Thursday, March 27, 2014

Pompeii


This city as some people call it a city frozen in time, but this city was preserved very well. If you visit the city of Pompeii there will be casts in some places and you could be amazed by how they look and their gestures. Then if you see in the video it also talks about this city near the volcano Mt. Vesuvius and its city's name is Herculaneum. Its people were burned to death and the city was 3 KM away from the volcano. So they thought that high grounds would protect them and live through it ,but instead of protecting them it became their graves. Since Pompeii is 5 KM away then the heat has lowered to 300 degrees Fahrenheit . So that is why there casts were so well preserved and there clothes as well. In Herculaneum the first wave of heat struck at 500 degrees Fahrenheit. So as soon as the heat struck Herculaneum, the heat killed its people in and instant and vaporizing its flesh with it. In Pompeii the people were trying to run away from the 4th hit of heat and as soon as it hit it killed everyone, but saved there clothes and after they died the ashes covered them up to form a rock over them creating a cast. Now in this video they are going to explain everything and show 2 casts of how one person from Pompeii lived and what his status was and a woman from Herculaneum and they believe she was one of the rich people who lived in Herculaneum.






Cast
Herculaneum  Pompeii

Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Sunday, December 22, 2013

Bing Ma Yong (Terracotta Warriors)

They are clay statues that are made of red clay. Qin Shi Huang Di order for his terracotta warriors to be made. In preparation for his death he built a replica of his kingdom underground and he was finally laid to rest in the underground palace at its centre. It took over 720 000 people, 37 years to build. In spring 1974, a number of farmers near Xi’an (a famous Chinese cultural city) discovered some ancient bronze weapons and pieces of broken terracotta armoured warriors while sinking a well. This turned out to be one of the most amazing archaeological discoveries of the twentieth century. Excavations since then have found 1800 terracotta warriors although it is estimated that there are at least 6000 more still to be excavated. The terracotta warriors are in battle formation and include cavalry, infantry and charioteers. They are a replica of the Qin army and were created over 2200 years ago. A high level of technological skill was needed for this to be possible. This ancient society was powerful and technologically advanced.

Monday, September 2, 2013

Trinity Church

The first Trinity Church building, a modest rectangular structure with a gambrel roof and small porch, was constructed in 1698.The Bell of Hope is right outside of the church in the main entrance.The second Trinity Church was constructed in 1788. The building was weakened by severe snows during the winters of 1838 and 1839.    
                                                         

Thursday, August 29, 2013

World Trade Center

 On August 20, 2013 I went to the World Trade Center and saw the Freedom Building. It is the   memorial of the 9/11.
                                                      

Monday, August 12, 2013

Hitler World War 1


                                       
At the outbreak of World War I, Hitler was a resident of Munich and volunteered to serve in the Bavarian Army as an Austrian citizen.[53] Posted to the Bavarian Reserve Infantry Regiment 16 (1st Company of the List Regiment),[54][53] he served as a dispatch runner on the Western Front in France and Belgium,[55] spending nearly half his time well behind the front lines.[56][57] He was present at the First Battle of Ypres, the Battle of the Somme, the Battle of Arras, and the Battle of Passchendaele, and was wounded at the Somme.[58]

Hitler (far right, seated) with his army comrades of the Bavarian Reserve Infantry Regiment 16 (c. 1914–1918)
He was decorated for bravery, receiving the Iron Cross, Second Class, in 1914.[58] Recommended by Hugo Gutmann, he received the Iron Cross, First Class, on 4 August 1918,[59] a decoration rarely awarded to one of Hitler's rank (Gefreiter). Hitler's post at regimental headquarters, providing frequent interactions with senior officers, may have helped him receive this decoration.[60] Though his rewarded actions may have been courageous, they were probably not highly exceptional.[61] He received the Black Wound Badge on 18 May 1918.[62]
During his service at the headquarters, Hitler pursued his artwork, drawing cartoons and instructions for an army newspaper. During the Battle of the Somme in October 1916, he was wounded either in the groin area[63] or the left thigh when a shell exploded in the dispatch runners' dugout.[64] Hitler spent almost two months in hospital at Beelitz, returning to his regiment on 5 March 1917.[65] On 15 October 1918, he was temporarily blinded by a mustard gas attack and was hospitalised in Pasewalk.[66] While there, Hitler learnt of Germany's defeat,[67] and—by his own account—on receiving this news, he suffered a second bout of blindness.[68]

Adolf Hitler as a soldier during the First World War (1914–1918)
Hitler described the war as "the greatest of all experiences", and was praised by his commanding officers for his bravery.[69] His wartime experience reinforced his German patriotism and he was shocked by Germany's capitulation in November 1918.]He was embittered over the collapse of the war effort, and his ideology began to take shape. Like other German nationalists, he believed in the  stab-in-the-back myth(Dolchstoßlegende), which claimed that the German army, "undefeated in the field", had been "stabbed in the back" on the home front by civilian leaders and Marxists, later dubbed the "November criminals".
The Treaty of Versailles stipulated that Germany must relinquish several of its territories and  the demilitarise Rhineland . The treaty imposed economic sanctions and levied heavy reparations on the country. Many Germans perceived the treaty—especially Article 231, which declared Germany responsible for the war—as a humiliation. The Versailles Treaty and the economic, social, and political conditions in Germany after the war were later exploited by Hitler for political gains.