have risen without slaver. (Thesis)

2. Slavery caused a problems like revolts
1. "The slaves, distressed by their hardships, and frequently outraged and beaten beyond all reason, could not endure their treatment. Getting together as opportunity offered, they discussed the possibility of revolt, until at last they put their plans into action." (Diodorus Siculus)
2. Slaves came to Silicy. After Carthaginian Collapse. They were really high up and important so they got slaves. To help them do the work.  Treated them very poorly.
3. Slave killed master and senate wanted everyone killed. And it caused chaos.

3. Slaves didn’t add anything to help.
1. They only did the work while the Romans had the brains and ideasq1

4. Slaves cost money and food.
1. "Country slaves ought to receive in the winter, when they are at work, four modii [Davis: One modius equals about a quarter bushel] of grain; and fourmodii and a half during the summer."

Comparing Pericles Speech to Lincoln's Speech

1. Intro
1. Funeral Orations are speeches given  to honor and memorialize the soldiers  who died at battle. They are honoring them and thanking them for what they did.
2. Lincoln's speech was given to honor all the soldiers who fought in the civil war. Many of them died or were injured and he was giving them good credit and praising them for their hard work. They put their lives at risk for their country.
3. Pericles' speech was given to honor
4. Thesis- Lincoln's Gettysburg Address speech was stronger than Pericles because he had a better appeal to patriotism;  appeal to pride; and appeal to honor]
2. Appeal to patriotism
1. Lincoln-"We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting-place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live." (http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/P/al16/speeches/gettys.htm )
2. Pericles- "Such is the Athens for which these men, in the assertion of their resolve not to lose her, nobly fought and died; and well may every one of their survivors be ready to suffer in her cause. " (http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/pericles-funeralspeech.html )
3. Appeal to pride
1. Lincoln- "It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us --that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion-- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth." (http://odur.let.rug.nl~usa/P/al16/speeches/gettys.htm )
2. Pericles- " For Athens alone of her contemporaries is found when tested to be greater than her reputation, and alone gives no occasion to her assailants to blush at the antagonist by whom they have been worsted, or to her subjects to question her title by merit to rule."  (http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/pericles-funeralspeech.html )
4. Appeal to nation
1. Lincoln- "Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure." (http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/P/al16/speeches/gettys.htm )