Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Question 10
I did feel that I learned a lot this year and Western Civilization. I also became a better writer over the course of the semester. I learned about the Renaissance and Ancient Egypt. I also learned things that I did not know before about the Black Death. I found this class very interesting! I will always keep what I learned with me for future endeavors!!
Question 9
The real and true "Renaissance Man" is Shakespeare because he was an amazing play write that included everything the Renaissance period was about. Shakespeare included romance and drama in his plays. An example of romance, since the Renaissance period was known as the romantic period is a quote from the love play Romeo and Juliet, "The exchange for thou love's faithful vow for mine." (romeo speaking to juliet). Shakespeare also had action and excitement, just like Renaissance festival's would have. An example of excitement in his plays is when he had many fight scenes. An example of a fight scene is in Romeo and Juliet, when Romeo kills Tybalt. This is one of the most popular fight scene's in the history of Renaissance plays.
A final example of how Shakespeare was the "Renaissance Man", was how he used the language of the time period in his plays. Shakespeare would often talk in old English. This made his plays very accurate to the time period. Shakespeare was always accurate with his plays to the time period he was in and filled them with Renaissance culture. He was the perfect "Renaissance Man".
A final example of how Shakespeare was the "Renaissance Man", was how he used the language of the time period in his plays. Shakespeare would often talk in old English. This made his plays very accurate to the time period. Shakespeare was always accurate with his plays to the time period he was in and filled them with Renaissance culture. He was the perfect "Renaissance Man".
Question 8
The traditions of structure and patterns in Romanesque and Gothic Churches are truly diverse. Each of these different and detailed types of churches represents something. The Gothic churches show how important it was to be a community and how close the community was, with crypts underneath the church. While the Romanesque churches describe how important privacy was and how closer of the soul was a big part of a person’s life. Romanesque and Gothic churches show how important theology was to each ones culture, through the appearance of their diverse structures.
The dissimilarities between these two churches can be of great importance to each ones theology. The Gothic church is very open to the community to experience learning about God together. The Romanesque church is more secluded and focuses more on a person’s inner soul, and their relationship with God. Each church’s is represented greatly in there look and appearance
Question 7
1. The Black Death was one of the most effective and horrible plagues that struck Europe. It was a deathly disease and killed thirty to sixty percent of Europe's population. The death rate was horrible and people who had this disease were taken fast. It was highly contagious and dangerous. This terrible disease was said to have been passed through by fleas. To deal with the disease some Europeans turned on Jews and attacked Jewish communities blaming them for the epidemic. It did not only hit Europe but hit other countries as well. Unfortunetly the disease traveled fast.
2. This terrible disease was said to have been passed through by fleas. Symptoms of this disease were huge pussy massases on the skin that would puss and bleed when opened. It could also cause breathing problems (bleeding within the lungs) and could kill with in two days. To treat this disease medieval physicians would not allow the patients to do anything and many times gave them herbs to relieve pain.
3. If a plague as serious and harmful as the black death would occur each person would respond a different way. One response is to move out of the country or move around the parts of the nation that have been hit with it. Another approach is to try to find a cure for the plague . This is not likely though, since the nation would be in chaos. Some people may even stay with family or live with them till they die. Others would move healthy family members to a different place and leave the person in the care of a physician.
Giovanni, Baccacio. (1996). Medieval sourcebook- boccaccio: the decameron.
2. This terrible disease was said to have been passed through by fleas. Symptoms of this disease were huge pussy massases on the skin that would puss and bleed when opened. It could also cause breathing problems (bleeding within the lungs) and could kill with in two days. To treat this disease medieval physicians would not allow the patients to do anything and many times gave them herbs to relieve pain.
3. If a plague as serious and harmful as the black death would occur each person would respond a different way. One response is to move out of the country or move around the parts of the nation that have been hit with it. Another approach is to try to find a cure for the plague . This is not likely though, since the nation would be in chaos. Some people may even stay with family or live with them till they die. Others would move healthy family members to a different place and leave the person in the care of a physician.
Giovanni, Baccacio. (1996). Medieval sourcebook- boccaccio: the decameron.
Question 5
The Roman Empire was a huge world power during its early development. It influenced other countries and fought its way to the top. The United States also has history like this. The United States today, questions our leader or president’s authority, just as the Romans have done to the emperor in the past. The United States has taxes, just as the Roman’s did. The United States also has a large rate of immigrants or people wanting to come into the country. These all can relate to the Roman Empire and the struggle it had as well. The United States is a modern day “Roman Empire” because of the influence it has over different nations and the difficulties it faces as a country with in.
The Roman Empire had many leaders over the course of its democracy. This is because the people doubted their leaders, just as some in the United States may do today. The United States has a president, which is easily compared to the task of an emperor. As a president it is no surprised to be doubted by the people you control. An example of the people questioning the president in modern day time is in the, Opalika- Auburn News, “I am concerned about the fact that the recovery we are on is not producing jobs as quickly as I want it to happen.”(Christopher, 2011) This is a quote from current U.S president Barack Obama. He is replying to the worry that not as many jobs are to be produced in the Nation. He is also replying to the job loss rates that are getting worse. There were many times in Rome’s history when the people of Rome have doubted their emperor, thinking that the conditions may get worse. An emperor that compares to the current president today, Barack Obama, is Tiberius. Tiberius promised a lot to the people of Rome, but at first did not deliver, so they began to doubt him. He promised to give them more than they had acquired. Just as in the quote above, the people started to doubt President Obama. Doubting the president or emperor, often occurred in Rome and now currently in the United States; thus bringing together the similarities between Rome and the United States.
A current event that also relates to an event that occurred in Rome is the retirement of someone or allowing someone else to take over. This happened in an elementary school in the United States, when a dean of students decided to step down. An example of how this relates to Rome is when the emperor Nerva is told to step up as emperor. Just like the man who will replace this school dean. It may not be a big as step as becoming emperor, but it relates to the passing on of power. It occurs every day in the United States. A quote that supports this statement is from the dean himself, “There’s no doubt a building this large has some unique opportunities and challenges.”(Linda,2011) This quote describes what it is like to lead a community, in Rome’s case a country.
A final example of how the U.S is a modern day Roman Empire is the conflict with Iraq. As Rome had problems with other countries, so did the United States. Rome was often fought between the Spartans and Athenians. The United States tried to move into Iraq. These two world power used they’re power. A quote from Judith Kipper on the Iraq problem is, “the American media … never bothered to look on the side of the road … to see what was happening to the Iraqis."(Elizabeth, 2007)
The conflicts, problems and tradition the Roman Empire had, reflects in the United States today. These two world powers were a like in many ways. They quarreled with other countries, changed their rulers and even questioned they’re authority. There are not only modern conflicts outside of the United States that supports how it is a modern “Roman Empire”, also inside its own country conflicts can arise.
Works Cited
Christopher, Rugaber. (2011). Nation should "not panic".
Linda, Vanderwerf. (2011). Nathan cox selected to be new principle at rosevelt elementary school.
Elizabeth, Hurley. (2007). "sincere effort being made to tell the whole iraq story".
Question 4
I chose the first article by N.R Kleinfeld because it is a more one person approach to the opinions of 9/11. It does not have an open argeument, but instead a point is stated. This reminds me of Thucydides, who was more of a one point of view writer. He did not chose to allow others opinions in. He chose to state his only instead. This article is very one opinionated and does not allow the reader to participate or does not seem friendly to the others opinion. This reminds me greatly of the one minded Thucydides.It also has an almost negative feel to the paper.
N.R, Kleingfeild. (Sept. 7, 2007). September 11, 2001.
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/s/sept_11_2001/index.html?scp=1&sq=9/11%20articles&st=cse
The second article I chose was by Liz Robbins, it is a more factual and less personal paper. It is also a paper that can easily be debated. It is not very opinionated but instead tells more of a story. It reminds me of Herodotus' writing because he was more of a story teller. He would even perform his "stories" or tales at events, such as the Olympic Games.
Liz, Robbins. (January 18, 2011). First trade center officers to be in place by sept 11.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/19/nyregion/19wtc.html?ref=sept112001
N.R, Kleingfeild. (Sept. 7, 2007). September 11, 2001.
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/s/sept_11_2001/index.html?scp=1&sq=9/11%20articles&st=cse
The second article I chose was by Liz Robbins, it is a more factual and less personal paper. It is also a paper that can easily be debated. It is not very opinionated but instead tells more of a story. It reminds me of Herodotus' writing because he was more of a story teller. He would even perform his "stories" or tales at events, such as the Olympic Games.
Liz, Robbins. (January 18, 2011). First trade center officers to be in place by sept 11.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/19/nyregion/19wtc.html?ref=sept112001
Question 3
There are many different views for different cultures on how we will be received in the afterlife. The Ancient Egyptians believed that the spirit Ca would come and judge your heart. Therefore they would remove your most vital organs, such as the heart brian etc... After the Ca came to judge you it would weigh your heart and if your heart was lighter than a feather you could not move on and instead would live in a world of limbo. If your heart was the same then you were able to move to the next round of the afterlife. This was meeting the Lord and Lady or the underworld:Osiris and Isis. After getting through this the spirit would live in the underworld/ afterlife forever and would fulfill his craft that he had on earth.
The Greeks thought differently about the world afterlife. They believed that right after death you would become a puff of air or even a part of the wind. Then rituals would be performed on the body. Some of the rituals were to dress the body and then have the burial. Many times women performed this task. They believed that you would travel to the underworld where Hades, the brother of the Greek god Zeus lived. Suposibly you would live there forever. The Ancient Egyptians and the Greeks both had very different processes. The Egyptians process was more complicated and there were several different routes you could take. Depending on how you were on earth. While the Greeks believed that they all went to one place, the underworld. Meaning it did not depend on what you did on earth, unless you were a god. A similarity is that the body is buried either way. The differences between these two cultures are drastic.
E.A Walls, Budge. (1895). The book of the dead.
Department of Greek and Roman Art. "Death, Burial, and the Afterlife in Ancient Greece". InHeilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/dbag/hd_dbag.htm (October 2003)
:Death, Burial, and the Afterlife in Ancient Greece | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Greeks thought differently about the world afterlife. They believed that right after death you would become a puff of air or even a part of the wind. Then rituals would be performed on the body. Some of the rituals were to dress the body and then have the burial. Many times women performed this task. They believed that you would travel to the underworld where Hades, the brother of the Greek god Zeus lived. Suposibly you would live there forever. The Ancient Egyptians and the Greeks both had very different processes. The Egyptians process was more complicated and there were several different routes you could take. Depending on how you were on earth. While the Greeks believed that they all went to one place, the underworld. Meaning it did not depend on what you did on earth, unless you were a god. A similarity is that the body is buried either way. The differences between these two cultures are drastic.
E.A Walls, Budge. (1895). The book of the dead.
Department of Greek and Roman Art. "Death, Burial, and the Afterlife in Ancient Greece". InHeilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/dbag/hd_dbag.htm (October 2003)
:Death, Burial, and the Afterlife in Ancient Greece | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Question 2
1. The Agriculture Revolution was very important to the development of cities because it brought new idea's to a new era. In this era developments were made economically. Changes were made industrally as well. It took place in Mesopotamia, where the climate and type of farm land were not what was needed to grow crops. The people there adjusted to this and dug trenches to allow water to flow through their land to help with crops. It also moisterized the soil. People started to build houses out of mud and used the resources they had. This was a benefit because the mud made the room inside moist during the hot weather.
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3. The agricultural standards we have today are very high. Now lets take a look at what would happen if our agriculture failed. Agriculture is not just farming it effects many large groups of things. Without this we would loose all contacts with the world. We would loose what we survive on, food. We would also loose what we live in, houses or living spaces.
The Agriculture system feeds into farming and creating crops. Without crops we are unable to produce food, which is very influential and we need this to survive. The Agricultural system helps control wildlife and ecosystems. These are big contributors. To think, what if we were not the biggest population on the earth, what if some other animal was? What if one of our most valuable food sources went extinct. Each country expects something in return for the resources they provide us, if we had no resources to give, then it could lead to the cut off of communication with other countries. The Agricultural system also feeds into landscaping and industrial needs we as Americans have. Without these things we don't have a solid place to live or machinery to produce clothing and other needs we have to survive. These are all ideas we need to think about . What would happen if our Agriculture System collapsed?
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3. The agricultural standards we have today are very high. Now lets take a look at what would happen if our agriculture failed. Agriculture is not just farming it effects many large groups of things. Without this we would loose all contacts with the world. We would loose what we survive on, food. We would also loose what we live in, houses or living spaces.
The Agriculture system feeds into farming and creating crops. Without crops we are unable to produce food, which is very influential and we need this to survive. The Agricultural system helps control wildlife and ecosystems. These are big contributors. To think, what if we were not the biggest population on the earth, what if some other animal was? What if one of our most valuable food sources went extinct. Each country expects something in return for the resources they provide us, if we had no resources to give, then it could lead to the cut off of communication with other countries. The Agricultural system also feeds into landscaping and industrial needs we as Americans have. Without these things we don't have a solid place to live or machinery to produce clothing and other needs we have to survive. These are all ideas we need to think about . What would happen if our Agriculture System collapsed?
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