Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Roman Architecture

I found this website:
www.historyforkids.org/learn/romans/architecture/romarch.htm about

Roman architecture.Romans are famous
for architecture,too.For example,Hadrian’s
Pantheon, a temple to all the gods.Nobody
would build a bigger dome for more than
a thousand years.The Romans brought
a lot of new ideas to architecture, of
which the three most important are the
arch, the baked brick, and the use of
cement and concrete.
We don't have much Etruscan architecture
left.Nevertheless,a lot of their underground
tombs servive.
Page2 talks more about Rome. In the
provinces of the Roman Empire, people were
also building forums, temples, bath buildings,
amphitheaters and apartment blocks.
Picture1:Roman baths in Paris.
Picture2:Baths of Caracalla.


Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Rome Bath


I found this http://www.crystalinks.com/rome.html website
about Rome.There is a long list.If you want to know more
about Rome it will be the best choice.Click on of them:baths
(http://www.crystalinks.com/romebaths.html) and the four
picture beside are from there.Picture1:The builder of this
famous bath house was Marcus Ulpius Nerva Traianus (Sep-
tember 18, 53 - August 9, 117), Roman Emperor (98-117),
commonly called Trajan. He was the second of the so-called
"Five Good Emperors" of the Roman Empire. Under his rule,
the Empire reached its greatest territorial extent.
Picture2:It was on to the Caldarium, similar to a Turkish
bath, hot and steamy.The floor tiles have been removed to
expose the empty space through which hot exhaust gases
flowed, heating the tiles.
Picture3:Trajan Bathhouse.
Picture4:Introduce the building.























Thursday, August 21, 2008

Rome's Army

I found the information of Roman army from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome.
The military part.
One of its part talk about that the army had
five parts:the three lines of manipular heavy
infantry (hastati, principes and triarii), a force
of light infantry (velites), and the cavalry
(equites).
We seldom hear about the Roman navy.It was
used to control and defence the piracy.

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Islam

I found this:http://www.islamcan.com/
website about Islam.You can find "Short
Islamic Stories"(http://www.islamcan.
com/increaseiman/index.shtml) in the
list.There are many short stories about
Islam.
You can find"How To Pray"(http://www.islamcan.com/salat
/duas/index.shtml) if you want to learn
how to pray.It also has translated into
English.You even can hear some part of it.

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Christianity

http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/
This is the website I found about
Chritianity.Christianity is the
largest religion,with over 1 billion
followers.There are more than 6
million practising Christians in
the UK, and a total of 35 million
people in Britain consider them-
selves to be Christians.You can
learn more religion on BBC.

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Judaism

http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/judaism/
I searched this website of Judaism.
Judaism is around 3500 years old.
The history of Judaism can't seperate
with the history of Jews themselves.
Look for more information at the
list if you want to.This website conn-
ect to other many website,too.

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Sikhism

http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/sikhism/index.shtml
I found this website about Sikhism.If
you saw a person's shadow after you
click it,that is the home page.
You can find Sikhism's history at left.
Sikhisn was born in Punjab area of
south Asia,now becomes India and
Pakistan.You can see Holyday down
of the list.The people doesn't celebrate
it for religion.It is because of they have
more free time on Sunday.That's why
they celebrate on Sunday.
Other website:
http://www.sikhnet.com/
http://www.allaboutsikhs.com/
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9105865/Sikhism
http://www.truthbook.com/index.cfm?linkID=626