5/16/19

1.
Renaissance-means rebirth and a period of time that changed history
humanism-an intellectual movement that focused on human potential and achievements
secular-concerned with worldly rather than spiritual matters
patron-supports artists especially in finance
perspective-artistic technique that creates a 3D appearance
vernacular-everyday language of people in a country or region

3.Advanced Renaissance men who excelled in many subjects was known as a universal man. A man should be charming, witty, well educated, know how to dance, sing, play music, and also write poetry. He should also be a skilled rider wrestler and swordsman. Renaissance were expected to know the classics and be charming. They were expected to inspire art but not to do it. They were better educated than medieval woman but had little influence on politics.
4. It had thriving cities, a wealthy merchant class, and the classical heritage of ancient Greece
5. They beautified Rome by spending lots of money on art and decor. They became patrons by finally supporting artists. Wealthy families were also patrons of the arts. They had their importance demonstrated by having their portraits painted in public squares.

5/15/19

Today was our test on Ancient Rome and I felt like I did decent on it and after looking at what I got I wasn't the happiest but I still have an A in the class. I got a 74 percent which means I got a 49/66 which is pretty bad if you ask me but I missed a couple class days and I don't find Rome interesting at all so this test doesn't mean anything to me. Anyways that's all that happened today

5/14/19

Today we focussed on our test today and me mainly did that by going over the whole powerpoint and saying how many test questions was on each of the slides. It was a pretty productive class knowing that I had missed the last couple of classes. But I have tried to study a lot because I really need to do good on this test because it will be a pretty good chunk of my grade. But there really isn'y much to blog about today considering we just went over the powerpoint for an hour and made sure that we knew what to prepare for the test tomorrow. But it is a good thing that is all matching and no written questions.

5/9/19

1.
Greco-Roman Culture-an ancient culture that developed from a blending of Greek, Hellenistic, and Roman Cultures
Pompeii-where the best examples or Roman paintings are found
Virgil-a famous Roman poet that wrote Latin literature
Tacitus-a Roman historian that presented the facts very accurately
aqueduct-a pipeline or channel built to carry water to populated areas

5. It started many languages classified as Romance languages which were French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and Romanian. It also influenced English which helped us base more that half our words on it.

5/8/19

Obviously Rome had many declines such as when their rulers had died or they lost a war, but I don't really see the United States declining. Maybe it's just because I don't pay attention to politics, but for the most part I feel like our country has been stable and running well for a long time. The last thing I can really declined the U.S. was 9/11 but we were only devastated for a short amount of time until we built back up the damage that was done and bounced back to a great country. But Rome on the other hand had a lot of devastating moments that started to decline their empire. There are a lot of different viewpoints and reasoning as to why the Roman Empire fell. It could've been that the Empire was just too big. The Romans had built up so much to the point where they couldn't take care of all of it anymore and having all of this land and having this empire was a reason as to why they started to fall. Another reason is that their military power was getting weaker and weaker. Back then if you did not have a strong military you were viewed as an easy target and this is another reason why they fell. Another reason it could've fell is simply because it outgrew itself. Rome can't be the same old Rome forever and it eventually turned to something bigger and greater, The Medieval Times.

5/6/19

1.
inflation-Drastic drop in the value of money coupled with a rise in prices
mercenary-Soldier who is paid to fight in a foreign army to defend against the increasing threats in the empire
Diocletian-Strong willed army leader who became the new emperor
Constantinople-New capital in Rome
Attila- Germanic assault on the empire, became a direct threat


3. Inflation, decline of agriculture economy, growing population, loss of patriotism, mercenaries, economy fall, reached limit of expansion, taxes were raise. The economy was the most important because it affected everything else.

4.  He ruled with an iron fist and fixed previous problems, split the empire in half and ruled the Eastern part, doubled the size of the Roman army.

5. They were fleeing the Huns, who had moved into their lands and began destroying everything. When they were running away from the Huns, the Germanic people moved through the Roman provinces of Gaul, Spain and North Africa.

5/3/19

1.
Jesus-Leader who came to be known as Christ and was believed to be our savior
Apostle-close follower of Jesus
Paul-Apostle who played a key role in the spread of Christianity throughout the Empire
Diaspora-Moving away of the Jews from their homeland of Palestine
Constantine-Roman emperor who ended the persecution of Christians
Bishop-head of all the Churches in one area
Peter-First apostle who helped spread Christianity through Syria and Palestine
Pope-Had of all the Christian Church

3. Personal relationships with God, importance of peoples' love to God, neighbors and enemies. Also, he offered eternal life if you repented for your sins.

4. Because they refused to worship the Roman Gods.

5. It defined the Church's basic beliefs.