Thursday, March 6, 2008

George Bush Mistake with Crusade definition

"1. On September 11, 2001 terrorist attacked the World Trade Center in New York City. After the crash George Bush made a speech where he compared the war to a crusade. It was a bad idea to compare the war to the crusade, because the crusade was fighting for god to win the land they believed he was buried in, and in the war they are destroying many places and killed many people to find one man for revenge. In the original crusades the Roman Catholics and the Muslims are fighting for the land they believe god was buried in. "

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

fall of ancient rome

Fall of ancient Rome
"Ancient Rome had several problems contributing to its eventual downfall. The U.S also shares many of these same problems today." [Mr. Gleason] For example ancient Rome had many nomadic attacks. Like the U.S had attacks from terrorists. Also Rome hired the Mercenaries and people to fight only for money. Also the U.S also uses the Mercenaries to fight there wars. They only fought for them for money not loyalty. Rome’s value of money goes down. Which also happens in the U.S, when they need to make more money they just print more dollar bills, and the value for dollar bills go down.


By: Carolyn Hernandez

Thursday, January 3, 2008

How did Hellenistic culture start?

How did Hellenistic culture start?
By: Carolyn Hernandez and Badr Alafif

Hellenistic Culture is a combination of cultures conquered by Phillip II and his son Alexander the Great. Phillip II conquered Greece; in his daughters wedding he was stabbed by his guard. Leaving his son Alexander the great to continue where he left off. He conquered Egypt so he can feed his people. The wheat growing from the Mediterranean contained much food. He later conquered India, and all Persian culture. He used special weapons to get through the castles. Each of his city-states had a small army. They fought and brought Egypt, Greece and Persia and created a Hellenistic culture.


Alexander the Great son of Philip II

Friday, December 21, 2007

Geography IN ancient Greece

Geography in ancient Greece by Badr Alafif

Ancient Greece’s geography included Mountains which separated Greece into separated city states. Greece is surrounded by the ocean. They used the Aegean Sea, the Ionian Sea, and the Black Sea for transportation. Sea travel and Trade was important for Greeks because they didn’t have enough Natural Barriers. Greece has mountains which covered 3/4th of Greece. Most of their land was stony. They had to devide ancient Greece into separate city states because the sea and the mountains made it impossible for 1 king to control.

Thursday, December 20, 2007

athens vs. sparta

Athens Vs. Sparta

In ancient Greece the city-state Athens believed that education was more important. athens also believed that everyone was an individual an sparta thought of groups. in athens their government was democracy voted by people. On the other hand Sparta believed that the military was more important. Sparta sent all the boys of the age 7 to prepare for the military. Instead Athens had their students learn from philosophers. Philosophers are people who seek answers to difficult question. Athens had control of all the city states because they controlled the Delian league. The Delian league was controlled by Perciles. He made alliances with the military to strengthen the Athenian empire Sparta got upset and they went to war. Athens had many years of violence and chaos. Perciles hired architects and artist to glorify Athens. Athens had more knowledge and power than Sparta. But Sparta’s military service was stronger. In ancient Greece it was book smarts for Athens and streets smarts for Sparta.
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Carolyn Hernandez

Thursday, December 13, 2007

Golden Age of Ancient Greece

A golden age is a time of place and prosperity, usually when new ideas and inventions are created. Or when achievements in art and architecture. The golden age in ancient Greece was when Perciles ruled. He ruled from461 to 429 b. c. He had many policies, his democracy was strong. He formed alliances with the military. Perciles also controlled the Delian league to strengthen the Atherian empire. He controlled other city states. To glorify Athens he paid artist and architects to create art.

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Who was ruled during the Golden Age in Greece?

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Welcome to our blog

hey this is ur hosts Carolyn and Badr we arereporting from Mr. Gleasons 4th period class and we just wanna know if u really love history like us you should tell us why you like it so much