western civ 2019 blog

so earlier today i fell up the stairs and i hit my knee (the tendinitis one) and it swelled up and turned purple and orange for some reason so i went to the nurse during class. i wasn't there for a lot of class but we went over the powerpoint.

read pgs 168-172 questions 1 3 4 5 Jesus was born somewhere between 6 and 4 BC he was raised in Nazareth  baptized by john the baptist he was a carpenter for three years he held his public ministry with teachings, preached, and reportedly did miracles his teachings were monotheism, the ten commandments, God's personal relationship to everyone, to love everyone, and that God would save anyone who repented their sins the main source of information about Jesus is the gospels gospels written by apostles Roman and Jewish leaders felt threatened by Jesus they had him crucified Jesus's followers continued to spread his teachings his first followers were Jews but it slowly developed into a new religion called Christianity in 66 AD, Jews rebelled against Rome and in 70 AD the Romans stormed the Temple in Jerusalem.  3. what did jesus emphasize in his early teachings? love, forgivness of sins, and a personal relationship with god 4. why did early christians face per...

The first verse of the rap says that the people of Rome got tired of Tarquin the Proud's corrupt leadership, so they ran him out. That information is also found in the textbook on page 156. "A harsh tyrant, he was driven from power in 509 B.C. The Romans declared they would never again be ruled by a king." The rap says "democracy aristocracy plus monarchy not a tyranny" and the book says that the Romans took the best features of each type of government and made their own called a republic. Another line of the rap says "Hannibal riding on elephant back crossing the Alps just to launch his attack" which was Hannibal's battle strategy.

THE ROMAN REPUBLIC: The first groups in Rome were Greeks, Latins, and Etruscans between 750 and 600 BC, the Greeks built colonies along southern Italy and Sicily, which brought all of Italy into closer contact with Greece Etruscans strongly influenced the development of Roman civilization ex. a writing system in 600 BC, an Etruscan became king of Rome, in that time Rome grew immensely the last king of Rome, Tarquin the Proud, was a harsh tyrant who was driven from power in 509 BC Romans established a republic, which is when citizens choose representatives to vote on laws citizenship was only granted to free-born males two social groups, patricians (upper class rich people) and plebeians (low class poor people) tribunes protected the rights of plebeians from unfair acts of patrician officials Rome had a executive, legislative, and judicial branch similar to America's  two officials called consuls who commanded the army and directed the government, but they served for on...

MAIN IDEAS-- Rome began as a republic, a government in which elected officials represent the people. Eventually, absolute rulers called emperors seized power and expanded the empire. At its height, the Roman Empire touched three continents: Europe, Asia, and Africa. For several centuries, Rome brought peace and prosperity to its empire before its eventual collapse. Out of Judea rose a monotheistic religion known as Christianity. It soon spread throughout Rome and beyond.  ROME TIMELINE-- 509 BC: Rome becomes a Republic 264 BC: First Punic War begins 218 BC: In the Second Punic War, Hannibal invades Italy 31 BC: Octavian defeats the forces of Antony and Cleopatra 284 AD: Diocletian becomes emperor of Rome 476 AD: Western Roman Empire falls PG. 155-159: THE ROMAN REPUBLIC-- Some of the most fundamental values and institutions of Western Civilization began in the Roman Republic According to the legend, Rome was founded by Romulus and Remus, twin sons of the ...

wont be in class today