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Hi and welcome to my Humanities blog. Here is where I will be putting all of my humanities work throughout the 2011-2012 school year at ISB (the International School of Belgrade). I hope you will enjoy and please follow!

Sunday, October 2, 2011

Huge Gladiator School Found Buried in Austria

A huge gladiator training school has been discovered in Austria using new technology to detect underground objects and produce 3D images. This gladiator school is even bigger than two wallmarts, even larger than the training grounds outside the colloseum. They have found gladiator graves completely changing the perspective on a gladiators life. It was probably built in A.D 150 during the rule of Marcus Aurelius. The school contains a moch arena bleacher, dormatries a courtyard and cages where wild animals would be kept. The arena covers 19,000 square meters. But will probably never be excavated.

Human Ancestor May Put Twist in Origin Story

Hey people! This is another post that we had to do for  homework in humanities class. We are currently learnin why people study archaeology, its techniques and the basics. Enjoy! A group of archaeologists recently discovered two two million year old primate that has been proved to have be related to humans.  There is one roughly thirty year old female and another teenage male. It seems they both fell into an ancient chasm which was also responsible for countless other animals, as was proven by the countless animal bones littered around the chasm. Unlike other skeletons found from our ancestors these ones have a presision grip wich means that the thumb is longer than usual which means that they would be able to use tools. Another human trait found on these skeletons was the pelvis and the feet suggest that they would have been able to walk but they would also climb trees. At 1.2 meters tall they are also quite short. So as you can see thanks to this discovery we now know a lot more about our ancestors.

Monday, September 26, 2011

How do Historians Learn About History?



Hey guys this Alfie and this is my 21st post and I hope you will enjoy it. In this post I will investigate how do historians learn about history.There are five basic steps that every historian/archaeologist should take. First they need to gather a reasonable amount of primary and secondary  sources. Then they categorise and label the sources into written and non written. After that Historians evaluate their sources with the five w's, who, what, where, why and when. Next they interpret the information by examining the sources taking nites and trying to work out what they mean. And finally they publish and share their theory. Thanks for reading and please comment.

Friday, September 16, 2011

In the Past Where did Humans Tend to Settle and Why



In the past and the present the most popular place to settle would be by a river because of the abundance of freshwater for bathing in drinking and getting fish to eat also it would be a good idea to live close to a forest with an abundance of animals for meat and wild berries and plants to eat. Another good use of living close to a wood is the wood. Our ancestors would have been able to collect wood for fires to cook food and keep warm. The forest can also provide good shelter. Close by to an extinct volcano would be an ideal place with excellent farming land, forests and probably a river.

Thursday, September 15, 2011

What is History



History is the study of our ancestors and their lives, beliefs and cultures. We find out this information through, written works, evidence and artefacts. We study history to learn about the past to find patterns and predict the future we can also discover the pasts creations and inventions and improve on them to make modern day technology. Here are some history quotes: Never forget the importance of history. To know nothing of what happened before you took your place on earth, is to remain a child for ever and ever, Unknown Source. 

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

From around the World Presentations









For my presentations I chose England and New Zealand. I reall like them bothe because I am from both countries and I would like to live in both of them. My personal connection to New Zealand is that my Granddad on my mums side is from there and lived ther for a third of his life. My mum was born in New Zealand and lived there until she was seven before she moved to England. I would also love to live in New Zealand because I visited there once with my cousins and we had a great time looking at all of the scenery in the middle of christmas, which was summer there. My personal connection to England is that my Dad is from there he was born there and lived there until I was four when we all moved to Croatia. I also have the majority of my family living there which makes visiting England so fun. I have got both a British and New Zealand passport and I am proud of them!

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Imperialism



“1 a : the power or the government of an emperor : imperial authority : an imperial system *the imperialism of Caesar* *educational imperialism Current Biography*  b : an imperial quality *with dramatic imperialism and disarming gentility T the epitome of mysterious womanhood Louis Mace* 2 a : the policy, practice, or advocacy of seeking or the acquiescing in the extension of the control or empire of a nation by the acquirement of new territory or dependencies especially when lying outside the nation's natural boundaries, by the extension of its rule over other races of mankind (as where commerce demands the protection of the flag), or by the closer union of more or less independent parts (as for war, copyright, or internal commerce)  b : any extension of power or authority or an advocacy of such extension.”

Merriam Websters Third New Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Queen Victoria was the Empress of the British imperialism.
  2. The British imperialism started in the 19th century.
  3. The British and French imperialism's (and Germany too|) fought over Africa.
  4. The Roman imperialism built Hadrian’s Wall in the north of England to keep out the Scots
  5. The Roman imperialism was defeated by the smaller German tribes.





Good
Bad
  • They built railways in India.
  • They introduced law and government to uncivilised countries.
  • The newly found countries gave British people places to migrate to.
  • They spread the English language around the world.
  • They made trade links all over the world.
  • They made uncivilised cultures civilised.
  • The British Empire tried to convert other cultures to Christianity.
  • They made slaves of Africans and later brought them to the US.
  • They hunted and killed the Aborigines for sport.
  • They denied the right to self government to the indigenous peoples.
  • They made a bad reputation of the American Indians,


  • In 1922 the British empire contained a quarter of the world’s population.


If I were the ruler of an imperialism I would spread my empire fairly and have a democratic vote from the rulers of that country whether we should rule over them. the only reason my imperialism would exist would be to unite countries in a successful economical bond that could join together during wars and to prevent discrimination and racism. There is a democratic vote for each law. In my empire everyone is equal the rules are fair and everyone gets a chance every person gets 500 pounds per month which can allow people without jobs not to live in squalor. When a country becomes part of my imperialism they get a common government with the rest of the countries even though each country can make their own decisions. The goal of my empire is to create world peace and to unite the world. So as you can see my empire is powerful yet fair and gives everyone a chance.