Western Civilization

we are facing a world crisis right now. saying that we have all taken precautions and merged to online schooling. this is the third week in cyber schooling and we are still facing difficulties and interruptions. it is hard to sit down in the comfort of our own homes and push ourselves to do our schoolwork. not only is there difficulties our workload feels like it has doubled. it is much harder to not be able to ask our teacher questions face to face or make our work easier by taking the shortcut. there are many pros and cons to online learning. the hardest parts for me is to actually start my work, when i wake up i don't want to do schoolwork but once i start it gets easier. my favorite part of this is that i can work at my own pace during the day and do what classes when i want to. i can definitely tell which classwork is easier to do on my own and which classes are not so easy on my own. it has been a struggle these past few weeks for everybody, but there is always a way and we c

COVID-19 vs. The Plague of Athens The Plague: - an epidemic  - devastated the city-state of Athens during the second year of the war - origin was from sub-Saharan Africa - by the end the plague had killed 1/3 of the population - most lethal illness in the Classical Greek History - " Violent heats in the head; redness and inflammation of the eyes; throat and tongue quickly suffused with blood; breath became unnatural and fetid; sneezing and hoarseness; violent cough’ vomiting; retching; violent convulsions; the body externally not so hot to the touch, nor yet pale; a livid color inkling to red; breaking out in pustules and ulcers."  Thucydides  description of this plague - died within 7-9 days  -  attempted   numerous  cures  which  failed COVID-19: - fever, cough, shortness of breath - spread from person tp person - a pandemic - currently no vaccine  - is affecting the whole world these two are different but some  similar. they have some symptoms in common

Phillip the second: - lived from May 21, 1527 to September 13, 1598 - king of Spain from 1556 to 1598 - during his reign Spanish kingdoms reached the height of their power and influence - referred to as the Spanish Golden Age - besides Mary the first married three other times and widowed four times Alexander the Great - ancient Macedonian ruler - established the largest empire in the ancient world - was a great leader, had very high respect from his men - he influenced on the greek and Asian culture and inspired a new historical epoch- the Hellenistic Period - born in Pella, Macedonia - lived from 356 BC to 323 BC - Alexander had a horse named Bucephalus - him and the horse were inseparable - he was the only one able to tame the horse - became king in 336 BC - had a huge empire - died at age 32 Darius the third: - also called Codommanus by Greeks - originally named Artashata - king of Persia - lived from 380 BC to July 330 BC - last king of the Achaemenid Emp

Bucephalus and Alexander were  inseparable. they were best friends. Alexander was the only one person who could ride this horse. he rode this horse everywhere and all the time, into every single battle he has been through. Alexander got this horse at age 12 or 13 by wagering with his father. a horse dealer offered this horse for 13 talents, which is remarkably high.  Bucephalus was a huge black stallion, who was known to be untamable until Alexander came along. he turned the horse away from his  shadow so he didn't have to see. saying that Alexander was the only one who could tame him shows how close of a bond they have, horses put lots of their trust into their owner if they are worthy enough. when Alexander was older he was away on an  excursion and someone kidnapped  Bucephalus. he died 326 BC and Alexander named a city after him. 

this week was the first time I've ever had to do online school, some parts were easy and others hard. most of my teachers posted our assignments on veracross or emailed us. some teachers made it very clear for what to do which helped a lot to get things done. the hardest part were the subjects i am not as good in so it made it harder for me to do my work for that class. some of the instructions were little foggy on what we needed to do and i feel some teachers gave more work since we are at home which i think they should give a classwork amount plus some homework. also it is challenging trying to turn everything in online, sometimes it doesn't corporate which makes everything frustrating. another thing is trying to learn my language, that is one of the hardest because we cant use google translate and it is challenging to learn. overall i like the online learning but don't at the same time. i like that we can work at our own pace and start and finish when we choose but it is

the Athenian commanders didn't pick up the fallen soldiers from out of the boat during the storm. when they returned they thought they were going to be praised but instead thrown in jail. speakers wanted them tried and executed for what they have done. Socrates was the one man we know of that tried to calm the assembly. He alone and against the serious and furious public that it was the wrong thing to do and he was going against it. he went along with what his mind told him was right. but he was only one voice against everyone and could not change their mind, in the end the commanders were forced to drink poisonous hemlock for their death. it was a terrible lost to Athens wars moving forward. Socrates doesn't go along with what the society says because it wasn't what he thought was right, in this situation he thought it was wrong to put them men to death even thought everyone else was thinking the opposite. he stands up for what he believes in not just following in everyone

the Spartans invaded Athenian territory and and set about burins all the farm land around the city. The Athenians could not do anything except watch from within the city walls of all their fields getting burnt. Athenians trotted in Pericles and his plan of surviving off of shipment through the seas. one of the cargo ships one year brought the unthinkable, the plague. Pericles wasn't prepared for anything like this to happen and with the citizens stuck within the city walls the disease spread like wildfire. the symptoms of this disease were horrific and the few citizens left recorded it. it started at the head and worked its way through the body, this caused the town to look terrible, smell terrible and just a terrible time to be there. dying men layed one on another in the streets, the disease became so gruesome that no one cared about law or religion anymore. there was no point of being good if the good and evil die the same. this plague killed over a third of Athens population, a

- was a general and a speaker for Athens - Pericles was a statesman - Pericles was a politician - ruled with a direct democracy - led Athens to golden age - had the popular support for 32 years - had lots of control over Athens - lived till 429 BC - main three goals for  Athens:      - strengthen the democracy      - hold and strengthen the empire of Athens      - to make Athens beautiful  a direct democracy is a form of government where the citizens rule the empire not through representatives - the citizens make most of the decisions - the male citizens established important politics regarding the polis - direct democracy doesn't include the discrimination between classes - Pericles didn't want people outcasted because they were poor the Delian League was an alliance between Greek city-states  - led by Athens - created in case of revenge attacks from Persia - it strengthened their defense - Pericles made Athens beautiful with the money from the Delian Leag

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- the year 490 BC  - revolution begun that will change the world - the people of Athe ns have established democracy for the first time ever in history - will go again the pertain empire which is the greatest power in the world - Themistocles and Pericles would change the course of civilization The Battle of Marathon: - Pheidippides was a regular citizen in Athens and he was the one who started the marathon, he was running because his home town was getting taken over by the Persian Empire  - he had to run to Athens' local rivals the Spartans - he ran 140 miles in just two days - but the help was  refused   - the  poor  men had to fight with spears  against  the Persians - the Persians were out numbering them by 2 to 1 -  Themistocles thought the Persians would still be a danger - employed the most advanced weapon of the day

- these achievements still shape our world today The Revolution: -508 BC - 5 centuries before birth of Jesus - in Athens - Cleisthenes born to be a ruler - taught that he was an aristocrat - 6th century BC aristocrats controlled everything in Athens - impossible to think this place would soon rule a huge empire - most houses made out of mud brick - Athens smelled terrible - women spent their days in the house cooking cleaning etc - life expectancy was under 15 years - the society was not equal and was ruled under the aristocrats - did not expect Greece to have an empire by the appearance - south of Greece was Egypt - to the east were the Perians - countless tiny nations called city states - over a thousand city states in Cleisthenes time - the Spartans every year caused war against the Helots - Athenian potters were motivated by out doing each other - Hippiates became ruler and his brother died and he tortured many people - by Cleisthenes time the games were open

today in class we started a new slide about philosophers, we started on Socrates and during our discussion we started talking about the gay marriage rule that was passed years ago and if we were for or against it and how we felt about it and how it impacted our country even world tremendously. Socrates: - philosopher - looked to science and logic for the explanation of the world instead of believing in the gods - Socratic method fostered critical thinking - his most famous quote: "the unexamined life is not worth living." - he was charged with serious crimes when he was alive:     - impiety (disrespecting the gods)     - corrupting the youth of Athens - at his trial he described himself as a stinging gadfly (horsefly) and Athens as a lazy horse - he did not deny his actions, but embraced them and said he should be rewarded with free dinners - he was found guilty by the jury - he was sentenced to death by drinking poison hemlock Plato: - he was a student of Soc

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today in class we talked about the greek gods and goddesses, these people were immortal and made up within their culture, many people now thought many wars back then were not real because of the god and goddess impact but now finding many things leading to that they were the gods and goddesses were made up people who the greeks had thought out to be real people who caused things - had interaction with humans - Zeus: head god, ruler of heaven and earth etc, father of Athena - Poseidon: brother of Zeus, god of the sea, earthquakes etc, interfered with Odysseus coming home - Aphrodite: goddess of love, had many lovers including gods and humans - Dionysus: son of Zeus (god) and Semele (human princes) god of wine - Athena: born out of zeus's head fully armed and grown; goddess of wisdom, war, peace etc; Athens was named after her - Apollo: son of Zeus; had a twin sister named Artemis, he was associated with the son and she was associated with the moon, the two light sources -

Greeks Golden Age the democratic principles and classical culture  during the Greeks Golden Age the following terms are apart of the Greek Golden Age: - direct democracy: this is a form of government when the citizens of the city rule directly and not through representatives - classical art: the peoples values of harmony, order, balance, and proportion - tragedy: a type of play that went on that involved serious drama, love, hate, and war - comedy: another type of play that contained slapstick situations and crude humor - Peloponnesian war: a long war between Sparta and Athens - philosopher: these people were thinkers of "lovers of wisdom" - socrates: this man was a critic of sophists that had disbeliefs - plato: this man was a student of Socrates who studied under him till he died then documented their conversations - Aristotle: this man was a philosopher who questioned the nature of the world