Wednesday, February 1, 2012

History


Crusades

Papyrus

Mosque
The Crusades

14 comments:

  1. In history we have been learning about the Anglo- Saxons invading Britan.We have a test on it next week but i am feeling confided about it. The test is going to be paragraphs with words taken out and we have to fill in the blanks.

    ReplyDelete
  2. History
    Medieval Europe
    1. There was a civil war (war between groups from the same country) about who should be Emperor. The emperors all had a different way of ruling. Has been known that 3 emperors have been murdered in the same year.
    2. They were mutinies (disputes within a group) in the between the Roman soldiers and they would also rebel against their king.
    3. Tribes of Goths would break through the frontiers (boundaries) and looting (stealing goods) the rich cities.
    4. In Rome there were problems because of the changes in Government. Fewer supplies from the empire meant that taxes and prices rose. It made the Romans angry.
    5. In 300AD soldiers from Britain were taken to defend the parts nearer Rome unlike them who were in the farthest parts of the Roman Empire.’
    6. Public buildings, flats and houses began to fall down and were not repaired but they used the wreckage to build rough stone buildings.
    7. Tribal Wars broke out and the little Roman armies had trouble.
    8. Rich people went to live in their villas and tried to continue living the Roman way of life because the town area got so rough.
    9. The Picts and Scots’ from Scotland Ireland Raided Wales and South- West England and the army had trouble stopping them.
    10. Even the Roman Navy and Forts couldn’t stop the Saxons who were from Denmark, Holland and Germany who made the most problems.

    ReplyDelete
  3. This week we Studied more on the Saxons and thier way of life.

    ReplyDelete
  4. We also had our test and me and jess studied for it all of lunch time and i think i got everythhing right.

    ReplyDelete
  5. THIS WEEK IN HISTORY WE DID THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE AND ANSWERED QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT FROMA SHEET.WE ALSO GOT SOME SHEETS ON OTHER THINGS THAT I CANT REMEMBER BUT WHEN SHE GIVES US SHEETS WE USUALLY GO THROUGH THEM AND HIGHLIGHT IMPORTANT STUFF AND THEN ANSWer question.

    ReplyDelete
  6. The topics we have studied this term are:
    - The collapse of the Roman Empire
    - The Vikings
    - Joan of Arc
    - The feudal System
    - Anglo Saxons

    ReplyDelete
  7. In History this week we have started the topic
    of THE ISLAMIC WORLD AND CRUSADES.

    Islam is one of the great religions of teh world. One fifth of the worlds population are muslims. Islam has made great contributions to agriculture, teh sciences, art and literature.

    Mosque - Muslim place of worship
    Sawm - the period of fasting from sunrise to sunset, especially during Ramadan.
    Revelation - A message or communication from God
    Papyrus - PLant material made into flattened strips for writing
    Theology - The study of religion
    Hajj - The pilgrimage to Mecca, expected to be made at least once during a Muslim persons lifetime
    Ramadan - The ninth month of the Islamic calender
    Franks - The name Muslims gave the Crusades, regardless of their country of origin
    Sunna - The practice Islam, as developed by Muslim Scholars

    ReplyDelete
  8. In History we were highlgighting main points on teh sheet anout Islam and the crusdaes. Mrrs Knowles read out and told us what to highlight.

    ReplyDelete