Question: Could a force like Alexander the Great exist today? Why or why not?

I do not think a force like Alexander the Great could exist today for a number of reasons. First of all, there are so many people in the world that if you had this kind of power, there would be enough people to stop that leader. It is very hard to obtain all of the power Alexander had in today’s world since there are armies and soldiers of all kind to stop him permanently. The world today, especially the United States, has power in the people who could stop a force similar to Alexander the Great. Another reason a force like him could not come about is because power in our world today is very limited, unlike in Alexander’s time. Back then, power was abundant and Alexander the Great used it all to create a huge empire. But today, our world has many leaders who have an equal amount of power and authority. Since power is doled out equally to each leader, no leader can have an abundant amount of power. This means that no force could have the power like Alexander the Great to be a driving force in the world. The last reason a force like Alexander could not come about is because each country has its own strong army that is capable to stop a force like Alexander the Great. The United States, for example, has maximum security that could stop a leader from invading our country and we have allies that could help us with this. Other countries have this too where they can stop a powerful force. All of these reasons show how a force like Alexander the Great could not exist in today’s world. 

How did Alexander create his own myth?

Alexander created his own myth by first asking the oracle Didnamon about his future. Today we can easily disregard this as an ancient that was never true but it all was in Alexander eyes. The oracle had told him that he would be the king of all of Asia. The next thing that happen to him was when he and his men were in the sea and it the tide had lowered. To Alexander he thought that the sea was bowing down to him and it increased his confidence. The last thing that happen to him that help created his own myth was the Gordian Knot. Legend had it that whoever untied it will be the king of Asia. Alexander did untie it by cutting the rope with his sword and later that day it was heavily raining. This meant to Alexander that the God were now with him.

Based on what you know about Aristotle, do you think Alexander had listened carefully to his tutor?

Aristotle was a very big influence on Alexander the Great’s life. Aristotle was an important Greek philosopher during the Greek Empire and was one of the main teachers of Alexander the Great. Aristotle began to teach Alexander when he was about thirteen years old because Alexander’s father, Philip, wanted young Alexander to have a better education. Aristotle taught Alexander a wide variety of things including medicine, philosophy, religion, morals, and art. Alexander learned a lot from Aristotle and began to admire Aristotle as one of his main role models. Since Aristotle was one of the most prominent philosophers in the Western Civilization, he tried to pass on as much information as he could to Alexander and give him more knowledge about philosophy. After Aristotle was done tutoring Alexander at the age of sixteen, Alexander started to gain power in Macedonia and became the ruler after his father had died. I do not think that Alexander the Great listened carefully to Aristotle because later in his life, he would be part of wars and violence and he did not use much of the knowledge that Aristotle gave to him.

Aristotle taught Alexander very well, but unfortunately Alexander did not use Aristotle’s teachings to his advantage. Alexander was always trying to conquer as much land as possible and his main goal was to conquer the entire Persian Empire so he could be the ruler. Sadly, many teachings from the brilliant Aristotle were not present during most of Alexander’s life. Alexander not really listening to Aristotle could have been a good thing because he achieved his ultimate goal without using most of the knowledge given to him by Aristotle. Alexander could have accomplished a lot more during his life if he actually used the knowledge given to him. Alexander the Great did not listen to Aristotle because he resorted to war and wanted all the power, which is not what Aristotle taught him as a boy.

Do you think Alexander honestly felt like he was avenging Persian wrongs? Or was that just propaganda to mask his goal of conquest?

  I think the main reason Alexander the Great decided to go to war with the Persian Empire was because of revenge. It wasn’t because he wanted to be honored or praised for his conquest or even to gain more land or more power for the Greeks. Instead I really think he went on his conquest to regain Greek’s dignity. I mean imagine how you would feel if some guy just came into your house and stole something that was valuable to you while you just stood there. And there’s the best part, you also can’t do anything about it. You can’t fight back. And worst of all you can’t stop them. But this person is not only stealing your possessions from you but also you’re respect. And everyone deserves respect right? So wouldn’t you be mad too? So mad, that you would want revenge right? That’s what it was like for the Greek city states when the Persian Empire invaded them. But not only did they just completely ruin their land by burning their homes and destroying their belongings, they also stole their honor. So when Alexander the Great went back to the Persian Empire for revenge, he went to reclaim his land’s dignity. Then also gaining control of their land was just a plus kind of like icing on the cake. So I think his mine priority or his main reason for avenging the Persian Empire was not just to gain more land. Instead I think that he wanted to restore the Greeks’ integrity.     

Week 2 Daily # 2

If I accidentally discover an invention, I would immediately help millions of people. Helping other people, in my opinion, is better than just securing a patent and becoming rich. Besides, being rich does not always make people happy. It is definitely an option, but I would be happier if I could help a lot of people. I would probably get rich for just discovering the invention anyway, but I guess, in this case, I would not. I think that the world would be a better place from my discovery. Everyone would know who I am, and people would probably thank me for being a hero. If I helped that many people, I could receive the Nobel Peace Prize or something like that because I started the invention. Other poeple could still remake it, but I would have the knowledge of knowing that I was the first person who created it. I would change the world. My discovery could lead to other discoveries, too. With all of the inventions made, a new culture could be formed. The future would finally be here. Helping millions of people could change my life, too. It is very important to help a lot of people. If you are nice to people, then they will treat you the same way. If I helped millions of other people than they would all help me, too. The world would be a better place with people helping each other. Wouldn’t it? If all of the wars, diseases, hunger, and homelessness ended, I would be very happy. I hope that I eventually do end up accidentally discovering an invention, so I can change people’s lives for the better.

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 Don't our traditional forms of information communication, notably "the book" and especially "the textbook" contribute to our belief in linear history? 


Yes because in most books and text books there are always timelines that shows they support linear history. Most textbooks use linear history instead of the other forms because it is easy for students to understand it, Another thing with linear history models it is very easy to to see what happened and when did it happened. It may not have the whole cause and affect cycle like the other from of interpreting history but in some cases it does not matter. Researchers can easily find when and where a major event happened using linear. They cannot do that with the other forms of history. 

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Language Weekly

Does the earth go around the sun

Nus eht dnuora og htrae eht seod

The earth goes around the sun not the other way around

Dnoura yaw rehto eht ton nus eht dnuora seog htrae eht

Run      

Nur

Moon

Noom

Eat

Tae 

Daily Week2 #4

I think that artifacts of the humanities are a better roadmap of history. Political and military conflicts are based on the government, while artifacts are based on the whole culture. Art, music, dance, theatre, literature, philosophy, and architecture can also contain information from political and military conflicts. They can also be based off of these conflicts. The world keeps changing, but I still think that the basic artifacts of a culture are a better roadmap of history because we have proof of how they lived. The people that we learned about in class that wrote in caves told us a lot about their culture. We also found a doll called the Venus of Willendorf that led us to come to many conclusions. I think that the fact that we can actually see the remains of this civilized culture can give us more information than conflicts in war because we probably will never know who their government officials were or if they even had any. The world was very different back then. There could have been just a group of people with no authority whatsoever. We do not really know, so it is better to use what is already given to us. We can find out how old artifacts are with the technology that we own today, so it can give us dates to work with on finding out who the people were. It seems like we could only track down the political and military conflicts through the artifacts. I hope that my generation can solve many mysteries from the past.

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Question: Describe the importance of water in the ancient world. (from Twitter)

           

Water was important in the ancient world for many different reasons. First of all, water played a big role for people living in the ancient world since it was the only thing that they could drink, Water also served as a habitat for many different animals that humans back then could actually eat. So water served as a drink and also food for most people living in this time. Water was also important for growing crops so people could eat them. One way water was helpful was through irrigation. Irrigation was a method used for growing crops that applies water to the soil so the crops could grow. Irrigation was first founded in history in Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, and also the Indus River Valley Civilization. Irrigation greatly helped the ancient people grow their crops by limiting the work for the farmers and growing the crops in a quicker and faster rate. This means that the crops were grown quicker and more efficient through irrigation. Water was also important through the creation of plumbing. The lack of clean water coming to peoples’ homes was prevalent in Ancient Rome so they developed a system of plumbing. Plumbing was an efficient way of treating water and transporting it to peoples’ houses so families could use clean water in their homes. Clean water in homes meant people could cook meals cleanly and they could bathe with clean water. They could even have clean water to drink right in their homes and not have to travel far distances for water. All of these ways that include water were extremely important for the function of these people in the ancient world. Inventions back then that included water made it so much easier to access clean water and to grow crops quicker. This is why water was important during the ancient world.