Western Civ

today is may 31 my birthday!! today we decided is we wanted to take the test or not. we all decided that we aren't taking the test which I'm extremely happy with and know I have a b because we did these 10  point questions and now these blogs with bring me even farther up!!

today we took a ton of notes and I hope that I do well on this test Friday I really wish we weren't taking it but at least it should get my grade to a b but if I fail that would not be good the notes we took today were a lot but the test shouldn't be that long because all the questions are about the same things. I just hope I do well. aka my birthday is soooooonnnnn

today I video taped class because anna was going to miss the class because we were leaving early because we are going to the BEACH!!!!! I'm so excited anyways in class today we didn't do much. I really need at least a B in this class so I hope we get a couple more assignments!!

today in class we took a test I think I did really really well I studied for a really long time last night and I tried to pay close attention In class so I think I did well and hopefully I did because I really need to get a good grade in this class and right now I only have a 75.0 so hopefully thus will bring it up!!! right now we can get 10 points on these question things we do and I really need those points so I'm going to go do theses questions now.

It's the  Age of Faith The Holy Roman Empire is  the strongest kingdom in Europe The Church has considerable  spiritual and political power Over 500 massive Gothic cathedrals  (Cities of God) are built throughout  Europe between 1170 and 1270   1st Crusade (1095-1099): Christians take Jerusalem; Muslims take it back in 1144 2nd Crusade (1147-1149):Muslims keep Jerusalem, but Christians take Lisbon, Portugal  3rd Crusade (1187-1192):Richard the Lionheart and Saladin work a deal: Muslims control Jerusalem, but Christians can worship there 4th Crusade (1202-1204): Crusaders get distracted and sack Constantinople, creating a huge rift between the eastern (Byzantine) Church and the western (Catholic) Church; then there's the Children's Crusade - a horrible idea, if it actually occurred 5th Crusade (1217-1221):Muslims beat Christians in Egypt  6th Crusade (1228-1229): Christians take Jerusalem, let Muslims have Dome...

today we took so many notes and then after we finished we talked about what we talk about EVERY single time after a power point. How this is pretty much how collage is and how they go much faster and how they take more notes but the thing is we are only freshman and they can type their notes sand we have to write them. Also In collage no offense but it will be something we are interested in not this. but other wise class was okay I'm just really tired and not having a good day

today we took notes from a power point and then after that we got another 10 points for answering some questions. I almost have a C now and at the beginning of this week I had an F so I think I'm doing pretty well. I think by the end of this year I should have a B if we keep doing what we are doing. I would write my notes in here but there are to many and I'm almost done. now I'm done :)

Today in class we had a chance to up our grade more by doing another textbook assignment on page 363.  We had to do questions and answer them and so I did.  We also got tested about our notes and i got tested on the word manor which was the land the lord owned. People are getting asked questions and getting them wrong and I am just dying in so much pain from my stomach.its been a rough day. i just need to go home and take a nap. Almost everyone is doing there blog because they are finished. Lord: a landowner fief: granted land vassal : person who earns the fief knights : horseman who pledged to defend their lords lands in exchange of fiefs serfs: people who could not leave the place they have born lawfully manor : the lords estate tithe : church tax 1/10th of the peasants income maygars and muslims invaded in the 800 peasant labor produced belonged to the lord they tend lords lands cared for animals perform other tasks 3 category those who fight nobles and knights those...

In class today, we took a test all about Rome and for the rest of the class we took notes on Charlemagne. I thought I failed the test but I ended up getting an 76. Empire building: the western Roman Empire breaks into many small kingdoms - Charlemagne and Otto the Great attempted to revive the empire and both were allied with the Church Power and authority: - weak rulers and a decline in central authority leads to a feudal system where local lords assume power, leading to struggle with the Church Religions and Ethical System: - the Church is a force that shapes people's beliefs and guides their daily lives. Most Europeans shared a common bond of faith

today we looked at the weird annoying ice cream and this uncomfortable feeling ice cream cones and the cathedral which is call Hagia Sophia. class was a little boring today. but I took a lot of really good notes and I Wass going to put them in this blog but then I got bored and since the test isn't open blog I'm not going to put my notes in the blog.

Saul becomes Paul christianity evolves from a cult and becomes an official new official leaders pope and bishop and priest evolve. Christians and jews are monotheistic. Christianity appealed to the poor so then since there were more poor there was an increase in christians. Roman leaders started to become christians also. in. ad 313 christianity has a battle field conversion. Issues Edict of Milan. no persecution only an respect and exception of christianity. roman power and christianity are now linked in power and influence. in ad 180 Rome has big problems!! Economics drop as food supply lowers taxes are to high and trade becomes very risky. also military frontiers are to hard to patrol therefor the generals had to fight for control. the loyalty started to decline and mercenaries started to appear. Diocletains decided to divide the emperor into 2 parts the latin speaking west and the greek speaking east the east had more money and less poor while the west had Rome and and tradition. i...

in 476 Rome had finally fallen the last emporer was 14 years old and his name was Romulus augustan they liked to call him little disgrace. He was the last bad thing of the Roman Empire before is was completely fallen there was like 5 things that really made it fall and some believe those things are happening now in the us including taxes being to high and division between the people and son other things. We also learned about the rise of christianity and when it really sparked. it sparked when the emperor was married to a Christie but he didn't believe, he was going into battle for the place as emperor and he had a vision before he went. The vision consisted of a cross in the sky and it was also spelling out Christ is greek letters above the cross. He believed God had helped him win the battle so he designated to the Christian God. Most historians actually think it was just this thing called like sun dog or something that occurs every one in a while when the sun and moister and eve...