Ancient History E-Text
Thursday, May 17, 2018
Last Blog Post
This year I learned about outline notes and how to write a formal paper. In History class I learned about prehistory, archaeology, Mesopotamia, Indus valley, ancient Egypt, bronze age Aegean, Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. The thing that will help me most in the future is outline notes for writing papers. I am proudest of the essays that I did. My favorite part of Ancient history class was the Ancient Greece Unit. This class was not like I excepted it to be because it was a lot more fun than I thought it would be.
Monday, May 14, 2018
Introduction to Ancient Rome
Ancient Rome, History, https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/ancient-rome, 14 May 2018 |
Rome Colosseum, crystalinks, http://www.crystalinks.com/rome.html, 14 May 2018 |
Friday, May 11, 2018
Introduction to Ancient Greece
One of our last units that we did in Ancient history class was the Ancient Greece unit. Some of my favorite topics in this subject would include all the battles that took place back then. Another topic would be the trial of Socrates and how crazy it was that he would die for something so little. I invite you to check out my Socrates essay on my Ancient Greece page.
Socrates, Britannica, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Socrates, 11 May 2018 |
Thursday, March 15, 2018
Bronze Age Aegeans
This unit we went over the Bronze Age Aegeans which are the Minoans, Hebrews, and the Phoenicians. One of the most important details about the Phoenicians is that they used the north star to navigate so they could sail during the night and go faster than anyone before. An interesting fact about the Minoans is that they had no fortifications and hardly any weapons which could mean they were peaceful. An important fact about the Hebrews is that they started the first ethical monotheism.
Minoans, Ancient origins, http://www.ancient-origins.net/history-ancient-traditions/taking-bull-horns-perilous-minoan-practice-bull-leaping-008501, 15 March 2018 |
Wednesday, February 14, 2018
Intro to Ancient Egypt
The next subject we learned about in ancient history class was about Ancient Egypt. In my opinion this is my favorite subject yet because there is so much you can learn about Ancient Egypt. I just touched the surface of this ancient civilization because the Egyptians ruled for 3000 years. my favorite fact about the Egyptians was that they performed surgeries on the body which was unheard of in ancient times. I made a power point full of facts about Abu simbel, the temples of Karnak, and other temples/complexes. I invite you to visit my Egypt page that has facts about the Egyptian civilization along with my power point on the temples.
Hieroglyphics, how stuff works, https://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/inventions/5-amazing-ancient-egyptian-inventions8.htm, 14 February 2018 |
Wednesday, January 31, 2018
Wednesday, January 17, 2018
Intro to Hinduism and Buddhism
Intro
to Hinduism and Buddhism
In our next Ancient
History unit we went over two religions that started in India, Hinduism and
Buddhism. For the Hindus there is no date of origin because it started so long
ago there are no records of its beginning and the Hindus make up the 3rd
largest religion in the world. The Buddhist religion started in approximately
560 B.C. and it is still going today, the Buddhist religion makes up the 4th
largest religion in the world. The ultimate goal for the Hindus is moksha which
is the perfect state of enlightenment which breaks the chain of reincarnations,
also you have to achieve the union of atman with Brahman and follow dharma and
have good karma. The ultimate goal for the Buddhist is Nirvana which is the
perfect state of enlightenment which breaks the chain of reincarnations,
blissful nothingness and a release from suffering and desire. Two major ways
these religions are different is that Hinduism has no founder or date and the
Buddhists have Siddhartha Gautama as their founder and a date of 560 B.C., also
the Hindus follow many gods and the Buddhists have no gods.
Hindu gods, Fantastic India, http://myfantasticindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/hinduism1.jpg, 17 January 2018 |
The key beliefs for the
Hindus is to worship Brahman, Brahma, Vishnu, Ganesha, Shiva, and etc. and they
don’t have any other leaders except gods. The Hindus attitude toward the caste
system is like Sumer where the wealthy rule and the untouchables can’t be
touched. The Buddhist beliefs include listening to the Buddha and the Buddhists
attitude toward the caste system is the Buddhists trying to escape it. The
sacred texts of the Hindus are the Upanishads, Tripitaka and the eightfold
path. The ultimate goal for the Hindus is to unite your soul with Brahman. The
goal of the Buddhists is to become enlightened like the Buddha. I invite you to
read my complete comparison essay on my Indus Valley page.
buddhism, Follow CN,http://buddha.followcn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/buddhafghf68.jpg, 17 January 2018 |
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