Ancient history

Paleontologists use fossils to study life throughout time and to learn more about Earth’s past environments; human fossils often consist of teeth, skull, and other bones. With the help of complex techniques that date ancient remains, paleontologists learn about the evolving diversity and origins of a species. Paleontology allows us to retrace life on Earth and to determine what forces created such changes. The examination of these recurring patterns may help paleontologists…

The Ancient World is a complex matrix of multiple civilizations spanning roughly 5,000 years, in recorded history. (Kramer, 1981). Beginning with the hunter-gatherers in Mesopotamia, and ending with the decline of the Roman Empire in 476 AD, the Ancient World was filled with contrasting and similar ideas, inventions, and religions. One aspect of these civilizations that stand out is the role of women. However, the roles of women deemed acceptable by society have not always been as diverse and…

Switzerland in 1935. He attended the College St-Michael in Fribourg, Switzerland and occupied his time with studying ancient holy writings. While he was a manager of a five-star hotel, he wrote his first book "Chariots of the Gods" in 1968, which quickly became a best seller in the United States and Germany. He received fame and recognition for a TV special called "In Search of Ancient Astronauts" which was based off of "Chariots of the Gods" in 1993. It's also said that Von Daniken is a…

The book Inferno was a very interesting book. It truly showed the poetic side of ancient history. It also conveys many of the system theories but it is more focused on Hierarchy, Trade/Communication, and Political/Social. In the first part of the book it shows the system of Hierarchy because it goes through all the different social classes and how each of them work. Also, how the people do their own way of running their village. Plus, in this village they have a leader and the leader tells the…

The ongoing conflict in our world that has led to the destruction and theft of ancient artefacts is a reality that the ‘Syria: Ancient History-Modern Conflict’ exhibit, housed in the Ian Potter Museum, endeavours to raise awareness about. This small exhibit, currently located on the museum’s first floor presents rescued artefacts from excavated sites conducted by the University of Melbourne that surrounded the Euphrates River, including Tell Ahmar and Jebel Khalid. These domestic and religious…

eastern culture. He influenced Greek culture through most of Asia and Europe. Even Africa and Parts of the middle east were heavily influenced by Alexander. Alexander rose from the top to become one of the most popular military generals in all of history. Alexander had an Empire the conquered from Greece, to Asia, Egypt, India, and Persia. Alexander's army dominated that area for decades. But all things must come to an end, and right after Alexander's death the Empire was no more. He…

Throughout all of ancient history there have been many cases of long-established trade, none of these are as famous as the Silk Road of China. The Silk Road integrated China and the Western World, including India, Greece, Persia and Rome. It was named the Silk Road in 1877 by the German geographer Ferdinand von Richthofen. The Silk Road was first established in the second century BC and it was put out of use in the 1400’s. Not only was silk traded on this road but culture as well. Many…

Throughout history, many great minds have explored the innumerable aspects of our world and developed their own theories and ideas dealing with many different subjects. Especially in Greek history, philosophers built foundations of knowledge that have tremendously helped civilizations grow and prosper to where they are today. Though there was a great handful of known philosophers in ancient Greek history, three specific men have become known as the greatest and the most influential: Socrates,…

dominated by elites. However, that is why in the case of the Teotihuacan obsidian blades, they were the best kind of goods to trade because not only were they light and easy to transport, they were something that was in demand. Blades were crucial in ancient Mesoamerica because they were used for either hunting, butchery, ritual sacrifice, etc. Also, Teotihuacan obsidian blades were sought after because of their unique gold greenish color. That is why archaeologists have found obsidian…

Penta is a public vocational high school, which is for sophomore through seniors, and adult education that opened in 1965. Sixteen different school districts from 5 counties come here to be in a career lab of their choice. I have chosen to come to Penta my junior year and chose Medical Technology to become a doctor. I want to save lives and learn new things, such as Mermaids are real, ,did you know that? Stay tuned to learn more about Penta, my future, and how mermaids are real! Why I Chose…