Question time

Today in class formed questioned that we believed to be on the test.

diocletian

Epidemic disease spreads throughout the Empire

It's too hard to defend the frontier against the barbarians

Emperors began to lose their hold on power

Still too many poverty stricken citizens

Diocletian to the rescue

284 AD

Increase army to 400,000

1/3 bigger the Augustus' time

Recruit from the ranks of the barbarians

Divide Roman territories into smaller provinces this new government had 20,000 officials-ten times more than under Augustus

What was his connection with Christianity?

How did he restructure the empire?

That's just awesome

I got an eighty on Monday's test because i screwed up the numbers and didn't do twenty as a result though i knew all of the answers and could have gotten a ninety six on it. I hate scan trons. Then we talked about Jesus and his influence on the earth and society plus we got a pop quiz that i got a hundred on.

Julius Caesar and Company Test

Today we had a test on Julius Caesar

WOOOOWWW

Today I must have heard the Rome song a thousand times it really started to annoy me. Though i didn't let it get to me. We also talked about the lyrics in the song and the facts behind them like Hannibal and the Punic wars.

Schickcago

When the Etruscans arrived in the Mediterranean area, the land was agriculturally similar to those of Greece except it was able to support a larger population and in time larger army’s.

Formed tribal groups: The Latin people settled on the low-lying hills along the Tiber River and the known “Seven Hills”. Around 750 B.C. the settlements eventually joined to form the city-state we know today as Rome. Etruscans, Greeks and Latin’s lived in Italy. Etruscans were non-Indo-European immigrants who arrived from the east around the 9^th century. They gained control of the land north of the Latin’s and built civilizations under the rule by kings. Then the people built up civilization to combine certain characteristics.  In 7^th century they conquered Latium and Etruscans ruled Rome for a while. Rome adopted featured from the Etruscans and the Romans borrowed directly from the Greeks. Greeks began to expand across the Mediterranean and planted colonies in southern Italy in the beginning in the 8^th century BC to almost the border of Latium.  Latin’s learned the alphabet and gained knowledge of the Greek city states life.

Rome was ruled by the model situated by the Etruscan king. The king was advised by his Senate, whose members he appointed. He usually appointed people who were among the patricians.

(Patricians- Upper-class citizens who belonged to the oldest and noblest roman families.)

The patricians were the fathers that already belonged to the group of leading families. When a king died his successors was chosen by the Senate, subject to the approval of an assembly of male citizens. However, the Senate and patricians dominated the city-state. Around 500 BC, Rome overthrew its Etruscan rulers and the monarchy. Rome’s government became the “people’s business”, and became the Roman Republic. It underwent a long development that finally resulted in a system of government that was a mixture of Greek-style democracy and an oligarchy.

(Republic- in reference to ancient Rome, the system of city-state government in which decision making power was shared between the Senate and assemblies of male citizens.)

Patricians and Plebeians- (Plebeians- The Roman common people, including workers, small farmers, and wealthy people who were not patricians.)

In the earliest time of the Republic, the government was run by the Senate, an assembly of about 300 head patricians. Two among the Senators were consuls also known as colleagues today. (Senate- In ancient Rome, a government assembly appointed by the kings and under the Republic by the consuls) Originally all members were patricians, but in time wealthy plebeians were appointed as well. (Consuls- in the Roman Republic, they were two senators who led the government and military for one-year terms and appointed their own successors.) The consuls could veto the other lawmaker’s proposals and were a guarantee against a revival of a monarchy.

The Romans eventually started appointing more than two consuls to further more prevent a rise of a monarchy, which slowed down government decisions and actions, but they could choose a dictator in time a crisis that could rule for six months at a time, maximum. (Dictator- In the Roman Republic, a single leader with full decision-making powers, appointed for a maximum six-month term during times of emergency.)

Above all, the patricians held the most power. The plebeians wanted to have power too and disputes rose. Eventually, since Rome depended on its lower class citizens for their military, they developed a government system that maintained the power of the Senate and admitted the plebeians to power. Slowly the patrician and plebeian groups combined until they no longer mattered in government and politics eventually in 250 BC. Plebeians were eligible for all public offices and even consul, were allowed into the consul and were allow marrying into patrician families.

Monday Test Day!

Patricians- upper class citizens who belonged to the oldest and noblest Roman families
Republic- In reference to ancient Rome the system of city-state government in which decision making power was shared between the Senate and assemblies of male citizens

To day we took a test about Alexander  the Great. I think i did really well.

Black and White Rocks

In class we debated ,like the ancient Greeks, about whether or not the Chinese exchange students can use their translators in class for the test. I led the idea to let them use the translators. Even though a lot of people said they shouldn't they eventually changed their minds. Mr. Schick ended up allowing the translators

I Was Floatin Teacher Man

Today in class we played a game about pyramids that we did with partners. My partner was Maheer. We learned that a majority of workers that worked on the pyramid were actually farmers instead of slaves. The angle of the pyramid greatly impacts the fit of the special gilded top that was a symbol of power. My favorite part was one being first and getting a ten out of ten  but the boat down the Nile, I was floatin.

West Civ Essay 1

I believe that Jared Diamond had the right idea when he mentioned "geographical luck". Geographical Luck refers to the idea that where your people settled or where you were born is just luck. The plants and resources that were utilized from early people was just luck says Diamond. Since they had no idea what they actually were though something attracted them to that area. Was it the water and the resources they could collect? Could it be the animals and livestock or the fertile land? It seems that all of these points must to have led the beginning of civilization of course this had to occur over a long period of time. If you look back at Mesopotamia, one of the first civilizations,  it settled it between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers better known as the "Fertile Crescent". If you move a little more south Egypt who settled on the Nile river and the Nile's mighty Delta. These two areas are known for there vast crop fields and their dense livestock farms. The two civilizations were defiantly blessed with geographical luck. Since they didn't intentionally move there it was most likely done by accident. That is why Geographical luck is a sustainable probability.