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=Why study history= To avoid repeating that past, to educate leaders on what has worked and hasn't worked, to exam past to decide what we should do in the future Examples, grachci brothers, hammarabies code, Solon built democracy, how democracy turns to dictatorship. Don't repeat the past, democracy to dictatorship through crassus, pompey and Caesar. All ignored or treated poorly by the senate, the senate treated them poorly because they knew individually they didn't have enough power to do anything about it. However, all 3 together had money, fame, military power and the smarts needed to create a dictatorship. Lesson don't piss off the people who could really hurt you in the long run, or else they will come back and get payback. "To use the past, learn its lessons and then let it go." = - Anonymous 1421 book review notes= -Hong Wu chose his grandson Zu Yunwen- over Zhu Di’s nephew to succeed him -Assigns went to kill Zhu Di but to escape his death he left his house and lived on the streets -he got a loyal body guard, he turned on pursuers, he got 800 men in a park of beijing, the assigns came and they were the ones killed -Zhu Yunwen got word of the failure and sent 500,000 men, the seasons were changing to winter and the men were not prepared it weakened them so much even the women in biejin -Confucious did not like positions of power -Madrain: type of government; ie: a prince must be a true prince to be a prince -Zhu Di commander-in-chief of one of the largest naval fleets (he never went to sea) -Zhu Di’s staff were the only men allowed to enter the concubines quarters -They (Zhi Di) built expansive shipyards covering several square miles having dry docks and locks to rivers -In the Zhu Di commission there were 1,681 new ships including treasure ships -The fleet contained 250 treasure ships, 3,500 other ships, 1,350 patrol ships, 1,350 combat ships, 400 large war ships, 400 large freighters -Zhu Di controlled the walled city wall was 1,500 times the area of the London wall and 50 times the population -Zhu Di took interest in astronomy, Chinese astronomers witnessed the growth of halleys comer they also witnessed the crab nebula super nova -Zhu Di restored the practice of watching stars after It had died down during the Mongol emperors -He was into the practice not the theory believed it would be better to perfect methods, he wanted biejin to be the center of the “Known universe”

Missing work as of 4/28 1. Foundation Myth Esssay; sent email about this before break; check around March 9 +/- 2. Rome Quiz correction optional pull ulp 78 to an 84 3. Punic War Essay: made a 75 on it, I asked for a rewrite, haven't gotten the rewrite yet; Check back with me when you get your Rome test back; if it is weak, certainly do corrections. Other than that I see nothing missing. I still need to check your newspaper article. http://www.piney.com/BabMoabite.html Greece info: Social classes ONLY applied to me and woman could not participate in public life, woman also got legal and social class only from men Foriners were alowed to live in greece but with very strict rules, they would never be full citesins and would never be able to own land Questions: Why would they alow foriners in to live but would not let them buy land? The omlypics seemed more like a religious ceremony with athletic games, why is it this way?

Paleus and Thetis tried to get married with out invite (permission) so Eris the goddess of discord was outraged so She stormed into the wedding banquet and threw a golden apple onto the table. The golden apple belonged to whomever was the fairest. Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite each reached for the apple. Zeus proclaimed that Paris, Pronce of Troy and thought to be the most beatiful person alive, would act as the judge.

Hermes went to Paris, and Paris agreeded to act as the judge. To see who the golden apple would belong to. Menelaus was outraged to find that Paris had taken Helen. Menelaus then called upon all of Helen's old suitors. The suitors Promised to protect Helen. Many of the Suitors did not want to go to war. Cinyras did not want to go to war but he promised Agamemnon a fleet of 50 ships. True to his word he sent 50 ships. The first one was commanded by his son. The other 49 however were to clay ships with tiny clay soilders.

Hannibal was a truly great military with excellent military tactics that even modern day leaders can appreciate.