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today in class we took a test I had no idea we were having but I think I did ok on it.

Martin Luther was protesting the way the Catholic Church worked. He told the pope to stop using poor people for money and to use all of his riches for the things he wants. The pope didn't appreciate this and told him if he didn't take back the things he was teaching as a priest, that he would be banned from the church. He was banned and the pope made it illegal to feed him or give him shelter.

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1. renaissance - means rebirth but in this context it is the revival of art and learning humanism - an intellectual movement that focused on human potential and achievements  secular - worldly rather than spiritual and concerned with the here and now. patron - financial supporters of artists  perspective - the three dimensions of a surface vernacular - the native language of Dante, Italian. 3. men - very brave, stern, always among the first, where the enemy is seen, gentle, modest, reserved, avoiding ostentation women - patrons of artists, love art, did not create art  4.  had large cities with many trading opportunities with wealthy merchant class 5.  they became patrons of the arts by financially supporting artists

Today we took a test. I was late to school by about 1 minute so I missed a little study time but I think I did decent on it. Hopefully this pulls me up to a C in his class.

today in class we reviewed for our test again which is on Thursday. Our test is on Rome and their government along with the US relations. The US based a lot of their government and rules on the Roman way of life, obviously tweaking the little things so it would work in our day and age. The twelve tables is the legal code for Rome and the bill of rights is our legal code for the US. Rome vs Carthage fought the Punic Wars (264 - 146 BCE). The people they didn't kill became slaves for Rome. Carthage was burned for 17 days and everything was destroyed.

1. Greco-Roman culture: the mixing of Greek, Hellenistic, and Roman culture Pompeii:  ancient Roman city near modern Naples in the Campania region of Italy Virgil:    ancient Roman poet   Tacitus: roman historian aqueduct:  channel for conveying water 5. Latin was adopted by different peoples and developed into French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and Romanian

1. Inflation: a drastic drop in the value of money coupled with a rise in prices Mercenary: foreign soldiers who fought for money Diocletian:  a strong-willed army leader who became the new emperor in A.D. 284 Constantinople: the new name for the capital after it was moved from Rome to the Greek city of Byzantium (modern day turkey) Attila: a powerful chieftain for the Huns in 444 3.  lack of resources and rulers who didn't know how to control that big of a empire 4. doubled the size of the army and set fixed prices on goods 5. Rome began to fall and they saw an opportunity

1. Jesus: a jew born in the town of Bethlehem in Judea Apostle: 12 men who wrote the New Testament of the Bible Paul: a jew who had never met Jesus and at first was an enemy of christianity. While traveling to Demascus in Syria, he reportedly has a vision of Jesus. He converted. Diaspora: dispersal of the jews Constantine: roman emperor who won a battle with the Christian symbol on his troops soldiers Bishop: also a priest, supervised several local churches Peter: first bishop in Rome Pope: the father or head of christian church 3. God's personal relationship to each human being 4. they refused to worship roman gods and were seen as a threat 5. it defined the basic beliefs of the church