New York

New York

New York was a very fun and adventurous trip. I got to go through many places I haven't been to before while on a train which I also have never rode on. The best part was being with all my friends in which I love.


The first day in New York was a walking tour. I got to see a lot of cool and beautiful things. We got to go to the Rockefeller center. We went to a huge church and got to see where many people come to pray and worship each day which was cool considering I am a Christian. We also got to go to the Empire State building that night. We went to the 86th floor. It was such a breath taking view. We also went to see the statue of liberty which was cool because I have watched many history videos about it.

The second day was my favorite day. We rode the subway to go see a broad way play the Lion King. Despite that we got a little lost!!! My group made it and it was such a good show I have always loved The Lion King. After that we broke into groups to explore and shop in Time Square. My group ate at the Patzeria, and we got huge pizzas. Afterwards we went shopping and saw some really cool stores. We even stopped to see a group of dancers. I believe I girled all out when the forever 21 had 4 floors!!! 

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This trip was probably one of the funnest things I have done in a while and I have done a lot. I was surrounded by my best friends and some really cool teachers. I believe it is safe to say everyone had a blast. Even though I got little sleep and walked my feet off I wouldn't have changed the trip and fun we all had. I took many beautiful pictures and got to have some awesome experiences. My room mates and I had a fun and silly time in our room at night and two sleepy bright lighted mornings. We got lost going the wrong way on the subway and then again but whats being in New York without getting lost? Or twice.. maybe 3 times? We went to the wrong hotel and on the last night my group was cold and tired and Ms. Slawter and us got a little miss placed you could say. But it made the trip fun and a story to be able to tell. This trip didn't feel like oh its a school trip. It felt more like a this is what it would be like to be on 19 kids and counting feels like. 

Roman Empire

Roman Empire

Geography: Rome had a cool and humid climate. The topography is multidisciplinary field of study that draws on archaeology, epigraphy, cartography, and philology. Rome had some natural resources such as clay, hydro-power or water, and timber. They considered slaves as natural resources. The clay could be used for making pottery. The Romans ate foods that they could grow such as vegetables. 

Government: The way that it all started was with twins that were raised by wolves. Romulus and Remus. The three kinds of government were found tied together into one. Monarchy, aristocracy, and democracy were all found united together in Rome. At the heart of this government was the senate, a body of legislators chosen from a group of elite families. Patricians and the plebeians was the two broad classes they were divided into. The small group of aristocratic families and the plebeians, basically everybody else. The senate was sort of a mixture of legislature and giant advisory council. The main job was to set policy for the Councils. By tradition there were at least 300 members, chosen from the upper class of Roman society.
   The twelve tables:
An important victory for the plebeians was to force the creation of a written law code. With a written out law patrician officials often interpreted the laws to suit themselves. In 451 B.C., a group of ten officials begun writing down Rome's laws. The laws were carved on twelve tablets, or tables, and hung in the forum. 

Achievements: The Roman Empire had many new techniques for building and construction of all types including Crete, their roads, Roman arches, and aqueducts. They had free standing sculptures, bronze castings, and vase art. Also had jewelry, and portrait paintings. An achievement was their language, Latin. The Colosseum was one of the greatest feats of Roman Engineering and a model for the ages. The name comes from the Latin word colossus meaning "gigantic." The Romans were very intelligent considering they could build all these big sculptures and have nice advanced houses to live in.
 

Social Class: The Romans were hierarchical. In the Roman empire slaves could not vote or women. Only free born males could vote. Women and slaves were expected to stay at home and clean and work. During the republic, everyone was excepted to be christian and follow the christian laws. The plebeians and patricians even after the 12 laws were created, were two of the most powerful groups.
Important people from Roman history:
Julius Caesar: a leader of Rome who fought very hard for the Roman Empire
Augustus: the most important ruler of the Roman Empire
Constantine: originally not a Christian, later converted to Christianity and got baptized
Scipio: came to plan to defeat Hannibal
Hannibal: did not want to join the roman Empire so he committed suicide




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Classical Greece

Classical Greece

Geography: 

Greece is very mountainous and is almost completely surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea. Greece has over 1400 islands. They have mild winters and lengthy dry and hot summers. The mountain ranges divided Greece into 9 regions. Macedonia, Thrace, Thessaly, Epirus, Central Greece and Euboea, the Peloponnesus, the Lonian Islands, the Agean islands and Crete. Greece had a lot of mineral deposits such as marble, clay, nickle, coal, bauxite, ore, and chromate. All of these natural resources were good for building and jewelry. If they had regions then im sure thats kinda like have different towns. They probably stayed in their regions unless they needed something they did not have in theirs.  

Government:
A big number of Indo-Europeans migrated from Eurasian steppes to Europe, India, and Southwest Asia. A small amount of these people who settled on the Greek mainland around 2000 B.C.  later were known as Mycenaean's. Mycenae is the leading city that it got its name from. It was located on a steep, rocky ridge and surrounded  a protective wall that was 20 feet thick. This city could stand through almost any war or attack. Mycenae, a warrior king rulled by the surronding villages and farms. Mycenaean communities in towns such as Tiryns and Athens were controlled by influential and militaristic rulers. There are many ways to rule a Greek Polis. 

Achievements:
Classical Greece had many achievements. They had many influential effects to western civilization in such areas as philosophy, art, and architecture, and math, and science. They had many influences on the western civilization. 

 Important people/gods:
Zeus was a god he was the god of the sky and the ruler of the Olympian gods. (that made me think of the Olympics lol) Athena was the goddess of wisdom, courage, and inspiration. She was also the goddess of war. Apollo was one of the most important gods. He was the god of many things such as music, poetry, art, medicine, sun light, and knowledge. He is the sun of Zeus. 

Classes/groups:
Monarchy- State ruled by a king
-Rule is hereditary
-Some rulers claim divine right
-Practiced in Mycenae

Aristocracy- State ruled by nobility
-Rule is hereditary and based on land ownership
-Social status and wealth support rulers' authority
-Practiced in Athens

Oligarchy- State ruled by a small group of citizens
-Rule is based on wealth
- Ruling group controls military
-Practiced in Sparta 

Direct Democracy- Stated by its citizens 
-rule is based on citizenship 
-Majority rules decides votes 
- Practiced in Athens 

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Migration and Religion

*write a myth telling about events that might have occurred as the Phoenicians sailed around Africa.*

The Phoenicians set sail around Africa. They decided to take the sea that they felt was the lucky sea. They traveled as they talked and made many ideas up. One of the men started talking about how they wanted to leave their legacy for the future but how? So together they put together what we call the alphabet. It was genius. As they sailed they traded and told about what they had done. They wrote about it on their journey. They became the legends everyone looked up to them. It was the best sail of them all they said as the wind blew in their faces. 

(Please note that this story is full of non factual information that may not or probably did not occur.)

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egypt

Ancient Egypt

Geography:

Ancient Egyptians thought of Egypt as being divided in to two different places. The black land and the red land. In the black land you could grow crops. The land was very fertile. The red land was a dessert like area. It was very dry and hot. It protected Egypt on each side Egypt's climate is hot and dry like a dessert. Egypt had many buildings and structures due to their natural resources. They have decorative stone, copper, and lead ores, gold, and semiprecious stones. It made buildings and making of jewelry possible for them to do with those natural resources.  

Government:

Religion and government are very important or inseparable in Ancient Egypt. The Pharaoh was the head of state and the divine representation of the gods on earth. The pharaoh was at the top of the social hierarchy. 

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 the levels of class 

Laws:

Ancient Egyptians used common sense to make their legal system. The Egyptians goddess Ma'at was the goddess of justice basically, the law followed the teachings of Ma'at according to the priest, about what was right and wrong. No remains have been located of written laws.  

Achievements/social class: 

Ancient Egyptians had many achievements such as unification's, pyramids, hieroglyphics, and calendars. In ancient Egypt they did have their own form of slavery such as forced labor. That is slavery. Usually if your mom was a forced worker or slave then you would be also. 

 

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Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia

Geography

 Mesopotamia means 'between two rivers' in Greek. The two rivers are referring to Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Mesopotamia is marshy flat wide areas. Cities along the rivers. Settlers had to irrigate their land along the rivers. Settlers had to irrigate their land along the river to their crops. Mesopotamia has a warm climate with enough rain to grow their crops. The land is quite fertile due to seasonal rains. Early settlers used the land and timber, stone, and metals found on the mountain. 

Government and laws

They believed in their own gods. Their religion was polytheistic. Mesopotamia was ruled by kings. The kings only ruled one city. Not a whole empire. For an example King Hammurabi was the king of Babylon.

List of kings:

Ur-Nammu- King of Ur

Sargon of Akkad- Established Akkadian

Hammurabi- King of Babylon

Ashur-uballit II- Established Assyrian Empire

Tiglath-Pileser I- Established Assyrian Empire

Society

The Mesopotamian's had many rights toward women such as having equal rights,filing for divorce, and could own their own land. Women and Men both worked jobs. They had three different classes: nobility, slaves, and free citizens. Priests and kings were nobility. Modern people were the free citizens. Slaves were the slaves. They worked but were allowed to get married if they wished to. 
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Achievements

The Mesopotamian had some achievements they built cities along the rivers. They had advanced technology's like the wheel, plow, and their writing system. Farmers in the summer would create levees o hold back floods to protect their fields and cut canals to channel river to the fields.
  

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Ice Man

• He had 2 meals before he died
• meat from ibex and red deer with grain
• wearing shoes and goatskin made coat and goat skin leggings with a bear fur cape tied on with leather straps 
• 61 tattoos
• was about 5'2 when he died but shrunk over the past 5,300 years
• 110 pounds when he died 
• his mummified body is around 29 pounds
• was 45 years old
• probably had brown eyes
• he died around 3000 B.C.
• 3 faces of what he looked like
• he has a "curse" people have died that have associated with him 

Summary

Helmut and his wife were hiking when something caught Helmut's eye. He made the conclusion it was trash left behind. When he got a closer look it was a human body. Covered with ice that had started to melt. They were not sure if they were gonna report the body due to all the police questions they would get and ruin their vacation. They stopped for drinks at a near by lodge and that's when they decided to report the body to a worker. The police freed the body with doing that did make a few mistakes.

The Ice Man died around 3000 B.C. They say that he was injured during a battle or a fall before he froze to death. Some theories say he was accidentally shot due to the arrow they found in his shoulder. Others say he was being robbed for the items he had with him. His hand was injured so they say he could have fallen on his knife.

When he died he wasn't in the best health. He showed many signs of stress in the months before he died. His lungs were showing results from being around smoke from fires. He had a very small case of Lyme disease. He had very bad tooth decay and gum disease. So he was not in the nest health he could have been in.

Many people say the Ice Man has a curse. People that have had things to do with him have been killed and in bad accidents. One man helped put the body in a body bag the day of the finding a year later he was on the way to have a meeting about it and was in a bad car accident and was killed. One man made a documentary about the Ice Man and not long after died from a brain tumor.



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