ROME POST III

"venn diagram"

My Life:

• bath for cleanliness not a social outing

Our Lives:

• Who and what you were affected how you were treated and how you treated others.
• People could amass a fortune, and money could buy status symbols.
• status could be disputed, contested and even invented.
• the Romans built tremendous roads.
• alphabet
• three-course meal.
• flushing lavatories
• engineers

Their Life:

• The main legal distinctions were between those who were free, and those who were slaves.
• Women's domestic work was seen as a symbol of feminine virtue

#5 Contributions

The top 5 contributions i think that the greeks gave modern society would be:

1. Democracy- founders of democratic governments
2. Christianity- still practiced today
3. Buildings and Roads- architecture such as colomns, used concrete. Many roads still around today
4. Math- made many great discoveries that spurred more
5. Philosophy- ditto with math

Greek Unit Cover ( Post 4)

I think this picture would make a good cover because first of all, its pretty. It needs to be pretty because you have to look at it a lot. Plus Greece is a beautiful place. The scene indicates rich culture, and a picturesque landscape. The Greeks enjoy all of these things, and we will be learning about them in studying their history. This architecture is old but it still stands as a reminder of what the country used to be like.

GreekBlog3.

http://mythweb.com/

http://greekmythology.com/

http://www.cumbavac.org/greek_and_roman_mythology.htm

http://messagenetcommresearch.com/myths/

Aphrodite	Venus	goddess of beauty and love
Ares	Mars	god of war
Artemis	Diana	goddess of hunting and childbirth
Athena	Minerva	goddess of war, wisdom, and crafts
Demeter	Ceres	goddess of the harvest
Hera	Juno	protector of women; wife of Zeus/Jupiter
Hermes	Mercury	messenger of the gods
Hades	Pluto	god of the Underworld
Poseidon	Neptune	god of the sea
Zeus	Jupiter	king of the gods

Compare and Contrast: Sparta vs. Athens

Spartans: Descendants of the Dorian invaders. Governemnt was entrusted to five men called ephors, and a council of 28 elders. This form of oligarchical government was elected by Spartan citizens over thirty years of age. They  emphasized only on expanding their power and gaining control over other kingdoms. Spartans were always training to be soldiers. The rigorous training that began at birth hardened the Spartan soldiers such that they never lost a battle in the bloody conflicts that raged almost constantly between the small city-states of ancient Greece. Relied on agriculture for maintaining their economy.

Atheians:  Ionian descent. The Athenian democratic government was elected and ruled by an upper class, male population. Fifty people were randomly chosen from each unit to form the Council of 500. This council would meet to decide the laws. Athenian people spent a considerable amount of their time studying literature, art, and music. Male members of the society had access to good education and were free to pursue any of the several kinds of arts or sciences. They were the trading power of the Mediterranean by the 5th century BC and was thus considerably richer than the Spartans.

Both: All worshiped the Greek gods and goddesses and believed in bravery on the war-front.

I would have definitely wanted to live in Athens. It sounds so much more relaxed and fun. I wouldnt want to live in a society that relied on farms and soldiers. I do enjoy buff men, but not insensitive jerkish fighters. I like to read and listen to music et cetera. Plus the Athenians had a much more fair form of government. They were the forfathers of democracy.

Greek Facts I'm Learning

• People first lived in Greece about 55,000 years ago.
• In about 1628 B.C., a volcano erupted on an island near Crete and tidal waves caused by the eruption destroyed settlements on Crete.
• The Mycenaeans controlled mainland Greece from about 1600 B.C. to about 1200 B.C.
• The Mycenaeans adopted many elements of Minoan civilization.
• The inhabitants of Greece were intensely loyal to the concept of the polis.
• Citizens met in the agora to discuss common issues. 
• Greek citizens believed that they owed loyalty to their polis, and were often willing to die defending it.
• Helots made up the third and lowest group in Spartan society.
• Ephors were elected from the Spartan assembly, which included all male citizens over 30 years old.
• Sparta's goal was to make every adult male citizen part of the military machine.
• Draco's laws were so harsh and severe that today we call a harsh law a Draconian law.
• Solon also made changes in Athenian government; for example, he set up citizen juries to preside over some court cases.
• The form of democracy Athens had under Cleisthenes was called direct democracy.
• Metics could not take part in government or own land.
• Trade was the mainstay of Athen's economy.
• Terracing means carving small, flat plots of land from hillsides.
• Parents arranged marriages and often girls were married at 13 or 14 to men twice their age or older
• Generally, most Athenians believed that money should be spent on buildings to benefit the whole community, and not on private homes.
• Sappho often described everyday scenes from Greek life, such as weddings.
• Men called Sophists opened schools for older boys in the 400s B.C.
• Athenians placed great value on literacy and learning and sent their sons to schools at a young age.
• Hoplites formed the center of the Athenian infantry. Helots were people that the Spartans conquered.
• Pericles was a great general, orator, and statesman in Athens, and was responsible for building the Parthenon and the Acropolis.

Post 11

My research is going to be on ancient Egyptian food. I'm going to focus on their culinary skills and diets. During the process i'll probably learn how their shipping and marketing skills were. I also want to see how the peasants and royalty differed in eating habits.