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 )

Viking Notes

Vikings referred to as Norsemen

Norse mythology

Books

Elder edda

Poet edda

Younger edda

Pros edda

Edda's tell us about cosmology of Norse thinking

9 worlds

We live on midgard

North of us alfheimer

Elfs

South of us Scaralfaheim

Black elfs

East of us

Vanheimr

Muspellheim- world of fire

Jotunheimr- world of giants

West of us niflheim

World of ice

Up is asgard- where the gods are

Down is Hel- netherworld

Across is ginnungagap

Far away, farthest away across ocean

Heimskringla

Books of sagas

Legends about the kings

Written by snorri sturluson

Aren't written until after Vikings are gone of Christianized

Started with the Ynglings

Runes are used before making decisions

Vikings get Christianized

Ragnarok is the great battle that is going to happen at the end of the world

Vikings had no fear of death because they believed in after life

Leaf ericson

188 norway

Monistary

Getting Ready for the Viking Raid!

The Viking in the back is getting to go raid the Lidensfarme monks. His wife and daughter are preparing for his departure. This warrior is bringing his shield for protection and his sword to attack. He also has knives stored in his belt.The Vikings were very scary and many people were afraid of them. 

Gibbon and Toynbee Summaries

Toynbee believed that the empire fell because of Christianity. Tonybee knew that the Christianity was rising and becoming popular as the empire was falling. He put these two things together and came up with the conclusion that, the rise of Christianity was to blame for the fall of the Roman Empire. He believed that Christianity was so strong it could collapse a whole empire.

http://www.myriobiblos.gr/texts/english/toynbee.html

Gibbon on the other hand, talked about the rise of the empire and how it had some extreme rises. He said it become a great empire. It had many good qualities that he pointed out. He believe it fell because of its greatness. He thinks Rome got to big for and it couldn’t handle it.  It became to big and didn’t know what to do leading to the fall. He thinks this because it believes Rome did not know what they were up against and had to face. This became to much for them to handle so they crashed.

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/gibbon-fall.html

"Arnold Toynbee - Christianity and Civilization." Welcome to MYRIOBIBLOS - The Etext Library of the Church of Greece. Web. 19 Mar. 2010. .

"Medieval Sourcebook: Gibbon: The Fall of the Roman Empire." FORDHAM.EDU. Web. 19 Mar. 2010. .

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Who's a Good Guy? Who's a Bad Guy?

Good and bad are two words that are very hard to define. They can have a meaning full of range. One thing is kept consistent between the two words and that is the fact that the words are opposite.  Bad and good are adjectives that are used to describe many things. Each person or groups of people have their own bad guys and good guys. Some may have one and some may have more than one. The good guy can even be the person. To people looking at or watching someone they may think their good guy and bad guy are different. They can be interpreted differently from person to person.

            Good guys and bad guys are seen everywhere in the world. Children read and watch about them all the time.  They are also referred to as heroes and villains. The audience always likes the good guy and cheers for them. In most of the children’s books, movies, and TV shows the good guy will end up winning. The good guy will almost always beat the bad guy in whatever they are trying to do. For example, a good guy and bad guy many people know are Batman and the Joker. Batman comes in many encounters with the Joker and he is always trying to make things difficult for Batman. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman). Batman normally beats him though. This is one example of a good guy and a bad guy. There are many other good guys and bad guys. Many things in life can be put into a good guy bad guy situation. Sometimes good guys and bad guys don’t have to be people but things in life. For example in books sometimes a character is trying to complete something. Something like someone is trying to climb a cliff but the weather was bad so it was hard. The person would be the good guy and the weather would be the bad guy. The bad guy is most of the time the one hurting people. The main character is normally the good guy and anyone hurting him or stopping him from what he is trying to do is the bad guy. The good guys and bad guys are always going up against each other and fighting trying to hurt or stop one another. Good guys and bad guys can widely range. For example Batman and the Joker are a set of good guys and bad guys and so is a character and weather. But weather is something along with many others that can be a good guy or a bad guy. For one person the weather might be a good person but for another it might be a bad. Good guys and bad guys can also be teams. Anyone who helps the main good guy would also be consider a good guy. Anyone who helps the bad guy or goes against the bad guy is consider another bad guy. These are some common examples of good guys and bad guys.

             The Vikings were the type of people who were good guys and bad guys. Vikings did not like monks. They would kill many monks. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikings). In this situation the Vikings would be considered bad guys. But when they were at war and battling they were considered the good guys.  The good guys most of the time are the ones who a lot of people like. If it is between two people the group with the most favor would be considered the good guys because everyone likes them. No one likes the bad guys that is why they are considered bad. In the war situation depending on the person the good guy and bad guy would be different. To people rooting for the Vikings they would be good but for people who don’t like the Vikings they would be considered bad.

                Good guy and bad guy can have many different meanings. There are many different examples of bad guys and good guys. They are used widely around the world and you could find examples in many different situations.

"Batman -." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 18 Mar. 2010. .

"Viking -." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 19 Mar. 2010. .

"Viking Age -." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 18 Mar. 2010. .

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