Vocabulary terms for The Reneassaince

PART 1

Florence - Florence, Italy, the capital city of the Italian region.

Secular - any movement in society directed away from otherworldliness to life on earth.

da Vinci - the italian renaissance polymath.

Machiavelli - an italian politician, historian, diplomat, philospisher, humanist and writer.

PART 2

- Humanism - A collection of Greek and Roman teachings undertaken by scholars, writers and civic leaders. 

Dante - He was a major Poet in the middle ages.

Fresco - A specific version of murial artwork. 

Titian - He was the most important painter.

PART 3

- Martin Luther - He was a German Monk, a Catholic Priest, professor of theology, and a seminal figure of a reform movement for Christianity.

- Desiderius Erasmus - He was the most famous and the most influential humanist of the Northern Renaissance, he was a man of amazingness, and industrialism. He was a Renaissance Philosopher.

- Salvation - The act of saving someone form sin or evil, something that saves someone or something from danger or a difficult situation.

PART 4

- King Henry VIII - Henry was the King of England until 1509 when he died, beside his six marriages, Henry was well known in his work separating the Church of England, and the Roman Catholic Church.

- Anglicanism - It is a tradition within the Christianity comprising the Church of England,  and churches which are historically tied to it or have similar beliefs, worship practices and church structures.

- Anabaptist - Christians of the Radical Reformation, of the 16th Century. 

Aztecs

Incas

Aztec Calendar, Who, What, When, Where, How, Why

- Who used the calendar? The calendar was used by the Aztecs and the pre-columbian people of central Mexico.

- What was the calendar? The calendar was a large three foot thick, 12 foot across, and weighing almost 25 tones. Carved from basalt, a solidified lava. 

- When was the calendar used? The calendar was created in 1479. The first calendar was the, Xiuhpohualli, which means, the counting of years. This was a 365-day calendar.

There was also the Aztec's more sacred calendar, the Tonalpohualli. The rituals were divided up among the gods, because if you didn't, it would be considered unfair. This was a 260-day ritual cycle.

- Where did the Aztecs find the stuff to build this? The calendar was made from solidified lava, from a volcano.
- How was the calendar used? The calendar was used, to keep track of, mainly, when their religious festivals were, and when they correct day to honor their god was. The other calendar was used to track time.
- Why did they use this calendar? They needed something to keep track of when their religious festivals were, and what day it was.

Mayan Ballgame

The Mongols: Geography, Leadership, and Technology.

The way the Steppe people lived helped them conquer several places mainly because they were very nomadic, basically invented nomadic culture. They lived in yurts and would pack up and leave a day after they got there. It made it very easy for them to flee if need be. The fact that the Mongols were nomadic, set them apart from agricultural people they conquered, because they were nomadic and could easily get up and leave. The agricultural people they conquered didn't move around. They were not nomadic, like the Mongols were. The mongols conquered several people, across several different cities in Asia. They conquered China in the 13th century. They conquered so many different Asian cultures, and they were able to do that because of their ruler, Genghis Khan. Plus their amazing warfare tactics. When Genghis Khan died his last dying wish was to have his empire expanded, so his son, Ögedai Kahn took over. The Mongols, to this day, continue to use Khans archery tactics and the Mongols warfare tactics.

A few important Mongol leaders, were, Genghis Khan, one of the most famous ones, and his son, Ögedai Khan, who took over when Genghis passed away. Genghis also had several successors who helped along the way. Genghis had 3 or 4 sons and Ögedai was the youngest one. Before Genghis died he made Ögedai his successor and split his empire into khanates, giving them to his kids and grandkids. Before Genghis died, he managed to conquer China, Turkistan, Pakistan. Then after Genghis died, Ögedai added to their empire by conquering west of Asia, and most of Europe. Plus some of the Middle East.

The Mongols invented and used tons of technology, that without them making and using it we wouldn't have. They didn't necessarily invent the bow and arrow but they used it a lot and from the day they were born, they were taught to ride a horse and shoot a bow and arrow. The Mongols also had what they called Halberds, which is a two sided blade mounted on a pole. Very sharp, majorly used for poking, jabbing, cutting, spearing, those kinds of things. They also had a Mongol Saber which was a sword like object that could effectively cut through armor and helmets. Plus, they had their wide array of spears and lances.

Confucianism