Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger ausf E

Today we continued working on our project. I've still yet to decide on what I'll do but I do have an idea. Some kind of fake documentary with me as the narrator. or I'll just do a powerpoint because I'm boring. Either way I hope it turns out good.




Oh yeah, by the way, this is a Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger ausf E. Not sure why I made it the title, it just kind of happened.

Cats.

Today in class we started working on our projects for after Spring Break. I decided to work with myself, a difficult choice considering how hard it is to get along with that crazy rascal. No but seriously, it's not because I don't like working with other people, it's because I tend to get more work done alone. Also I tend to disagree with some of the choices when working in groups. Good, glad we've gotten that straightened out.........Who am I talking to? As for the project itself I haven't decided what I'm doing yet. So all I can say for now is guten tag und auf wiedersehen.

Rome's super fantastically awesome empire.

Civil War - a conflict between two groups of people within one country. A violent civil war followed the death of two brothers named Teberius and Gaius. They were two political figures who attempted to help Rome's poor by making reforms and giving land to the poor.

Julius Caesar - joined forces with Crassus and Pompey to be elected consul. these three men ruled Rome as a triumvirate, or group of three rulers. Caesar eventually turned on his old friend Pompey after being told to disband his legions, killing him and marching on to Rome. When he returned home  he had the support of the military and most of the civilians. In 44 BCE he was named dictator, then eventually dictator for life. During his short career, Caesar made several reforms helping the common citizens, rather than the wealthier people.  Several people feared losing power, others viewed him as a tyrant. Cesar was assassinated by a group led by Marcus Brutus on March, 15 44 BCe.

After Caesar's death civil war broke out. Among the victors were Mark Antony and Octavian. The eventually became political rivals after 10, years, their brutal feud ending in Antony's suicide. Octavian is named "Augustus" and is Rome's first official empire.

Pax Romana - the period of peace throughout the roman empire from 27 BCE to A.D 180. 207 years of peace and prosper except for border disputes with tribes on the edge of the empire.

Llamas are cool.

Can't remember what we did today, It must have been a pretty forgettable class. I don't remember taking down any important notes, but maybe I did. Oh wait no! Well, I forgot to mention in my Glorious Russian Post yesterday that Schick-ago came and performed. It was a mediocre performance at best. I really expected more form such a talented musician.

But seriously, I thought we took some notes, but I can't find any, so I guess we didn't. Or we did, and I lost them.  Oh wait, yeah we looked at some pictures of the founders of rome and a wolf in some pretty disturbing situations. ewww. Of course these were Rome's founders only according to legend.

Well, all I can say now is have a great day and stay golden!


Did I seriously say "Oh wait" twice? I need to widen my vocabulary.

Garrett's Glorious Russian Post

Сегодня в классе мы не делали много, за исключением делать заметки , учиться и играть на наших компьютерах . Я , конечно же , только делал заметки и учился , потому что я звезда студент . Определенно.

Translation - we really didn't do much except study an take a few notes.

Republic - Rome's political system for most of it's life was a republic.

Patrician - they were the wealthy groups of  powerful landowners who struggled for power against the Plebeians in ancient Rome.

Plebeians - the common farmers merchiants, and artisans who made up the majority of the population of Ancient Rome.

Tribunes - were assemblies formed by the Plebeians to protect their rights form the acts of the patrician officials.

consuls - Rome had two of them, they were like kings who commanded Rome's armies and directed the government.

senate - the aristocratic branch of Rome's government. It had legislative, and administrative functions in the REPUBLIC! Eventually Plebeians were allowed to have seats in the office.

A dictator - has absolute power over the people and government. Early Rome had several dictators.

legions - one of Rome's most effective formations used throughout their empire to conquer other lands and cities.

Punic Wars - the war between Carthage and Rome over control of land.

Hannibal - a brilliant Carthaginian military strategist who's goal was to avenge Carthage's earlier defeat.

poodly boodly

Today in class we pretty much just did what we wanted. We went over some stuff for the test but that was about it. We could study or just mess around on our computers. Try to guess which one I did.

hgfihaelebkl;elewif

Today in class we came up with questions for the test. Here are some of mine.



What was the name of Alexander's trusty steed.

a. Silver
b. Phil
c. Bucephalus
d. He didn't ride a horse, he rode an ostrich.


Who was the Persian King murdered by one of his officers and why was he killed?


How large was the Macedonian phalanx.

a. 1 x 1
b. 10000000 x 10000000
c 16 x 16
d. cat x cat


What did the Macedonian soldiers yell to taunt their enemies.

a. A-bloolgy woogly woo.
b. a-la-la-la-la-la-ala-la-al-ala-ala-a
c. *beatboxing*
b. they told yo-mamma jokes to infuriate their enemy.

???????

Today in class I wasn't there. I was home sick. That is all I have to say.

Amazingly incredible post. 10/10. 5 stars. 100%.

So today we continued watching the video on Alexander the great. I mentioned Alexander's Persian conquest in a previous post, so I will be talking about what happened a little bit after that in this one. After conquering most of Persia, Alexander still hadn't had enough. He set foot farther and farther into the east, leading his troops through treacherous mountains, causing the troops' morale to plummet. They had been traveling further and further for EIGHT years and all they wanted to do was go home. He eventually got to India in which he fought a massive battle against adorable little elephants, of DOOM. He was able to trick the Indian soldiers' elephants, and won the battle. However, he admired the Indians' bravery, and gave back their land. On the way back, the monsoons hit. His troops had never seen anything like it. They headed home through the desert, a mistake Alexander made that cost thousands of lives. At this point they were very infuriated with their leader. They were starting to lose lots of respect for him. after he began doing some questionable things. On the way back he made his officers marry Persian brides, an odd order that made the officers even more upset with Alexander. When they reached Babylon, it seems as if Alexander wasn't going any further because he intended Babylon to be the central city of his empire.. This brought his soldiers to the breaking point, because they hadn't seen Greece in over eight years. One night, after heavy drinking, Alexander fell mysteriously ill, and died. It;s a possibility that his officers could have poisoned him for what he had done to them, but it's also possible he died form alcohol poising. He could have even died from a disease, like malaria. We'll never really know.

Incredibly awesome, totally amazing spectacular post.

Today in class we began watching a video on Alexander's conquest. I acquired a lot of important information form said video. For instance, Alexander's mother was really weird and part of a cult that worshipped Dionysus, the Greek god of partying and wine. This weirdness eventually led to King Philip, pushing her to the side and marrying a different woman, eventually another son whom he grew fond of. Alexander, however, was studying with Aristotle at the time and didn't know what was going on. When he returned home after five years of study, he was infuriated that, not only did his father leave his mother, but that his new half brother seemed to be favored by his father as the heir to his thrown. Alexander and his father grew apart due to violent arguments and conflict. On day, at some sort of party or whatever, King Philip was fatally stabbed in the neck by on of his officers, dying almost instantly. Thus, Alexander was free to take the throne, and did just that. A new age of conquest would soon be ushered in.

Super Duper Amazing Spectacular Post of Coolness.

The Spread of Hellenistic Culture. AWESOME!

As a result of Alexander's conquest, Greek culture also known as HelleniC culture, was spread to Egypt, India, and Persia. These cultures blended together like a smoothy. SMOOTHIES ARE AWESOME! This blending created what is known as Hellenistic Culture. It spread across all the major cities of the region, which in my opinion is pretty darn cool. Oh yeah, a dialect of greek was used throughout the regions as well, that's pretty swell.

The Egyptian city of Alexandra became the biggest center for commerce and Hellenistic culture. Being located on the wester edge of the Nile delta, it became a center for trade with it's spacious harbors. this trade made the city grow and prosper into something awesome. By the third century BCE, it was an international community, with rich cultures and customs form Egypt and Greece. The diverse population exceeded 500,000 people. THAT'S A LOT! WOAH. WOOOAAAHHH!

Alexandria had some of the finest and most elegant architecture in the world due to its vast wealth and prosperity. It was among the most impressive cities of the ancient times. It sounds like a really cool place. yeahhhhhhhh!

Super lame, boring, not totally radical post.

Today in class we didn't really do anything that important that I can think of. Maybe we did. I do have a terrible memory. For all I know we could of talked about dogs for fifteen minutes.....................

But anyway, we just did some work silently on our computers.