Roman Civilization.

                               Roman Civilization

Ancient Rome was a small agricultural city on the Italian peninsula in 10 B.C.E., and became the largest empire of the ancient world. Most of Rome's, arts,religion,literature,and culture is mostly inherited from Greece. There is an ancient myth to the founding of Rome, and there are many variances to the story, but the most logical one is, that around 750 B.C. two twin brothers were born by Rhea Silvia after she was raped by Mars. What happened to the twin brothers? What were there names, and what role did they play in the founding of Rome?

   

                        Roman Architecture And Art

Rome has some extraordinary architectural structures, such as the ancient Roman Colosseum. What do you find fascinating about this, and what date was the Colosseum built? The Romans did not have the technology and tools and machinery like we have today. I always wondered how they could build such massive and unique structures. Romans Believed heavily in team work, and that was the driving force that made there lives possible. How do you think they accomplished such tasks?  Below is a short video on the making and design of  the Roman Colosseum.    

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         Richard Cottrell                       

Homer's Legacy : Early Greek Liturature

      

  If you look at a list of the most influential books ever written, as rated by literary critics you will notice that there is probably an author who has no last name who is on that list; his name is written only as "Homer". Believe it or not this author is credited with writing two of the greatest stories ever written and no one knows who he actually was, although there are some who say he lived in Ionia , and the greeks themselves said he was blind. Regardless of who he was or where he was from, he was a poet through and through and is influence on Greek history was Titanic (pun intended).
          The two books he wrote are The Illiad and The Odyssey, in reality these are not novels but are actually a form of Greek liturature called epic poems. So how can they be called poems when The Illiad is close to 600 pages of text and The Odyssey Close to 400 pages? In early Greece there were men who made a living as poets but not like those we know today. They actually memorized these epic poems and people would pay to have these men recite them, In fact they often would have been performed as songs with instrumentation at some presentations. It is believed that Homer himself was actually one of such men.
          Although it is believed that both of these stories had been performed for many generations before Homer was even born. The reason Homer gets credit for these stories is because he was the first person to write them down. Before this point in history almost all Greek poems and stories were passed down orally with men depending solely on their memories to recite hours of text. But Homer changed everything when he decided to write his version down and his works became pieces that were taught in greek schools for hundreds of years to help pass societal morals and ideas down through generations. These same ideas and morals that would breed democracy and later conquer the known world through Alexander.

ancient sumerians

The Rise of Sumerian Culture. Apes, Evolution, or Aliens?

And then there was a civilization. It seems that a modern man sprouted out from nowhere. Though we see some progression in early man developing a culture, it is nothing compared to the marvels that the Sumerians accomplished. How is it that the Sumerians came to be? How could one civilization achieve so much so fast? Is it the fast headway that we humans seem to always encompass? The ever-growing character or instinct to evolve? Or is it something entirely different? Instead of developing these skills on their own, were the Sumerians taught these abilities? For those who can decipher the Sumerian language, they say yes.
The Sumerian culture depicts many incredible and somewhat unbelievable things. They were the first civilization to build their villages on artificial mounds to protect them from floods. They fashioned bricks from molds. They practiced year-round agriculture and advanced cultivation like mono-cropping and organized irrigation along with domesticating animals. They started the idea of social classes and used specialized labor to build public projects. Their art was more refined and they used an unrelated language and speech compared to following empires, which later on the Babylonians would adapt and modify. Not only that, the Sumerians had knowledge and understanding of astrology and astronomy. Along with this came math. They seemed to wield this newfound form to build amazing structures like their giant staircase and ramp ziggurat temples. The Sumerians also started what we know of today as religion.
The Sumerians believed in gods that they called the “Anunnaki”, or also known as “those who descended from heaven.” They were aliens from another planet called “Nibiru” that was the 12th member of our solar system which came close to earth in its 3,600 year orbit. Once landing on earth the Anunnaki set up a colony called “Eden” and began to create a hybrid slave mixing the DNA of early man with that of their own. The Anunnaki were the gods that looked like us and walked among us. They were “the teachers”.
Does all of this sound really farfetched? Is it easier to believe that we evolved from apes or that an all-powering divine being created the world in six days? When it comes to this, I’m somewhat on the fence. I was raised in the Christian faith but also believe in evolution. When it comes to that debate, science has proven that evolution does indeed happen. But what about man? Does this “alien theory” fill in the gaps of our lineage? Take the very existence of human beings. Why is it that every other creature on this planet can find a natural harmony with its environment, but we can’t? Is it because we were never meant to be this smart and evolved only to this point by someone intervening? Are we the “wrench” that has been thrown into the machine? If one doesn’t believe in the text translations, one could just look at the pictorial evidence. Why do these tablets show what appears to be men in spaceships? Or an accurate representation of our solar system? Or the Sumerians being taught? Or the Anunnaki wearing what looks like wrist watches and pushing buttons of some sort? What about the obvious parallelism to their stories and our bible of today? One can argue that all history is inaccurate because it is the opinion and translation of someone else’s encounter.
So what do you think? I realize that there are no conclusive answers, only questions. But do you agree or disagree? Why or why not?

By James Youngs

Judaism, Early Christianity How woman and slaves Video

It's amazing how it was said back in that time that, "It was often through the wives that Christianity penetrated the upper classes of society in the first instance." "The Early Church". According to this video, about 330 C.E declared that Christianity, the official religion of the acts, might empire it. It looked as though it was going to be the official religion in Rome by the influence of women. However, Christianity shook the Roman world in the second through the fourth century. The Christian women offered care to the Romans sick and the dying pagan neighbors. There intention was to show them much love, togetherness. By doing this the pagan at Rome began being converted over to Christianity. These were intangible factors that led the pagans to Christianity. They proved their philosophical viability to the detriment of its competitors. It also was said that Christianity became the official religion to via slaves in Ethiopia. Christianity is all about selflessness. denying one self. Having compassion on others. However, there were other religions that were spoken of in these videos. On the other hand Christianity is still growing until this day. There are so many that are converting from Judaism to Christianity. What is your opinion about this? I would like to hear your views on this.


By JMB