western civ 2019 blog

there's no book under my desk, so im just going to write about what we did today. we went over the test. i got an 80 so thats cool i thought i was going to fail. im mad because someone got me sick and i just want to go home and sleep.

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.