Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Dear Time Traveler,
Before you go to the middle ages you need to know about the knights which they are the mounted warrior, chivalry(the code of conduct), and the troubadour(wandering musicians to tell story, sang about the brave deeds of knights and their devotion to their lady loves). You also need to know about noblemen, noblewomen, and serfs. Noblesmen begin training in boyhood for a future occupations as a knight. They also protect to weak and they true to their words. Noblewomen took over their father or husband duties. They might have to go to war to defend her estate. Noblewomen are expected to bear many children and dutiful to her husband. Serf were not slaves, they couldn't live their with out permission, and they inherited they father.

Thursday, September 3, 2009

Cleopatra VII

Cleopatra goal was to win back land that egypt had once held in Syria and Palestine. Cleopatra need Julius help to win the war with her brother because romae was the strongest power in the mediterranean. After the war with rome Antony and Cleopatra both killed their self because they both thought they were dead. Yes Cleopatra was serious about being a good ruler in egypt because she try to win the land back that egypt had once held in Syria and Palestine.

Friday, August 28, 2009

Greece Religion!!


Hi I am Marichell Machado reporting live from Mr.huffman 4th period & am going to tell you about Greece Religion.

O.M.G nobody knows How or Why people believe a certain story about their gods. Their were many gods such as: Zeus, Hera, Apollo, Artemis, Poseidon, Aphrodite, Athena, Demeter, Hermes, Ares, & Hades. Also Asclepius: the god of medicine, & Gaia: the earth goddness, Isis: the god of egyptain. To keep their god happy they have to sacrificed:they self without knowing, wild animal, like deer, or fish, but it bothered people to kill animals they had taken care of, that trusted them & it still bothers many people today.
The gods of ancient Greece, most of them were adopted by the ancient Romans, were generally described as human. Nearly immune to all wounds and sickness, capable of becoming invisible, able travel vast distances almost instantly, and able to speak through human beings with or without their knowledge. In Greek, the gods were presented as a large, multi-generational family, the oldest members of which created the world as we know it.
Roman gods has his or her own specific appearance, interests, personality, and area of expertise, subject to significant local variants. When the gods were called upon in poetry or prayer, they were referred to by a combination of their name.The latter serving to distinguish them from other gods.
The gods of ancient Rome were based in the Greek pantheon, but also included gods and goddesses incorporated from other cultures (such as Egyptian and Persian) and goddness associated with the Roman state.
The mythic origins of the nature of sacrifice actually tells us a great deal about what the rituals meant to the Greeks. According to the leaders, the Titan Prometheus was assigned the task of creating the first sacrifice in order to establish the proper relationship between gods and men once Zeus had assumed power and distributed authority amongst his siblings.
Using a steer, Prometheus hoped to fool the gods by tricking them into taking the worst parts: he wrapped the bones in appealing fat but wrapped the best meat in nasty entrails. Zeus knew it was a trick, but went ahead and chose the bones anyway - and, in the process, won. Prometheus thought that he was giving men the best part, but in eating meat they acquired the need to eat it. Men were now enjoying the consumption of something dead which, in turn, meant that they would kill themselves. Gods, however, were content with the pleasant smell of burning bones, fat, and spices, retained their immortality and stayed young because they had no direct contact with the corruption that of death. Thus, the sacrifice created by Prometheus in order to establish the relationship between gods and men did so in a way detrimental to men, despite his best intentions.