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A collection of student research on influential people of the eastern hemisphere.
Transcript of People of Influence
TIME
Influential people of the
Eastern Hemisphere
Articles submitted by
the Writers of Mrs.
Kranzusch’s CA/Geo
Classes 2011-2012
Contents features 2 Adolf Hitler
4 Albert Einstein
6 Alexander the Great
8 Anne Frank
10 Aristotle
12 Attila the Hun
14 The Beatles
16 Beethoven
18 Benito Mussolini
20 Bishop Desmond
Tutu
22 Buddha
24 Charles de Gaulle
26 Cleopatra
28 Galileo
30 Genghis Khan
32 Hammurabi
34 Idi Amin
36 Ivan the Terrible
38 J.K Rowling
40 Joan of Arc
42 Johann Gutenberg
44 Joseph Desire
Mobutu
46 Joseph Stalin
48 Julius Caesar
50 Justinian
52 Karl Marx
54 Kim Jong II
56 King Henry VIII
58 King Leonidas
60 King Louis XIV
62 King Tut
64 Leonardo Di Vinci
66 Mahatma Gandhi
68 Mao Zedong
70 Marco Polo
72 Margaret Thatcher
74 Marie Antoinette
76 Marie Curie
78 Martin Luther
80 Maximilien
Robespierre
82 Mikhail Gorbachev
84 Mother Teresa
86 Muammar Gaddafi
88 Napoleon Bonaparte
90 Nelson Mandela
92 Osama Bin Laden
94 Paul Potts
96 Princess Diana
98 Princess Diana
100 Qin Shi Huang Di
102 Queen Elizabeth I
104 Queen Elizabeth II
108 Saddam Hussein
110 The Scorpians
112 Vincent Van Gogh
114 William Shakespeare
116 Winston Churchill
118 Wolfgang Mozart
120 Xerxes
EVIL Genius or MAD Man
he enemy of many countries, and the
person who was responsible for the
deaths of over 46,000,000
Europeans, started off as a
Secondary School dropout, and was too weak
to be accepted into the Austrian Army. In fact
he was not even accepted into Art School,
which was his passion growing up. Even though
Adolf Hitler had these setbacks in his early
years he became the leader of the country that
almost took over the world.
Many people wonder how
someone as unassuming as Hitler
could have rose to so much power.
However, even though Hitler was
not very big or strong he was a
great speaker and told people what
they wanted to hear.
When Germany went to war in
World War I (WWI), Hitler crossed the border
into Germany and was accepted into the
German Army. Although he had a slight frame
he did well in the German Army as a dispatcher
and earned five medals. This brought Hitler
notice from his superior Officers.
After Germany surrendered during WWI, it
became a defeated and disillusioned country.
Germany had to give up all of its colonies,
much of its natural resources, and a portion of
its land. It also had to give up a lot of its wealth
for causing WWI. Adolf sensed what the people
were feeling and told them that they were not
to blame. Adolf did not trust Jewish
people, therefore he began to tell people in his
speeches that the Jews were responsible for
WWI and their current suffering. Many of the
German people were also looking for someone
to blame, so they began to believe what Adolf
was saying.
The better Hitler became as a speaker the more
people attended his speeches. During his
speeches he also warned the people about
communism and countries such as Russia who
were communists. Hitler also told
German the people he would
basically end all of their problems.
In 1933 Hitler became the dictator
of Germany. Once he had complete
power he convinced the German
people that they should start
invading other countries, like Russia
and Poland (this led to WWII).
Additionally Hitler had his secret police
imprison and kill Jewish people. During the
peak of the killings up to 60,000 Jews were
killed per day.
Germany eventually started to lose the war and
Hitler started to kill anyone who disagreed with
him. He became a Mad man! Rather than be
captured, Hitler committed suicide.
Adolf Hitler should serve as a lesson that we
should never give so much power to one
person. He convinced his countrymen to do the
unthinkable of trying to exterminate an entire
race of Jewish people.
Adolf Hitler – The man who took over a country
and convinced his countrymen to do the unthinkable
Good or bad influence?
A scientist, one of the
greatest in the world.
Who is he?
Albert Einstein.
Albert Einstein was a good
influence because he was one of
the greatest scientists in the 20th
century. He grew up in a family of
Jewish Germans, in Ugh, Germany.
He was also a good influence on
people too because of his great
knowledge, though Albert did not
graduate high school. Albert also
had a difficult time with his speech
until the age of twelve. In my
opinion he inspired people to
learn and experiment too. Albert
was a very smart man, so that
made him a good influence for his
career and other people that had
known about the great
achievements he had made.
Though, with those great
achievements, Einstein had gotten
expelled from 1888 to 1895, while
he had spent those years in the
performing arts. Even though
Albert spent all those years in the
performing arts he somehow
became the most famous scientist
of the twentieth century.
Albert started to become famous
after his Theory of relativity, and
then people started to see how
knowledgeable Einstein was, so
they started to listen more closely
to Einstein’s ideas and thoughts
Then Einstein fell in love by a
woman named Mileva Marvic, and
married her in 1903, then Mileva
and Albert had two sons by the
names of Hans and Eduard, they
also had a daughter but was given
for adoption. Einstein was very
knowledgeable and he made our
world better with science and
that’s why he is a good influence.
Few are those who see with
their own eyes and feel with
their own hearts
-Albert Einstein
afw
Alexander loved
science,
medicine and
philosophy. All three
came in handy. His
father was Philip the
second. When he was
little he watched his
father become
victorious. Slowly by
each victory Macedonia
became mostly military
powered. At the age of
16 Phillip`s his son was
in charge (Alexander).
Alexander made an
army of his own in the
absent of his father. He
defeated Maedi and
renamed it
Alexandropolis.
Alexander became a
general when his
father invaded
Greece. Alexander
showed that he was
brave when he killed
the elite Greek force.
In the year of 336 BC
His father was
assassinated by a
noble Pausanias.
People thought that
Alexander killed his
father. He killed each
and every enemy.
When Greeks and
others saw an
opportunity for
independence
Alexander moved
quickly.
He made them
scared. A rumor
between all the
Greeks was that he
was dead. So a major
revolt started.
Alexander was super
angry so he marched
to Greece in two
weeks. Theban told
the Greeks that
everyone who
wanted freedom
could join them in
the fight
He told the Greeks
that they had the
option to change. All
of the Greeks that
wanted freedom
went with the
Theban.
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Anne Frank was just one of the many
Jewish people who lost her life to the
Holocaust
By: Megan Fencl
Not many people have influenced us the way Anne Frank has. She
was born on June 12, 1929, in Frankfurt, Germany. At the time Hitler was in
power and hated Jewish people and blamed them for Germany’s problems.
Anne Frank was killed, with many other Jewish people, for what I believe to
be no reason at all.
Anne thought of her diary as her friend that she called Kitty. Anne
wrote down what she thought was important. Even though Anne and many
others were living through hard times she wrote in her diary about what her
day was like and the fights her and her family had. Anne wrote most of her
diary in the Secret Annex. If I was Anne I would have liked to have a diary
too. It would be nice to tell someone how it felt to live in this terrible time.
Out of her family Otto Frank, Anne’s father, survived and was
given Anne’s diary. To me, Anne Frank’s diary is very important because she
told us what it was like to live through this terrible time.
Today there is a museum of Anne Frank. It is the Secret Annex
were Anne, her family, and her father’s co-workers stayed until they were
found. Anne Frank’s diary can still be read in your local library along with
many other books about Anne Frank. She is just one of the thousands of
people that died because of Hitler, but she one of the few people who had
their diaries made into a book and a book about them. Thanks to Anne
Frank we know a little more of what it was like to live through the
Holocaust.
Jewish people were ordered to wear
the Star of David when they went
out.
Anne frank’s diary
“I hope I will be able to confide
everything to you, as I have never
been able to confide in anyone, and I
hope you will be a great source of
comfort and support.”
Anne Frank
your teacher
competition!
Aristotle, an influential figure
even today, continues to shape how
our society thinks. A Greek
philosopher and scientist, he was
known for his discoveries, and
writings.
Aristotle was born in a Greek
town called Stagires. Upon turning 17,
he enrolled in Plato’s school in Athens
(an ancient Greek city) where he
studied for 20 years. After Plato died
Aristotle went to Asia Minor, where he
became a teacher. At Asia Minor
Aristotle studied yet another field of
knowledge, biology. Studying at Asia
Minor for two years, Aristotle
broadened his mind. Soon after
Aristotle finished his studies Phillip II
(Alexander’s dad and a King) asked
Aristotle to teach his thirteen year old
son, Alexander. Aristotle taught
Alexander for some time. He could
have had great influence on Alexander
The Great, no one truly knows.
Aristotle could have influenced our
history, and what we know today
depending on what he taught
Alexander.
At age 20 Alexander became king. With the power and wealth of
his new position Alexander gave Aristotle a large amount of
money to start a school in the Athens. Once Aristotle started
teaching he really started influencing the young minds, and how
we think today. When teaching so many students, Aristotle was
passing on all his knowledge. The students of Aristotle knew
everything there was to know. They dissected animals, and
studied insects, habitats, and wildlife. Aristotle taught his
students new science methods, and shared his various ideas. Not
only was Aristotle teaching, he was also learning. Aristotle
continued teaching at his school, until the Athens reconsidered
Aristotle and his methods. The Athens accused Aristotle of going
against the law (impiety). Choosing to flee, Aristotle ended up
on the island of Euboea.
Aristotle died on Euboea about a year after he got there.
After his death, all his writings were strewn about or lost. Only a
few of Aristotle’s many writings were found in the middle ages,
and they were all on logic. In the early 13th
century, other books
and writings of Aristotle’s were found and sent to the Western
U.S. to be translated. Now, most of the writings of the ancient
Greek philosopher are preserved. Not only was Aristotle
influential because he taught so many young children, he is also
influential because of his writings. Aristotle’s writings gave
growing civilizations new ideas and ways to think. By sharing
his ideas with the rest of the world, Aristotle influenced virtually
every area of modern thinking.
“At his best, man is the noblest of all
animals; separated from law and justice
the worst.” –Aristotle
gives Aristotle Among other things, Aristotle
taught the famous Alexander
The Great!
By Nora Ptacek
Attila the Hun was the most advanced
conquer of his time nobody could
compare to Attila’s strength, one threat
from Attila and he was showered with
gifts but before all of this Attila was a
normal Hunic kid.
By: Darius Sargent
Attila the Hun was born in 406 and his dad died shortly after
leaving Attila’s three uncles to care for him and his brother Bleda until
they were old enough to take over the Hun clan. Attila was the favorite of
the uncles he had learned how to ride a horse before he could walk, he
could shoot a bow by the time he was four, and he could use a sword by
the time he was five. As you can see great things were expected of Attila.
When Attila was young he was sent of to live in Rome as a
captive as a sign of peace and Rome sent there prince to the Huns. Attila
was returned to the Huns in 420 he had hated the Romans he hated
everything about them and he vowed to himself that one day he would
destroy them.
Bleda died in 444 giving Attila control of the whole Hun clan after
sharing power with Bleda for twelve years. As soon as Attila had control
he started conquering at an alarming rate. As soon as the Romans saw the
Huns they saw them as a punishment sent by god and they called him
Attila the scourge of god.
Attila was then married to his first wife Arica they had four sons.
When the Romans had figured out how easily the Huns were taking over
they tried to make peace with Attila but Attila did not want peace he
wanted riches so he made a deal with the Romans he said he would stay
away if they paid him 700 pounds of gold a year. But that deal was soon
broken when one of Attila’s scouts caught a Roman priest searching
around in tombs of the dead Huns looking for treasure. Attila was furious
he had immediately started making plans to destroy Rome.
As Attila was planning his attack one of the cattle herders came
to Attila with a sword that one of his cattle had stepped on Attila had
believed it was the sword of god. Attila had got a note from the king of
Rome’s sister she had asked to marry him if he let her free Attila had sent
a note back requesting her to be set free when the answer was no. Attila
destroyed city after city and now that Attila had the sword of god he was
unstoppable.
Attila had destroyed Italy once before and now he was back he
only wanted Italy as a stronghold Attila destroyed Italy again and then left
for Rome but the Romans had fled to the capitol it was like a strong hold.
Then the Romans allied with the Visigoths Attila set up camp in Italy but it
was harder for his horses to run so he said he would leave and he did but
he would come back once he regrouped Attila and his now much larger
army and he set out for the capitol of Rome when they got they were met
by the Visigoth army along with the roman army but it was still an evenly
matched battle they battled till the afternoon and then both sides fled and
Attila returned home.
The Visigoths then stopped allying with
Rome and Attila and Rome came to an
agreement.
It is now 453 and Attila is getting
married and of course he drinks a lot
the next morning Attila is found dead.
Beatle
Mania
By: Mike Colon
"I am going into
an unknown
future, but I'm
still all here, and
still while there's
life, there's
hope."
John Lennon
The Beatles were a band from Liverpool, England which
was a poor and gloomy city. The band member’s names
are John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and
Ringo star. They had made popular rock and roll music
like no other band had done before. Before the break up
the Beatles had some pretty good times like when they
were practicing as the Quarry Men. They are important
because they were the most popular band in the 1960’s
also they were popular in the U.K and the U.S. So that is
why we should never doubt what we can’t do because
the Beatles didn’t. Also there song Love Me Do was inter
nationally popular gaining them the name the Fab Four.
Also they had the top spot for a long time also they left
their home country to come to the USA. And when the
USA heard there music they became more popular than
ever before. Just like Elvis they had a dream and went
for it and just like many people they became
discouraged because they thought they weren’t that
good. The cool thing is that they taught themselves to
sing play the guitar and they made their own songs so
they were really determined to get it right. Also they got
the name “the Beatles” because they have beat as in the
Beatles. They were so popular 40% of the American
population was tuned in and was listening to their
music.
The Case Of The
How could one
of the world’s
greatest
musician, be
deaf?-Jacob
Wright
Ludwig Van Beethoven is a
German composer that was influential
person to me because he overcame his
struggles. Beethoven was deaf but he
overcame that and wrote beautiful
music. I think we can all look up to
Beethoven because none of us are
perfect, we all have our flaws but we
can all do great things. Beethoven wrote
a total of 138 pieces most of them he
wrote when he was deaf. Isn’t that
amazing? Many people in Beethoven’s
time thought of Beethoven as the new
Mozart. Beethoven was deaf because he
had a misshapen ear but that didn’t
stop him. Although he was deaf he
communicated through a notebook he
carried around that people would write
in it what they wanted him to know.
Beethoven had many friends that he
wrote letters to. I imagine Beethoven as
a friendly person because after reading
about him I found out that he was not a
crazy musician. Nobody is perfect in this
world but we can all make a difference
like Beethoven. Beethoven changed
music and he changed us.
The Three Periods
The first period was named the early period. In
the early period Beethoven’s music was mainly
influenced by Josef Haydn and Wolfang Amadeus
Mozart. The early period lasted the whole year of
1801. Some of Beethoven’s important pieces were
the first and second symphonies, six string quartets,
two piano quartets, and the first dozen piano
sonatas.
The second period was named the heroic or
middle period. The heroic period was after the time
that Beethoven found out he was becoming deaf. It
lasted from 1803-1814. Beethoven composed many
great pieces during the heroic period. He wrote six
symphonies, the last three piano concertos, five
string quartets, several piano sonatas, one violin
sonata, and his only opera, Fidelio.
The third period was called the late period.
The late period lasted the year of 1815. To me
the late period was the most influential because
he expressed his feelings. Beethoven’s pieces
were the most intense. Some of his works were
the ninth symphony, the last three string
quartets, and the last five piano sonatas.
“Of course I am
resolved to rise above
every obstacle, but it
won’t be possible-
Beethoven.”
Benito Mussolini was born in 1883 on
July 29th in Varano Di Costa. His
mother’s name was Rosa; she was 25 at
the time. His fathers name was
Alessandro, he was 28.
Benito troublesome child, always
stealing, playing pranks and he got it
fights a lot. He got expelled from two
schools. It took him awhile to realize
that was not the way to act, so Benito
straightened up his act and began
learning about politics.
At Around age eighteen Mussolini
attacked the king for freedom of religion.
He was imprisoned until he was almost
20 years old. A few weeks later Benito
enlisted for thearmy, in 1906 he returned
home. After Benito’s mother passed away
he fell in love with his new step sister,
Rachele. But that didn’t get in the way of
his politics.
In 1910 Mussolini started his own
news paper; he had a well paying job.
Benito constantly wrote bad things about
the government and sometimes religion.
His news paper never sold more the 350
copies a week, people who red the paper
quickly became hostile as the followed
Mussolini.
Mussolini started a riot in 1911, he got
eight years worth of convictions, but only
spent five months in jail. When he got out
the people threw him a huge banquet and
nick named him IL Duce, its pronounced
dew chay. Later, it became a national
chant.
The more Benito wrote, the more famous
he became, and the more he went to jail.
That didn’t stop him. He was still offered
many well paying jobs, he turned them
all down. When Benito had the chance, he
would start more groups and riots. around
1913 and 1914. In 1916 Mussolini enlisted
in the army again.
On March 23rd 1919, Benito and several
other veterans formed a national fascist
party. The group grew to be very popular.
Mussolini talked with Adolf Hitler about
the group. March 15th 1920 almost a year
later, Mussolini and 35
Mussolini ran fro parliament twice,
others were elected to the Italian
Chambers of deputies.
By 1922 crowds of people followed
Benito Mussolini.
Mussolini became a dictator in 1925, to
re-establish Italy’s power. In 1935 he
invaded Abyssinia, now known as
Ethiopia. Mussolini was greatly
influenced by Hitler and introduced things
about anti-Jewish. In 1940 Mussolini
declared war on Britain and France.
Then in 1945 Mussolini was captured and
hung by Italian partisans. He died at age
61. Benito Mussolini was truly
inspirational.
By: Michael Lambert
ithout the date of October 7, 1931, Desmond Tutu would not have existed… for that
was the day he was born. The place he was born was Klerksdorp, a South African
state. But he moved to Johannesburg when he was only twelve years old. Since he was
there, he attended Bantu High School, and, although he had planned it, his parents
couldn’t afford to send him to a medical school to learn to be a physician. Desmond’s father was a teacher who was
trained at Bantu normal college and graduated from the South Africa University in 1954.
The rights of black South Africans had not yet been extended by the government of South Africa. The
power of the promise of instituting a system of apartheid (separation of races) had belonged to the National Party.
Desmond thought that this was going too far, and he’s not the only one who fought for the rights of black people.
All South Africans were assigned to a racial group. To make it even worse, black people were denied the right to
vote! Passports were made to travel within, in and even out of the country. If critics so much even talked about it,
then they would be banned from talking in public and subjected to house arrest. Desmond did not like it at all. When
the government published a system of education that was lower than the usual education for black kids and only black
kids, he knew something had to be done about that. He knew he could no longer work as a teacher if he wanted to do
something about all of it, but he was determined to make a difference.
He moved to England in 1962 and he lived there until 1966. The reason Desmond was there was so he
could earn a master’s degree in theology. He then went back to South Africa for 5 years, and returned to England,
and was the assistant director of the World Council of Churches in London. In 1975 he became the first black
African to serve as Dean of St. Mary's Cathedral in Johannesburg. In 1978 he became the first black General
Secretary of the South African Council of Churches. In 1984, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace, and it
just wasn’t for a gesture of support.
2 years after that, Desmond was elected Archbishop of Cape Town. Of course, he was the first black African to be in
this position. (He was the first black African to do and be in a lot of things.) In 2009, his accomplishments and
efforts to promote peace in the world were formally recognized by President Barack Obama, who gave him the
nation’s highest civilian honor… the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Desmond is earning more awards than ever,
but most importantly, he made a difference. He fought for the rights of black Africans, and it wasn’t because it was
right, because maybe it wasn’t. He did it because he felt in his heart that he had to make a difference.
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The Life of Desmond tutu
Would you have been able to give up
wealth, fine food and drinks, and
everything your heart desired?
Siddhartha Gautama did. He gave up
more than that. He gave up a wife and
new born child to find the meaning of
life and the universe. At age 23 he left.
He spent years searching for it. He
tortured his own body for it. Till he sat
under a red lotus tree and said “I will
not leave this spot until I know the
meaning of life and the universe.” God
of temptation tried and failed three
times to remove Gautama from the
spot. But none prevailed successful.
He sat in the spot for ninety days with
no food or water he sat there in a
deep trance like state. On the
ninetieth day he awoke and decided
to spread his knowledge throughout
the world. His home land was India so
he first spread the knowledge
throughout
A quote from
Buddha, it reads “Do
not dwell in the past,
do not dream of the
future, concentrate
the mind on the
present moment”
Buddha with his
followers.
Buddha means
enlightened
one. Buddha
was
enlightened
with knowledge
by the gods.
India. He first set out to tell the small
town nearby the lotus tree. He told
them but many didn’t believe him
because of the group that taught him
to torture his body till finally it spread
throughout India to China and to
Japan. Now it is the second biggest
religion. Now it’s known worldwide.
Do you believe in his knowledge?
“Do not believe anything, no matter if
I have said it or someone else. Only
believe it if it agrees with your
common sense and your own reason.
“- Buddha
By Trentyn Waring all rights reserved.
I don’t care if you copy all of
this
Waring/ Siddhartha Gautama Buddha/ Buddha
The Man of June Citizen of France to hero.
By Kyra Litwin
Charles de Gaulle had always loved his
country. His family took great pride in the things
France did. All de Gaulle ever wanted was to go
down in history as a hero in France, and soon
that would all come true.
After attending the Saint-Cry Military
school, De Gaulle became the only corporal to
graduate in his class, all of the other students
became sergeants even though there were way
better behaved. Right after De Gaulle graduated,
World War two was born. De Gaulle saw this as a
way to prove himself worthy to his country.
During the Verdun Battle de Gaulle was
shot in the thigh when fighting a German soldier,
about a few minutes later he was hit in the head
by a piece of rubble, later in the day he woke up
in a prison camp. There he would spend most of
the war. He hade tried so many attempts to
escape he was moved to the high alert prison
camp. When Germany surrender to French
troops, De Gaulle escaped to England and gave
his famous speech for the people of France to
reset German troops. Giving him his nick-name
“The man of June.” Later in the war Germany
gave up leaving France victories!
After many battles and wars de Gaulle
retired as a hero to France. His childhood dream
finally came true. Not long after his retirement
France was in need of a president and who else
to answer call than Charles de Gaulle! He was a
brave and strong fighter during his years of
serves to France, if it wasn’t for him then for all
we know world war two could still be happening
today.
Charles de Gaulle, General of Frances army.
Charles de Gaulle President of France.
Beauty Cleopatra VII
Philopator or
Cleopatra is one of
the most
romanticized person
in the modern world.
Cleopatra’s young
age, husbands,
ruling, and beauty
makes her life that
much more
interesting.
By Alex Laux
and Love Romance
Julius Caesar Mark Antony Cleopatra was a beautiful,
strong woman who was the
last Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt.
She became queen at the
very young age of 18 when
her father died. Even though
she had two other sisters
Cleopatra’s father chose her
to be the queen because he
had specially trained her. All
through her childhood she
watched her father rule by
buying support for other
leaders and buying his land.
Cleopatra ruled Alexandria,
Egypt the way her father did,
by using money to earn
peoples respect.
Cleopatra’s brother,
who shared the throne with
her, feared her ambition as a
ruler and forced her out of
Alexandria. Cleopatra then
met Julius Caesar and she
saw an opportunity to use
him, then drive back into
Alexandria. Cleopatra in my
opinion is very smart to use
Caesar, because at the time
he was a very powerful man
in Rome.
She had herself smuggled
in a rug into meet Caesar. Even
though Caesar and Cleopatra had
not known each other long they
fell in love. They went to
Alexandria and fought
Cleopatra’s brother. Caesar
killed her brother, and Cleopatra
returned to her throne.
Caesar and Cleopatra
were in love. They had a son
named Caesarion. Even though
they had a son Caesar did not
stay in Egypt long, instead he
returned to Rome. Once Caesar
arrived in Rome he invited
Cleopatra to Rome. She went to
Rome with him but did not stay
long due to Caesar’s dramatic
assassination. Cleopatra then
returned to Alexandria.
While Cleopatra was
traveling to Alexandria Mark
Antony followed her. She hoped
to be able to have a romantic
relationship with him because
both she and he enjoyed each
others presence. Antony, a very
romantic man, summoned
Cleopatra to marry him. There
was one thing stopping them
though, Antony was still married
to a woman in Rome and since
they had not legally separated, in
the laws eyes, Antony and his
wife from Rome were still
married. They did not care
because they were madly in love.
The two had a very romantic and
traditional ceremony. Later
Cleopatra had twins and another
child with Antony.
Antony’s former wife
revealed Antony’s “adventures”
with Cleopatra and his army turned
against his. Cleopatra and Antony
were driven even closer to each
other. She gave him money to re-
build his army. So by this time in
the relationship I think the only
reason they were together is for
money.
Cleopatra died shortly after
due to a suspected suicide caused
by a snake bite at age 40. Cleopatra
was a very beautiful, smart, kind,
and strong woman. She inspires me
and many other girls and women
that anything is possible. She also
inspires any two people in love
with her love filled life. Overall
Cleopatra inspires everyone
whether it is a young girl thinking
she cannot make a change, or an
old couple who thought they have
lost all love, she will be influential
for generations to come.
Inventor or Thief?
i
Galileo was born to be famous
worldwide because in his life he
would invent one of the greatest
inventions in history, the telescope.
Did Galileo really invent the
telescope? After much research I
have discovered that Galileo did not
really invent the telescope but had
taken it and used it to gaze at the
stars which made the telescope an
invention before it’s time. Galileo had
used the telescope to discover distant
planets like Jupiter and Saturn but
also used it to watch the stars. He
became famous for the telescope but
also for how he used it. Galileo had
gone to college for mathematics and
that is he started using the telescope.
I am not trying to persuade you, but
you can decide to believe that he
didn’t invent the telescope or if he
did it’s up to you now. Believe or
disbelieve it’s up to you.
“In questions of science, the
authority of a thousand is not
worth the humble reasoning of a
single individual.”
Galileo was named the
creator of the telescope
but is it true did Galileo
really invent the telescope
or did someone else?
By Justus Eldred
Galileo the inventor of the telescope
research thinks no many people think
yes.
Quotes
“Nature is relentless and
unchangeable, and it is indifferent
as to whether its hidden reasons
and actions are understandable to
man or not.”
“The Bible shows the way to go to
heaven, not the way the heavens
go.”
I think Galileo is important to
modern day science.
Galileo
G enghis Khan was
the most influential
person that I've ever
heard of. Genghis
Khan was most likely
the main reason that
the great wall was
built, so without him
China would most
likely be a poor
country. He attacked
China so they had to
make a giant stone
wall to keep him out.
He may have
been the leader of the
Mongol nation, but he
may not have been
Even though
Genghis Khan
was the ruler of
one of the most
ruthless leaders the
world has ever
known he still has
done good by
doing bad.
bad on purpose but was just
trying to get revenge on those
who poisoned his father, and
denied him his father’s place
as chieftain of his tribe. But
he might just be crazy,
because he had a little fight
with his half brother and
killed him to be the leader of
the house when he was
younger (Maybe he is crazy).
From that he went on
and ended up almost ruling
the known world. Genghis
Khan even defeated the
Khwarizm Dynasty (not a
thing survived not pets, kids,
adults, livestock they stacked
the skulls of the people in
small pyramids).
Genghis even came up
with a government code
known as Yassa. Yassa was
based on the Mongol law but
included our normal laws
such as no thievery and
being married and
“being” with someone
else but others such as
no blood feuds (such as
in Romeo and Juliet
how their families
would always fight).
After he destroyed the
Khwarizm Dynasty he
turned to China who
was suppose to send
reinforcements. He was
killed by the Tanguts of
Xi Xia and his eldest
son took over..
Destroyer or savior
u
Hammurabi
Rule Maker for Rule Breakers
Hammurabi was the
king of Babylonia. He
lived from 1795-1750
BC. He is one of the
biggest reasons why we
have rules and laws
today.
By Seth Kurrasch
The Code of Hammurabi is one of the first known examples of human laws.
Hammurabi’s Code had 282 rules carved on the stone tablet. Some of the laws are
common, for example anyone caught committing a robbery was put to death
immediately. Other rules were quite exact, like "If anyone hires an ox-driver, he shall
pay him six guru of corn per year." The most well known law is, "If a man put out the
eye of another man, his eye shall be put out too." We know this as, “An eye for an eye
and tooth for a tooth.”
Hammurabi ordered that the code of laws be published in the seven cities of his
realm. This means that there were seven tablets. The most complete tablet is made of
polished black stele that is 8 feet high found at Susa. The laws, originally 282 in
number, do not form a complete code in the modern sense because they have been
changed.
If Hammurabi wouldn’t have created his code, I believe that the rules we have and
live by today wouldn’t exist. Without those rules bad people would be taking over
without any consequences. I liked that Hammurabi’s rules prevented people from
continuing to do the same crimes over and over again. I also believe that people deserve
a second chance, which people didn’t get with Hammurabi’s Code.
Idi Amin
ost people would have thought that because he was
President of Ugandan he
would be a good good
person, but he did some
things that were not so
good.
Idi Amin was born in
Koboko, West Nile province
Ugandan but when he was very little when his mom left his dad and
he grew up with his mom, his mom and he moved to center of
Uganda. In a few years his mom fell in love with another man, and
they had eight kids, Idi was the third of them all. As Idi got older he
went to lots and lots of military schools and soon gained power
over some of the people because of this. Then he became general
of Ugandan and eventual, became president.
I think Idi Amin was influential because he crashed Ugandans social
origination and there government’s money was lost. I think this is
influential because other countries could see what Idi did wrong so
that they don’t do it. He also lost lots of lives in battle. He sent lots
of troops into Muammar, al-Gaddafi, and Palestinian to help there
neighboring Country’s in battle. I think he was a bad person
because of what he did to his country and because he sent a lot of
this troops away. I also think he should have used his money more
wisely.
Hero or Killer In this
article you
will read
about Idi
Amin was
he a hero
for
Ugandan
or a killer
to the
people.
By Jayden
Behrendt
M
A
lthough Ivan the Terrible did some good deeds, he was hated by many. Why? He
gave his nation much terror and destruction; however, there is a good part to his
rule: he declared Russia to be united when he was crowned ruler of Russia.
Before Ivan was even born, a Holy Man came up to Ivan’s father, Tsar Vasily lll, and told him a
bothersome prophecy: “You shall have an evil son, your nation shall fall to terror and tears,
rivers of blood shall flow.” Vasily was terrified, but he needed a son who would take over the
nation after he died. His wife was too old to give birth to another child, so he married a younger
woman named Jelena Glinsky. Many people thought Ivan’s birth was a curse, which it sort of
was, but his mother thought it was a gift.
Ivan’s mother took over the policies that her husband started after he died. Ivan couldn’t take
over the policies because he was still too young. I believe he was about 3 years old when his
father died, so he was obviously too young to take over. Ivan, even though he was so young
when his father died, still loved his father very much. His mother lived another 6 years before
she died as well from poison.
When Ivan turned 13, he was crowned royalty. He saw people bowing to him, but at the same time,
they did not respect him for he was a boy. You might still be wondering: So? Why was Ivan so evil?
Well, it was because of not being respected that he became evil. He trusted no one, and after a
while, he was convinced that he was the God of the earth. You’re kidding, right? No, I’m not kidding.
That is how Ivan was led to his madness and insanity.
Ivan was then crowned Tsar Ivan. Then a war came between
Russia and Europe. He sent 6,000 soldiers to fight against 30,000
warriors; but he knew he would win. He had two advantages: a
trusty General and something no one would usually use - gun
powder.
As Ivan predicted, they won the war; but Tsar Ivan was no more,
now, it was Ivan Grosnig, Ivan the Terrible. What?! Why would
they change his name to that? Well, back then, terrible meant a
sense of respect for a great leader to have such great power.
Soon came the time of marriage. He found a suitable wife named
Anastasia Romanov. However, she was killed 5 years later, making Ivan heartbroken and causing
more terror and destruction to his nation.
Some horrible things that Ivan did to people was boiling people in oil, cutting out tongues because
they displeased him, and his personal favorite was impaling people with a stake. So you see, he was
still terrible, but not terrible enough that he still didn’t do some good deeds.
Ivan the
Terrible:
Was he
as
terrible
as
everyone
thought?
BY MERCEDES
DEMPSEY
“I will not see the destruction of the
Christian converts who are loyal to
me, and to my last breath I will
fight for the Orthodox faith."
-Ivan the Terrible
"To shave the beard is a sin
that the blood of all the
martyrs cannot cleanse. It is
to deface the image of God"
-Ivan the Terrible
Did you know?
-Ivan made
sure that his
enemies’ souls
went directly
to their doom.
-When Ivan
killed
someone, he
made sure no
one prayed for
that person.
-He had an
increasing
paranoia.
-Without Ivan
the Terrible,
Russia would
not have been
united.
"To shave the beard is a sin that
the blood of all the martyrs
cannot cleanse. It is to deface
the image of God"
-Ivan the Terrible
hat does the 12th richest woman
in the United Kingdom know about
writing books?
It was 1990 when she was on a four
hour delay train trip from Manchester
to London. About half way through
her trip her big idea came to her. Her
idea was about a boy going to school
in wizardry. As soon as she thought it
all over, she contacted the Bosten
Globe.
Soon as she got to the train station in
London she started writing the first
draft of the first book of the harry
potter series.
In 1995 J.K. Rowling finished the first
manuscript of the Harry Potter series
on her type writer.
1997 came around and Rowling had
her book finished and published. The
USA had an auction for the right to
publish her book. The Scholastic INC.
won and they bought it for $105,000.
Rowling nearly died when she heard
the news.
2007 was when she was voted person
of the year. She also became the 49th
most powerful celebrity in the world.
To this day she has sold more then
400 million books. That’s estimated to
about $798,000,000.
W
The Book
That Made Millions
A simple house
wife with a good
college degree
suddenly
becomes a
millionaire from
one book. How
did it start and
when did it
happen?
How did it all start?
It all started when she was young, and
she always loved telling her little sister
magical stories that she had written.
In 1986 She graduated from the
university of Exeter were she wanted
to be a writer.
1990, she traveled to Portugal to
teach English as a foreign language.
After a couple of years she started to
work for the Amnesty International
were she started to work farther on
the series.
To this day the Harry Potter series is
the number one top selling books.
By: Erika Winkler
Joan of Arc, maid of Orleans, lived in eastern France over by the Burgundian
islands. When Joan was 12 the Burgundians invaded her town, all the women and
children fled to a shelter while the Burgundians slaughtered all the men. After the
invasion Joan claimed to have heard voices from god. These voices told her to go
invade England and over throw their government. When she was only sixteen she got
together an army and invaded England. Joan and her army marched forth determined to
over throw England’s power.
Joan of arc was captured when she was just 19. The Burgundians were
involved with her capture. They tied Joan to a steak and set her on fire. 25 years after
her brutal death she was claimed a saint by a local priest and that’s her name. Saint
Joan of Arc, Maid of Orleans and heroine of France, was an influential young lady of
France and she has greatly influenced the United States also. She was a warrior born to
fight and followed the signs she perceived. Joan claimed to have been led by god, most
of her people thought she was insane. The English burned her because she was
religious. Hearing voices was considered insanity, but Joan was the voice of god. At
least she believed so.
The maid of Orleans heard voices from god or was she just insane?
“Joan of Arc was not stuck at the cross-roads, either by rejecting all the paths of Tolstoy, or by accepting them all like Nietzsche. She chose a path and went down it like a thunderbolt.” -G.K. Chesterton-English writer and philosopher
the person behind print ing
Brilliance in
the making Johannes Gutenberg,
possibly one of the most influential people in the 14 and 15th century. personally I think he was one of the
most influential people in hist ory without him and his ingenious invention of the moveable type print ing press. Johannes Gutenberg was not only an inventor, he was a German blacksmith, goldsmith, printer, and publisher who introduced modern book print ing. H e also had another major work of his, which was the Gutenberg Bible, the first major book printed with a movable type print ing press, creating the star t of the Gutenberg Revolution.
Strassburg, 1440, ring any bel ls? Well it was the year that Gutenberg final ly perfected and unveiled the secret of print ing based on his research, cal led Kunst und Aventur, which is german for “art and enterprise”. I t isn't clear what work he was involved in, or whether some earl y trials with print ing f rom movable type could have been conducted there. After that there is a huge gap spanning 4 years in record. Then final ly in 1448, he was back in Mainz, where he t ook a out a loan f rom his brother-in-law, presumably for a print ing press. Gutenberg could have been familiar with print ing, it is claimed that he had w orked on copper engravings with an ar t ist known as the “Master of playing cards.” Then by 1450, the print ing press was in operation, and a german poem had been print ed, that could've been the first it em printed there. Gutenberg was able to convince the incredibly rich moneylender, for a loan of 800 guilders(the currency, 1 guilder is equivalent t o 1 american dol lar). Gutenberg’s workshop was set up at this place called Hof Humbrecht this land was owned by a distant relat ive of G utenberg. I t isn’t clear when Gutenberg created the bible project but for this he borrow ed another 800 guilders f rom the moneylender, and work started in 1452. I n 1455 Gutenberg published his 42-line bible, again, known as the Gutenberg bible. About 180 were printed, mostly on paper and some on vel lum
In 1462, during a conflict between two archbishops, M ainz was sacked by archbishop Adolph von Nassau, and Gutenberg was exiled. An old man by now, he moved to Eltvil le where he may have init iated and supervised a new print ing press belonging t o the
Bechtermünze brothers.I n January 1465, Gutenberg's achievements were recognized and he was given the t it le Hofmann (gentleman of the court) by von Nassau. Gutenberg died in 1468 and was buried in the Franciscan church in M ainz. The church and the cemetery were later destroyed and Gutenberg’s grave was lost and never found.
oseph-Desire Mobutu
was born October 14Th 1930. He
was a bundle of joy. Joseph died
September 7th 1997. He Lived for
67 years from 1930 to 1997.
Joseph was a big help to the
democracy, because he was the
president of the Democratic
Republic in June and July of 1961.
Joseph concentrated his efforts on
reunifying the fragmented army
under his command.
His palace was large and
worth a lot of money, He Had
guards protecting him so people
couldn’t hurt him because, people
out in the world or even his
country would try to kill him. They
also didn’t agree with his rules or
laws that he made. The guards
were in the front and the back of
Joseph’s palace.
Joseph also had to change
his palace because it got blown up
in World War . Joseph has had
two palaces in his life.
Joseph was also a people
person, so for him to be what he
was he needed to be a person
who isn’t afraid to talk. That is why
he was president of the
Democratic Republic.
Mrs.K
Bre DeRuyter
“ Final Draft ”
I am who I am because people
have trust in me and I believed in
myself -Joseph
Losif Vissarionovch Dzhugashvili or better known as Joseph Stalin
Stalin killed 20 million people
Stalin was born in Gori Russia / Georgia Stalin was not rich but he was actually poor his father
was a shoemaker and his mother was really big time religious and had no bothers or sisters
because they died right after birth from bad health during his childhood when he was 17 he went
in the seminary and then he didn’t want to be in the seminary so then Stalin got In to politics
and helped with the execution of Nicholas 2 during ww1 by a firing squad in the
early morning hours of July 17, 1918 when this happened Lenin and the
communist started the Russian revolution and the communist won so then Lenin
died and Stalin was his replacement Stalin is the worst Russian dictator the world has ever
seen because he sent 20 million people to death or to camps in Russia’s Siberia which is in the eastern
part of the country and it is really cold in the winter and hot in the summer to and a lot of people died
there do to the extreme cold and in Ukraine 5 million people died due to famine that Stalin
orchestrated that caused a massive famine outbreak that killed 5 million people but before
the famine Stalin only wanted for politics was Communist Party which was first started by
Vladimir IIyich Lenin and Stalin was Lenin vice president and when Lenin died in 1924 then
Stalin became dictator and then told killed 2 million of his people right before world war 2
started he signed a nonaggression pact with his neighbor Poland and then another
nonaggression pact with Germany for Poland he signed it in 1936 and for Germany he signed
it in 1939 in 1953 Stalin died form 2 bullet wounds and from detracting health. after Stalin’s
death the
Soviet Union looked for another dictator and then they did and then there was a revolt in the
satellite state of Hungary but the revolt was crushed. The revolt happened because the dictator
of Russia /Soviet Union told his soldiers in Hungary to pack up and come back to Russia but
came back to put down the revolt because Hungary was trying to become independent country
from Russia / Soviet Union because they hated them.
JULIUS CESAR
JULIUS CEASAR. FROM BIRTH TO DEATH
BY: MATTHEW MEDEMA
Julius Caesar, one of the most
influential people in Rome’s
history died because of people’s
greed for power and wealth.
Julius was born between 100
and 102 BC. His father was Gaius
and his mother was Aurelia. He
had a normal child hood, but got
married at the age of 18, but got
divorced soon after and
remarried to Cornelia. Julius
had only one confirmed child
that was a girl named Julia.
When Julius went into the army
he quickly roes to the rank of
general, and led Rome and its
army to many victories. Julius
helped to make Rome one of the
greatest nations of its time and
perhaps even one of greatest
nations on earth’s history.
When Julius returned to Rome
he was welcomed as a hero and
made an aedile. (Which is the
person who was responsible for
maintaing the public buildings.)
After he held games and other
things to celebrate and entertain
the people of Rome. Julius became a
politician. He inspired the people
and helped them with their
problems. Into their own hands
Some of the other politicians didn’t like
all the attention that he was getting
and decided to take matters into their
own hands.
The person who stated plotting the
assignation was a man named Cimber. He
also was a man of importance in Rome and
helped Govern the people. He got sixty
other followers to help him kill Julius.
While he was doing this Julius was
fighting battles all across Europe
and still had come home to Rome.
When he was going into the place
were they held their meetings the
people gathered around him and tried
to warn him by giving him signs and
messages that told of the plot to kill
him, but all the commotion he didn’t
read any of the messages? When
Julius came a home the senitars
gathered a round him as if to ask a
question. When he got up a person
grabbed his cloak and Casca stabbed
him in the back. He was stabbed at
least 23 times and then died. His last
words were: “You too, my child, “because of
how he saved one of the people who killed him.
I think that he was very influential
because he inspired the people and
led them to do great things and give
many break throughs in science and
technology. I hope that the people
who read this article appreciate how
great a person he was. In my opinion
he was the most influential person
for good in the Eastern hemisphere.
Justinian The Best Emperor?
Justinian made big changes
to the Roman Empire in the
500’s.
By Imogen Gillard
Justinian lived from
482-565 and was
emperor from 527-565.
Justinian’s jobs were the
consul there were 2
consuls that had 1 year
terms each. Then he
was a General Chief
which is a military rank
and forces around the
world. Then he was an
assistance emperor and
soon after became a
solo emperor, he was
really excited when he
found out he got the job
he was really exited.
When he was the
Byzantine Emperor his
goal was to restore the
Roman Empire
(Byzantine was the
eastern Roman Empire).
When he was emperor
he completed the
written list of rules for
the Roman Empire
which was called the
twelve tables.
He changed Byzantine to give
women a greater benefit and
let Christian women own
property equally. This was big
because women never got to
own property before and
now they could with out
every thing being the men’s.
In the end women had a little
more of an advantage than
men did. He was making
great progress with his
changes until the plague
started spreading. It killed
almost every one in the
Roman Empire and it came
from rats. The most
important thing to know
about Justinian is that he is
Christian. This is very
important because it had a
lot to do with how he built
things, every thing would be
different if he wasn’t. The
best thing he built was the
church Santa Sophia. He was
influential because he created
laws, let women have a
bigger benefit, and helped
people survive the plague. I
think he was the best Roman
emperor ever.
Justinian, did he change
the world? Was
Justinian an influential
person? His jobs were
the consul there were 2
consuls that had 1 year
terms each. Then he
was a General in Chief
which is a military rank
and forces around the
world. After that he
was an assistant
emperor and soon after
became a solo emperor,
he was really excited
when he found out he
got the job. When he
was the Byzantine
Emperor his goal was to
restore the Roman
Empire (Byzantine was
the eastern Roman
Empire). When he was
emperor he completed
the written list of rules
for the Roman Empire
which was called the
twelve tables. This was
good because he
created the first laws.
“The emperor who never slept”
“The last of the Romans”
The Byzantine Empire
Karl Marx; Master of Philosophy?
Did Karl Marx really do
philosophy or was it a
fake?
Was he a political with
time on his hands
writing books?
Who was Karl Marx???
Karl Marx was born in Trier, in the
German Rhineland, on May 5, 1818. Even
though, he was Jewish, he converted to
Christianity from a young age.
Karl Marx was a studious student,
and as the years progressed Karl studied
law and went to the University of Bon and
Berlin. Not long after he did this, he wrote
a Ph.D thesis in Philosophy.
One part of this thesis was about
Democritus. He was a man who studied on
atoms. Democritus was nicknamed the
"Father of Modern Science" who, most
likely, interested Karl. Another man named
Epicurus taught that events in the world
are based on the interactions of atoms
moving in a space, also, very interesting.
After finishing his doctorate in 1841,
Karl hoped for a more academic job, but he
had already fallen into a group of
philosophers. The problem with that was no
real answer.
Karl decided to try journalism. Marx
became more involved in political and
social issues, and soon he found himself
having to consider communist theory. For
a new political writing a book was a bold
move.
Marx did not set out his theory of
history in great detail. Instead, he read
from a variety of books. Karl used a
theoretical analysis to past and future
historical events, yet some are more of a
purely theoretical nature.
Soon Karl wrote books. ‘Contribution
to a Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of
Right, Introduction’, and ‘On the Jewish
Question’, these were both written in
1843.The Economic and Philosophical
Manuscripts, written in Paris 1844, and
the ‘Theses on Feuerbach’ of 1845, were
unpublished in Marx's lifetime. These
books were used for educational purposes.
Do you think
philosophy is lame?
Karl Marx would
counteract it!
.
He is the greatly respected leader of the North. By: Neela Vang
Kim Jong Il is the second generation ruler
of North Korea. He was named his father’s
successor, he is still fulfilling his duties as leader.
He has earned great respect from his people
once there was a great train explosion, to show
their respect many people rushed to their homes
to save their pictures of their ‘dear leader’ before
their families.
He and his father have earned the names
of dictators. He seems to keep the country
secretive, as it is North Korea isn’t the most
popular country in the world. Kim Jong Il, as it
says in an article, he had the comfy luxurious life
while his people starved, some reduced to eating
grass and plants.
He was determined to have the most
powerful nuclear weapons and bombs, even one
stronger than the one that had hit Hiroshima. He
had retired from the Non-Proliferation Treaty
(NPT) North Korea has been the ONLY country to
retire from the treaty. The treaty was created to
prevent countries from building/creating nuclear
weapons.
Guess what?! Kim Jong Il’s birthday is
a….NATIONAL HOLIDAY! Yep, imagine your
birthday being celebrated nation wide! On his
birthday they have ice skating shows, a festival
going on and they have museums showing the
KIMJONGILIA! Yes, of course he should have his
own flower, I mean everyone does! Well the
official flower’s name is Begonia.
There was someone in China calling North
Korea a spoiled child because of what they’d done
in the past and continuing to do so today. Because
North Korea and China have been allies so long
that China is getting fed up with North Korea
because they feel they have to take responsibility
for everything North Korea does. North Korea has
also been to many different countries for financial
help.
China agrees along with South Korea that
North Korea and South Korea should be one again,
Seoul should take control, because they (North
Korea) have already collapsed economically, and
soon will collapse in its political regions too,
because of the death of their leader (They
predicted). China’s economic views are now
depended on South Korea, Japan and the U.S.,
excluding North Korea.
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Kim Jong Il (right) meeting with the senior official (left)
from China in Pyongyang, North Korea
Not many countries favor Kim Jong Il
because he causes trouble to their
countries. Even some of his own people
don’t like him because he takes care of
himself before anyone else. He takes things
overboard sometimes and not many people
enjoy that. In the end he’s still respected by
his people.
WHO IS KIM JONG IL?
King Henry had a wife in the year of 1536. Her name Queen Anne Boleyn she had been married to King Henry for a little more then three years. King Henry was getting a little tired of the Queen and then he had heard that she had experimental affairs with four other men and then it soon turned to be five including the Queen’s Brother. Then after he had beheaded the five men he beheaded his wife Queen Anne Boleyn. She would be the first but not the last to die from beheading.
King Henry the 8th had been engaged to Queen Catherine of Aragon. King Henry had been made to show that he was against the marriage and against the doubts expressed by Pope Julius the 2nd and Arch Bishop War Hamas to the pressure. King Henry the 8th was not happy with them because of this but to no a due he still got married to Queen Catherine of Aragon.
King Henry the 8th was a Protestant and then he had two daughters the first to rule was Queen Mary and the second to rule was Queen Elizabeth the 1st. King Henry died and then his daughter Queen Mary changed the church to Christian and killed mainly burned but still killed more than 300 protestant people. Then she died after her rule and left her half sister Elizabeth to decide to change it back to protestant or to keep it as Christian. She chose Protestant.
King Henry was known for being a King besides being a crazy king he was a good King. He also changed the church to Protestant. One of those reasons was because of the pope he declined to divorce Henry from his wife and then King Henry made his own Church of England. Then his daughter Bloody Mary burned more than 300 Protestants
The Executor! BY: Christopher DuVernay
By: Corrina C.
King of Glory King of Life
The King
1. King Leonidas
was born in a Spartan
Territory, as the son of the
Spartan king
Anaxandrides. He was
descended from the great
hero Hercules. When he
was a little older, his
mother died. After a
while, the elders of his
group compelled his
father to get a new wife.
Leonidas had two
brothers, Dorieus and
Cleombrotus. When he
was younger, he probably
got a lot of physical
training, and also some
military training. His
father was hardcore about
him joining the military.
3. After he did that, he sent his main position in front to start rebuilding the old Phocian
wall. On the fifth day, he attacked. On the final sunrise, he heard that they would soon be
surrounded. But he still declared that it would be dishonorable for the Spartans to retreat.
When they had their last meal, he stated, “Eat hearty, lads, for today we dine in Hades."
2. When
Cleombrotus himself
died, it was Leonidas
who took the throne.
He went on to marry
his niece. After that,
he got the spot in the
priesthood of his
state, but the biggest
job he got was the
commander of the
Spartan army. When
he was on his way to
fight in Thermopolis,
he was accompanied
by 700 Thespians,
400 Thebans, 1,000
Phocians, and 1,000
Locrians so that his
small army added up
to about 700.
Cleombrotus, his
brother, was
mentally
handicapped, but
when his father
passed away, he
became king. He
was an outstanding
ruler. But Dorieus,
not wanting to have
to live under his
brother’s control, set
sail to distant lands,
and went on a series
of adventures and
events, resulting in
his death.
ing Louis XIV- also known as Louis the great or the sun king-
ruled over France for 72 years, he controlled their government for
54 of the years too. King Louis XIV became the known heir to the
throne at age 4 and was allowed to rule at age 13.King Louis XIV
reformed France from Medieval to refined and sophisticated. He influenced
how people acted and reacted. King Louis XIV changed the direction of life,
art, and literature. Without King Louis XIV we probably wouldn't be where
we are today. We wouldn't necessarily listen to the same kind of music, or
see pictures that we see today, partially because we wouldn’t have the
same interests we do today. We wouldn't live in the same environment
of rules and government either. King Louis XIV used a form of
absolutism government to refine the sparkling, strong city of France.
Absolution government is the principal or exercise of complete
unrestricted power in government.
King Louis XIV became in charge of the French army too. They thought he was strong and stern so he was
the one who was picked for the job. That is also how he became more and more
powerful. King Louis XIV was always trying to take land, small or large- he
usually only got small land but it still gave him more power but power is power.
King Louis XIV was always trying to get what is now Belgium- because of its
strength and because how badly he wanted to transform it into a part of France-
to be remembered- King Louis XIV the one who took France to a new level.
Even though he never did take over Belgium, King Louis XIV is still
remembered, on how he influenced the future.
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A good king?
A bad King? Kings can be
good, kings can
be bad, and
sometimes
influential.
Or
influential?
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King Tut
Age 19 and died! King Tutankhamun, I have always admired you
since I was a little boy. The main reason why people
know you and not many other Egyptian kings is
because you became king so young - at about age
nine. The youngest Egyptian Pharaoh ever! One
day, when I was seven my dad wouldn’t let me
watch a documentary on you unless I told him three
facts. When I told him, he was very surprised!
From that day forward I devoted my life to learning
a little more about you each day. To this day I have
kept that promise.
You were influential in my life by being the greatest
discovery of the Valley of the Kings. Your coffin
wasn’t made for you, but for another king of Egypt.
Your “tomb” was so small, not suitable for a great
king like you, with only four chambers. You didn’t
have a pyramid like many other kings. Almost
nobody found your tomb, including the tomb
robbers, because it was so small. “Robbers often
raided these ancient tombs. That’s why we don’t
know what other pharaohs had in theirs. This made
the discovery of King Tut’s tomb so important.”
(Briscoe, p. 27).
You died so young, around age 19, compared to
most Egyptians who lived around 40 years. The
million dollar question is how did you die? No
one knows how exactly you died, but many people
have their ideas ranging from natural death to a
fractured knee to murder.
King Tut you were found by Howard Carter in
1922 A.D., over 3000 years after your mysterious
death! With your discovery we have found over
4,000 items from board games to glorious riches
of pure gold! You have been influential on more
than your people over 3,000 years ago; you have
been influential on millions of people today
including me.
King Tut found 3,000 years later and still making an
impact on the world today!
By Colby McKinley
BORNTOO Soon
What if Leonardo da Vinci were living today? Luke D. Moss
W
hen people hear the name of Leonardo da Vinci, they often imagine a magnificent painter of the Renaissance, meticulously working his
brush on masterpieces such as the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. A common presumption about him centers on his artwork.
If you thought all he accomplished in his lifetime was art, I am afraid you are terribly mistaken. He studied a profusion of fields, such as astronomy, anatomy, zoology, geology, botany, and paleontology, to name a few. Most geniuses were fixed on one field, but not da Vinci, who essentially taught himself everything he knew.
He had to teach himself because Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was an outcast. He was born illegitimate and left handed, which was highly dejected at that time. He did not have much formal schooling, and nobody thought any good would come from him.
Yet da Vinci seemed to excel wholly, in everything he did, and when he did incomparable things without any education, it is truly unnatural. He had an uncanny success, though poverty, insecurity, and illness swept Europe.
Da Vinci was seamless, yet he had but one gaping flaw. He had a horrendous follow-through. Leonardo da Vinci started an ocean of work, only to complete a puddle. He possibly left the most unfinished work in history.
He spread himself out too much without focusing on a single topic. Da Vinci had so many talents he could not emphasize just one. It is almost incomprehensible, but he was too smart.
Leonardo’s designs were never built; they were too advanced for the machines of the 15th century. With the right materials and fulltime devotion, da Vinci may have created the airplane four centuries before the Wright brothers. He was a mountain of talent, towering over others.
So if Leonardo da Vinci were living today, all his past works, paintings, and studies—masterpieces—could not compare to what he might accomplish today. Do not get me wrong; his pieces are amazing works of art. If da Vinci were living today, however, he would have more freedom, technology, education, and knowledge, with fewer deaths, less illness, and no prejudice for being left-handed and illegitimate. Leonardo da Vinci would surpass everyone’s imagination, blow modern genius’ minds away, and achieve outstanding work, even more brilliant than what he did in the Renaissance.
As a visionary, he could draw up his plans and have other learned men complete them. He could make a list of ideas, draw blueprints, and that would be all it would take to get the idea grounded and ready for execution. Considering da Vinci’s outstanding ideas in the Renaissance, how much more exceptional would his visions be in the 21st century, with more resources, technology, and possibilities?
We do not know what he could have done, but some in the modern era compare Steve Jobs to da Vinci, even though da Vinci lived half a millennium ago. Perhaps Leonardo da Vinci would easily dominate today’s geniuses if he were living right now.
Gandhi A Good or Bad Guy?
Was Gandhi a good guy or a bad
guy? Some people said that he did
more damage than he did good. Do
you think that is true?
Here are some facts about him….
Gandhi was born on October 2,
1869 in Porbandar India. He was
Hindu. His dad died when he was 16
years old. He was married at age 13.
As a result of being married so young,
he missed 148 days of school. He
didn’t take the end of the year quiz
but he still went up to the next grade.
Today, if you miss 148 days of school
someone will call your home and
make sure you are ok. Also, you
would not be able to go up to the
next grade. After finishing school in
India he went to college in London
when he was 19 years old. He earned
a degree in law and became a lawyer
and then earned his master’s in law.
During this time he hardly went out
because was he made fun of because
he was Hindu. In London there were
other problems like if you didn’t have
a Christian ceremony you were not
considered married.
He formed a protest/riot with other
Hindus to protest about the idea that
if you don’t have a Christian marriage
you’re not married. In March 1912 he
was arrested and was going to jail for
6 years but he got out after only 2
years because they were afraid if they
didn’t let him go that the world would
erupt in violence. He went to jail
again because he took salt off of a
beach. Also 60,000 other people were
arrested along with him for taking salt
off of the beach. Gandhi had a
“rebellious” side in him. For example
in his religion you are not supposed
to eat meat but he ate it anyway.
Gandhi tried to bring the Hindus and
Muslims together by protest. He said
that the Hindus would not eat until
they made up. Today, no one would
listen to you - they would just think
you’re crazy!
So, do you think Gandhi was a bad
guy or a good guy? Did he cause more
damage than good? You decide.
“Confession of
errors is like a
broom which
sweeps away
the dirt and
leaves the
surface brighter
and clearer. I
feel stronger for
confession.”
By: Gandhi
By: Paige
Kipping
Great Leader;
Bad Mistakes
War can only be abolished
through war, and in order to
get rid of the gun it is
necessary to take up the gun.
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong. If you hear of that name you either get the feeling
or good respect or the exact opposite.
Mao Zedong was a great leader of the Chinese Revolution but
during that time he made some bad choices.
He took away a lot of education including
shutting down colleges and punishing
academics and scholars.
Plus, he destroyed historical Chinese artifacts
and books.
Li Rui said “Mao was to autocratic” meaning he
takes no account of other people’s wishes.
Out of all the bad things he was a good leader
and has done great things. He promoted Women
Rights and out of all the bad things he did. he
united the country together.
I think that Mao was a great leader. He thought
that what he was doing was right, that’s why he
did it. I don’t see why everyone spoke with
hatred because he did way more to help the
country then bring them down. I don’t think
people realized that more than half of the things
he did were good, that’s why I think he is a
great leader!
Even though he has all made these bad
decisions, he is still known as one of the most
important figures in Modern World History
because without Mao, China would not be where
it is today.
Lilliana Fowler-Jansen
Marco Polo: an Inspirational traveler
It was no small feat to travel from
Venice to China in the 1200`s, not to mention to do it with your dad that you only met a few months earlier or to get very sick in the middle of the trip and have to stop for a year so you could better just to keep going. Marco Polo did all of these great things and more. Marco Polo was more then just adventurer. He was very intelligent. Marco, his father and his uncle rose in Kublai Khans court because of their intelligence and how well they knew the world.
Once they entered Kublai Khan Court they lived in prosperity for 17 years. Kublai Khan enjoy Marco`s company the best out of the three travelers. Marco is admired to this day in becoming the king’s envoyin just a few years. He spoke for the king when he couldn’t be there. During his adventures he documented every thing he did or saw in his travel documents. When he returned to Venice they were at war with Genoa. Marco Fought in the war and he was captured. While
captured he and a writer wrote The Travels of Marco Polo.
Marco Polo influenced many people to travel to different places and go on exciting adventures. Some people even say that he inspired Christopher Columbus to go to China, which in his attempt he found America. His book was read by thousands of people all inspired by his adventures. He gave a whole new meaning to travelling and the people thought of China. Marco Polo will always be remembered for his inspirational travels and his passion for adventure.
Margaret Thatcher
was born in October 13, 1925. She
is 86 years old right now. Her
middle name is Hilda. Het
nickname is “Iron Lady.” Her place
of birth is Lincolnshire, United
Kingdom. Margaret Thatcher is
know best is a prime minister.
In 1979 Margaret Thatcher
was the first woman who got to be
a Prime Minister. She led a war in
the defense of the British Falkland
Islands. Margaret severed as the
prime minister of England from
1979, to 1990. Margaret Thatcher
is the 71st prime minister of United
Kingdom.
Margaret Thatcher work as
hard as she could, that’s why she got
awards from school. One person told
her that she was lucky that she
earned the awards, but Margaret
replied back to her that she wasn’t
lucky she deserved it.
Margaret Thatcher was Know
for strong opposition to the Soviet
Union, economic policy centered on
an increase in indirect taxes,
opposition to the early proposals o
the European Union, defense of the
Falkland against Argentinean invasion
and agreeing to return control of
Hong Kong to china. Thatcher
currently holds a permanent seat in
the House of Lords.
Margaret
Thatcher
Quotes: “Being powerful is
like being a lady.” –Margaret
Thatcher
“If you have to tell people
you are, you aren't.” –
Margaret Thatcher
“A world without nuclear
weapons would be less
stable and more dangerous
for all of us.” –Margaret
Thatcher
“Any woman who
understands the problems of
running a home will be
nearer to understanding the
problems of running a
country.”
-Margaret Thatcher
“Disciplining yourself to do
what you know is right and
important, although difficult,
is the highroad to pride, self-
esteem, and personal
satisfaction.”- Margaret
Thatcher
By: Mai Chong Xiong
They Called Her
All her life was
perfect until she
was beheaded
By Alexandra
Latimer
Marie Antoinette
was queen of France; she was
born October 2nd 1755. Marie
Antoinette was a proud and
extravagant ruler, who had
failed to respond to the needs
of her people at a time when
they needed her most, like
when they needed bread. In the
beginning they thought that she
was the most beautiful queen
that they had ever seen, and
looked up to her. Then, they
started to know how horrible
she was. For example, when
she was at the palace and her
aunts and uncles came to visit
they noticed how sarcastic and
ignorant she had become. The
villagers had known the
mistake she made when she put
the only bakers in town in
prison. People started
complaining that they had no
bread. When the queen over
heard this, she suggested “then
let them eat cake.” The queen
continued to make mistakes
like, making plays that poked
fun of her husband and getting
drunk. The villagers grew to
hate their new queen. In fact,
they began to despise her.
Finally, word got out and it had spread to
Spain. A Spanish general decided to go to
France and dethrone the family. When he
got there he helped the bread maker escape
from prison and arrested Marie Antoinette
with her family. She was in prison for 2
years, but they didn’t treat her any different
then the way they did when she was as a
queen in the palace. On the 16th of
October, 1793 Marie Antoinette was
beheaded by the guillotine while she sat in
her cell she started to realize why she was
being beheaded.
Before Marie Antoinette died her husband
died by the same guillotine and her son was
taken away from her and later put with a
new royal family I don’t know what
happened with her other child but I know
she was taken away too.
Marie Antoinette thought that she couldn’t
do anything wrong when your royal, but
apparently she …….was wrong!
Madame Deficit.
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The Discovery of
It all started on November 7, 1867 in Warsaw, when possibly one of the world’s smartest women was born. Maria Sklodowka. Better known as Marie Curie. When Marie was a child, she received a general education in local schools and some scientific training from her father. Then she started getting involved in organizations, like the Students Revolution organization, and found it prudent to leave Warsaw. Marie went to Paris to continue her studies at the Sorbonne where she obtained Licenciatships in Physics and the Mathematical Sciences.
When Marie was 17, she met Pierre Curie. The following year they got married. Marie gained her doctor of science degree in 1903, followed by the tragic death of Pierre Curie in 1906. Marie took his place as Professor of General Physics in Facility; she was the first women to be held in that position.
Her early researches with her husband were often performed under harsh conditions. Lab arrangements were poor, and both Marie and Pierre had to undertake much teaching to earn a livelihood. The discovery of radioactivity by Henri Becquerel inspired the Curies in they’re brilliant researches and analyses which led to the isolation of Polonium, named after the country of Marie’s birth, and radium.
The importance of Mme. Curie’s work is reflected in the numerous awards bestowed on her. Marie Curie received many honorary science, medicine, and law degrees and honorary memberships of learned societies throughout the world. Together with her husband, she was awarded half of the Nobel Peace Prize In science. In 1911, she received another Nobel Prize, this time in chemistry. In recognition of her work in radioactivity, President Harding, on behalf of the woman in America, presented Marie with 1 gram of radium in recognition to her service to science throughout her amazing life.
Radioactivity
Mme. Curie developed methods for the separation of radium from radioactive residues in sufficient quantities to allow for its characterization and the careful study of its properties, therapeutic properties in particular. That women must’ve been quite intelligent to understand that, much less discover it!
Mme. Curie devoted herself to science and discovering new facts about science. With all her hard work she got rewarded. In 1929, president Hoover presented Marie with a gift of 50,000 dollars, donated by American Friends of Science. The money was to purchase radium for use in the Warsaw laboratory.
What a
Crazy Life Martin
Luther was
a leader.
Martin
Luther took
many big
risks.
Martin Luther was born in Eisleben,
Germany. He was born November 10,
1483. He had the intent of reforming the
medieval Roman Catholic Church but it
lead to a permanent restructuring of
Western Christianity. He studied at
Magdeburg and Eisenach. Martin got his
masters degree from the University of
Wittenberg in January of 1505. Martin
went to the University of Erfurt after
studying. Martin Luther began to study the
elements of law. Luther decided to stop
studying law. He decided to be an
Augustinian monk. He started to question
his decision. He became a professor.
Martin Luther led himself into a crisis. One
of his beliefs led him into a major
confrontation in his catholic church. On
December 10, 1520 Luther decided that he
wants to burn exsurge domine. People
started to donate money. Martin hated the
fact that they were doing that and he
didn’t donate. People did not allow the
pope to be forgiven. In 1512 Leo X decided
to elect the pope.
I Luther was refused and outlawed.
Later Luther hid in a castle and
began to wear a disguise. He later
then went to Rome. Since a war had
been raging it was safe for Martin
to go back. Later in life Luther
decided to marry a nun. Her name
was Katherine von Bora. They got
married on June 13, 1525. Martin
Luther had passed away on
February 18 1546. Luther died
because of a heart attack. Luther
was in Eisleben when he died.
Martin Luther died at only 62 years
old.
Maximilien
Robespierre
And his reign of terror
aximimilien Marie Isadora
Robespierre was born on may
6th, 1758 in Arras, France. He
was the oldest of four children.
His father was a lawyer,
Maximilien also became a
lawyer. He had a reputation for
repeating the poor in court. He
had become known for his
attacks on the monarchy,
because he did not agree with
having a king or queen. He had
wanted the people to have a
say. He became very influential
during the French revolution,
because, he was head of the
Jacobin club. The Jacobin club
was the biggest political
organization in France, during
the French revolution. He was
elected to be president of the
Jacobin club. While being apart
of the Jacobin club, there were
thousands of deaths.
M There wasn’t a pretty
ending for the people
whom didn’t believe in
him, or disagreed with
him.
By; Madison konkol
The reign of terror was a period where
if you did not like Maximilien ideas you
were killed/ murdered my guillotine.
Guillotine was almost like a bench
where you would lay, and a lade would
go down and chop your head off.
On July 28th, Maximilien Robespierre
and twenty one of his closest associates
died of guillotine. The next day a lot of
his followers or people whom believed
in him died, of guillotine. In my opinion,
I would not kill my self or want to get
killed because, the person I believed in
died.
By: Madison Konkol
And his reign of terror
Fun facts
*Maximilien had tried to
change the names of the
months of the year.
* He tried to make 1798
the first year in French
history.
Both of his attempts
were UN successful
Mikhail
Gorbachev
Mikhail is currently 80
years old. Mikhail’s
wife died 12 years ago
from Leukemia. They
had one daughter
named Irina.
Mikhail was elected
S.U. when he was 54
years old. He was also
given the Nobel Peace
Prize in 1990.
Mikhail is the son of
Russian peasants in
Stavropol territory
(kray) in
southwestern Russia.
. He joined the
Komsomol (Young
Communist League)
in 1946 and drove a
combine harvester at
a state farm in next
four years.
Mikhail was the president of the
Soviet Union from 1990-1991. He
trained as a lawyer at Moscow
State University. Mikhail was also
the general secretary of the
Communist Party of the Soviet
Union (CPSU) from 1985 to 1991.
Mother Teresa
grew up with
almost nothing
but she wanted to
give. She became
a nun and has her
own Missionaries
of Charity.
From Nothing
to a Hero
t’s not about how much we
give but how much love we
put into it”.-Mother Teresa.
When Mother Teresa was
12 years old she knew
when she got older she
wanted to be a nun. When
she was 18 she left the
house and went to Ireland
for school to achieve her
dream and become a nun.
After a few mouths of
school she was sent to
India to teach at St. Mary’s
School in Calcutta. She
was given permission to
stop teaching there and
she started her own
school.
She wanted to give to the
poorest children and
families. She started an
outdoor school. She
didn’t have any money
but she didn’t care she
just wanted to help.
Volunteers helped her
and the school was given
financial support. It was
a great thing to do for
these kids that weren’t
able to get into school
because they didn’t have
the money.
Article Written
By- Ali Stumbris
In 1950 Mother Teresa
got permission by the
Pope to start a
Missionaries of Charity.
In 1965 Mother
Teresa’s Missionaries
of Charity went
international. A
Missionaries Charity
purpose is to help those
in need, to help those
who have nothing or
have problems and
need to get them fixed.
There are many
Missionaries of Charity
worldwide.
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Muammar Gaddafi
FUN FACTS:
Muammar Gaddafi was
born on June 7, 942 in
Sirte, Italian Libya.
Gaddafi has 8 sons and,
2 daughters
He has participated/lead
four wars.
He Has had at least two
wives.
Muammar Gaddafi was 27 when he overthrew the Libyan monarchy and has been ruling as a dictator since. Before
he overthrew the monarchy he completed military collage and then went to Britain to train for the army. After com-
ing back form Britain, he and a small group of soldiers then overthrew the monarchy on September 1, 1996 leaving
Gaddafi in charge.
Once in charge, Gaddafi set up the communities, giving the people next to no power which later on lead to rebels
setting up a rebellion.
Gaddafi has tried gaining power in other parts of North Africa with no success. In the 70’s he sent an army to Chad
trying to take over and in the 80’s Libya supported terrorists. Gaddafi’s way of leading was considered responsible
for terrorist attacks around the globe. The U.S president Ronald Regan called Gaddafi a “mad dog” and sent bomber
planes to Libya, one of which nearly killed Gaddafi.
In 1998 Gaddafi was suspected of hiding terrorists who had dropped a bomb killing nearly 300 people. In order to
get Gaddafi to hand over the terrorists, the United Nation isolated Libya. In attempt to bring Libya out of isolation,
Gaddafi handed over the terrorists and claimed to be behind the bombing.
After Saddam Hussein lost power Gaddafi became worried he might lose control of Libya. In his fear he allowed
weapon inspectors in Libya to prevent the chance of anyone overthrowing him like he did the monarchy in 1996.
Gaddafi was right to fear losing control because,, when people began to become unsettled in Tunisia and Egypt in
the beginning of 2011, it was obvious it would spread to Libya as well. Gaddafi has been trying to hold on to his pow-
er with no success. He sent the army in hopes of eliminating the protesters. Hundreds of people were killed. After
losing so much of the country, the only question is how long he will have what little of his power is left.
By: Courtney Price
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Bonaparte- His Rise & FallBy Sam Mast
If you’re going to take
over the world, stay alert. When he took power in 1805 was either someone you loved or you hated. Napoleon, was to be crowned by the Pope, but instead he crowned himself. Beethoven actually made him a piece, but when he heard of the crowning, he tore it up. Napoleon was actually born in Italy, which made the Italians think that
when he was an emperor, he would favor Italy. Napoleon tossed them aside like the other countries.
One of his first victories was against the English. Traditionally soldiers would line up and shoot at one another, standing up. Al-though the weapons were inaccurate and it was hard to hit a target, they were still deadly. If you were shooting at a man, it was possible to hit the man five feet away.
Napoleon thought he had a better idea. Instead, he ordered his men to disperse into groups of one to two men. They were to shoot then find cover. The English were so baffled they beat a quick retreat through the forest. Napoleon’s men mounted their horses and caught the stragglers. He didn’t loose a single man.
(Left)- Napoleon getting ready for battle(Right)-Napoleon portriate in kings robes.
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Another one of his greater feats was in Egypt. He was trying to capture Cairo. He wasn’t that far from it, too. Outside of a small city, a large army of Egyptians stood waiting. Roughly 10,000. Napoleon had around 5,000. He ordered his men into squares. Everybody had bayonets raised, except for a man in the middle of the square who shot at the opposing army. This was his counterattack to approximately 7,500 Egyptian calvary men. But Napoleon wasn’t scared. He held his ground. In addition to light artillery as support for the squares (thats actually what Napoleon called them). Napoleon only lost around 500 men, and the horsemen were heavily armed (three swords, twenty knives, clubs, crossbows, bows, rope, and around 500-2000 shillings was on the average soldier). Napoleon took the city. During the night, his rival from the military school attacked him, representing the English navy. Napoleon was forced to leave. He returned later, this time with scholars and teachers. He and his soldiers were able to take Cairo with little resistance. He also discovered the Rosetta Stone. His soldiers loitered there for
so long, they even scratched initials and dates onto the ruins. One of the most famous engravings was from Napoleons officer.
Napoleon, I think, was one of the most influential people of his time, and certainly the most ambitious. In the end, he attacked Russia while he was still at war with the English, which caused his downfall. He stayed on an island close to England, supervised (many people were uneasy with him so close to England) but he grew tired and left the island. He regained his troops and the throne, but the last battle of Waterloo, he lost.
It is unclear how he died. Some say suicide, some say he just left for home. Others say he died of a stomach cancer. I think that’s what happened. Napoleon will forevermore be one of the most influential people in the world.
“Death is nothing, to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.”Napoleon Bonaparte
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I call Nelson Mandela the royal prisoner
because he was in jail for 27 years and came
out and became the first President.
Nelson is a hero to a lot of people be-
cause he helped stop racism. He fought for
what he believed in. He said, “It is an ideal that
I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs
be, it is ideal for which I am prepared to die”.
When Nelson was a boy he lived with
his dad. When his dad died he moved in with
his tribe chief. After he moved in with his chief
he went to boarding school and then to col-
lege. Nelson soon got kicked out of college be-
cause he helped plan a strike against the White
government. He soon went to college again
and got a law degree so he could be a lawyer.
Nelson was one of the leaders of the
NAC (National African Congress) and when he
joined the NAC he convinced them to go
against the white government. I believe that
what he is doing is the right thing because 90%
of the Africans are black people; so that means
10% of Africans are white and they control Afri-
ca. He and the NAC protested against the white
government. Then the government over pow-
ered the NAC and sent Nelson to jail for 5
years.
Nelson was supposed to go to jail but
then he was sentenced to life in jail. He still
fought for what he believed in while in jail. As
Nelson said “In prison, you come face to face
with time. There is nothing more terrifying”.
When he was in jail his mother died, and his
oldest son died in a car crash. He could not go
to both of the funerals.
When they lifted the charges on the
NAC, they let Nelson out of jail, and they let
black people vote. Nelson went up for election
and over 2 million people voted for him. The
line was huge. Nelson was the first black Presi-
dent.
After he was released and became pres-
ident he won the Nobel Peace Prize. In 2001 he
was diagnosed with prostate cancer.
Nelson is really a hero to a lot of people.
He was in jail for 27 years and then came out to
be the president. He is a cancer survivor, won
the Peace Prize, and helped change Africa. I
would say he is a hero to me.
Ian chaudoir
Nelson Mandela
Born 3/10/57
Died May 1st
2011
Responsible for 9/11.
Osama Bin Laden was a terrible man who in 1993 formed a secret network known as the Al Qaeda
(Arabic for the base), compromised for militant Muslims he met while he was in Afghanistan .The point of
this network he created was so he can target and attack`s worldwide “crazy right?” In 1994, the Saudi
government forced Osama to relinquish his Saudi citizenship, and took away his passport. He was disowned
by his family cutting off his $7 million dollar stipend.
Osama tried to draw the United States into war. In 1996 Al Qaeda detonated truck bombs against
the U.S. In 1998, they bombed the U.S embassies; which killed a lot of people, over 300. ”Here we go”, 2001
comes and Osama plans an attack on for September 11, 2001. Osama sent a small group of terrorists to the
United States. They hijacked four airplanes, two of them crashed in to the world trade center in New York
and another aircraft crashed into the Pentagon, in Arlington Virginia. The fourth plane was taken over by the
passengers and crashed in Pennsylvania “(to me those passengers are heroes, they were very brave!”). Over
3,000 people died in this terrorist attack. Osama didn’t get away with it though, after 10years of searching
for Osama we finally found him and shot him on May 1st 2011. President Obama announced that Osama bin
laden has been found and killed by the United States Army. After that, joy filled the air and a sigh of relief
came from people of America.
THE KILLER OF AMERICA!
“It is far better for anyone to
kill a single American soldier
than to squander his efforts
on other activities." -- May
1998
“We should fully
understand our religion.
Fighting is a part of our
religion and our Sharia [an
Islamic legal code]. Those
who love God and his Prophet
and this religion cannot deny
that. Whoever denies even a
minor tenet of our religion
commits the gravest sin in
Islam."
"It just felt really strange to be in demand" - Paul Potts He says this when he goes on “TV Home Documentary”.
walks on staged nervous and not sure of the
e never thought that his voice was
that amazing to change his future for
him, he walks onto the stage. He
started to sing “Nessun Dorma” by
Giacomo Puccini. The audience
became still. Simon Cowell stares at
Paul. He was observing Paul with
his narrow eyes. From the way
Simon looked, he looked very
surprised and impressed. As Paul
sang the last high note everyone
stood up and clapped. Some of the
people in the audience and Amanda
Holden were starting to get teary. As
the 3 judges all said “Yes” Paul
walked of stage excited and was
quite shocked to have made it.
In one of Simon Cowell’s
talk on Paul Potts, he said, “Paul
was incredible. When Paul walked
out he looked very embarrassed. In
an odd little suit looking very shy.
We all asked what he was going to
do. He then replied that he was
going to sing opera. We all just went
along and thought this was going to
finish fast, but as he singed we all
were very shocked. He was good!”
H
You, Sing For Me
Paul decided to come on Britain’s Got Talent
because of money problems. He hasn’t singed for a
long time due to his diseases and injuries. He suffered
from a burst appendix and had to do surgery on it.
Then he broke his collarbone from a bike accident in
2003 and he suffered from whiplash. He got
hospitalized a lot and that lead to financial problems,
but by luck and his voice he won Britain’s Got Talent!
He received £100,000 cash from this show. Now he
was able to live life better now with no money
problems.
He also got the privilege to perform at the
“Royal Variety Performance” on December 3, 2007 in
front of Queen Elizabeth II. What an honor for him
to increase his popularity! After the first successful
audition he quoted “After that first audition, I realized
I am somebody. I’m Paul Potts.” – Paul Potts
“I personally don’t like listening to opera but I
don’t have a problem with people singing opera. It is
another way to sing and express singing. Paul Potts is
amazing. He was able to impress me too a non opera
listener.” – Mai Nou Lee
Singing Career Fact: He also sang an OST for a
Korean historical drama called “Queen Seon
Duk” a very epic drama and life-teaching one.
The song is called “Passo Dopo Passo” meaning
“Step by Step” in Italian. “I really recommend
this drama and the song it really matches
together! The song was meant for Yushin and
Deokman’s love song. Very original and neat!
~” - Mai Nou Lee
An outstanding performance that made me very surprised, at first you
wouldn’t think that he was able to sing like that. – Mai Nou Lee
OCTOBER 2011
Diana
The Tragic Story of the Princess of Wales-Dagny
Norbeck
Diana Spencer was a
proficient, tremendous, and
especially humble princess.
At age sixteen, she met her
future husband, Prince
Charles, who was currently
dating her oldest sister. After
they separated, Diana and
Prince Charles’s relationship
grew while they took
multiple trips together,
including a trip to Scotland to
meet the royal family.
When Diana married Prince
Charles, her life changed
dramatically. She became
one of the most
photographed women in
Britain. Her popularity
continued to grow as her
relationship with Prince
Charles weakened, and she
continually mentioned,
“being a princess isn’t all it’s
cracked up to be.”
Diana was involved in many
charities. She once said,
“Anywhere I see suffering
that is where I want to be,
doing what I can.” Her main
focus while being princess
was to help others and keep
others in mind at all times.
She used her fame and
fortune to raise awareness of
poverty from the day she
was married until the day
she died. Even after she and
Prince Charles divorced, she
continued to help people.
But then, the unthinkable
happened. On August 31st, in
an attempt to escape from
the paparazzi, Diana’s car
driver drove rapidly away
with Diana and her boyfriend
inside the car. It resulted in
an accident; Diana was
rushed to the hospital,
where she died not long
after.
Even after she died, she
continued to invade the
spotlight. In 2002, she
ranked 3rd in Greatest
Britain’s poll, beating the
Queen. Her kindness toward
others will always be
remembered.
Diana
Princess Diana personally didn’t
like being called “Princess” Diana
because she didn’t think of herself as a
princess.
I think Princess Diana wasn’t
afraid to do anything, she went out and
visited and helped people with
sicknesses. A lot people said that she was
a hero in many eyes, which makes me
think that she wasn’t just another non-
influential princess. She was a princess
who risked her life to go see people
whose sicknesses WERE contagious. So
that’s my opinion on Princess Diana.
Princess Diana was a
significant helper because she
supported many charities since she
was 22 years old. For example, she
visited starving kids in Africa and
also spent time visiting the
homeless. I would never expect a
princess to do that!
One of the charities she
focused on was to see and help
people who had HIV. Human
Immunodeficiency Virus or HIV is a
virus that attacks people’s immune
system. At that time people thought
HIV was contagious (which it wasn’t)
and she was one first high celebrity
to touch someone with HIV.
Princess Diana’s goal in life was to
help others in need, which I think
she had accomplished! I think she is
a great princess I mean how many
princesses do you see doing what
princess Diana did.
“Anywhere I see
suffering that is
where I want to
be, doing what I
can.” –Princess
Diana
“I'd like to be a queen in
people's hearts but I
don't see myself being
queen of this country” –
Princess Diana
Princess or Not
Princess
Diana, risking
her life to see
people with
contagious
sicknesses!
-Avery Kuphal
Qin Shi Huangdi had the biggest and
longest lasting influence on China. At the
age of 12 he became emperor when his
father died. As he got older he became
more of an influence. During his ruling he
worried about the northern people invading
his land, so he built the Great Wall of China
to keep them out. It is over 1500 miles long
and the only manmade thing that can be
seen from space by the naked eye. It has
watch towers built every 200 feet. They
also used the bottom of the tower for
storing food and military supplies. It is said
for every block in the tower on person lost
his/her life. They even had kids helping with
the construction. He is not only known for
building the wall, but he standardized
writing, currency, weight and
measurements.
If a person was guilty of a crime, he would
kill them and every person they knew. He
also buried 460 people alive. He buried
them because they were scholars. His
actions made many people afraid of him and
many soon left the country. He burned all
books and rewrote some because he was
afraid that the people would undermine his
legitimacy. The only books he left alone
were medical books and agriculture books.
He died in 210 BC and all around his tomb
were Terra Cotta Warriors. Even though he
was sometimes a very scary and mean
person people still thought of him as a godly
figure. The Terra Cotta Warriors were
made to protect him. They are all made of
clay. Someone discovered them while
digging a well. Not long after they discovery
of the Terra Cotta Warriors the tomb of
Qin Shi Huangdi was found.
The reason why China
suffers bitterly from
endless wars is because
of the existence of
feudal lords and kings.
-Qin Shi Huangdi
By Alexa West
A Woman in a
MAN’S world!
Queen Elizabeth I was an important person in
England because she changed many things in her country. For example… Queen Elizabeth I is most known for leading England in the Spanish Armada. The Spanish Armada is the fleet sent by Phillip II of Spain against England in 1588. I believe that Elizabeth I was very brave because she didn’t just sit there and watch her people fight, she went out to the battle with her people to “live or die”. (Which I think most women wouldn’t do or even have the guts to do it!) As Queen Elizabeth I made her way down to the battle, she said a speech that is now famous called the “Tilbury Speech”. “My loving people, we have been persuaded by some that are careful of our safety, to take heed how we commit ourselves to armed multitudes for fear of treachery. Let tyrants fear. I have always so behaved myself that, under God, I have placed my chief strength and safeguard in the loyal hearts and goodwill of my subjects. And therefore I am come amongst you all, as you see at this time, not for my recreation or disport, but being resolved, in the midst and heat of the battle, to live or die amongst you all; to lay down for my God, and for my kingdom, and for my people, my honor and my blood, even in the dust. I know I know I have the body of a week and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and a king of England too. And think foul scorn that Parma or Spain, or any prince of Europe, should dare to invade the borders of my realm!”
- Queen Elizabeth I
The tough war between Spain and England, with Queen Elizabeth 1 leading her people to victory to “live or die”! By: Ashley Wong
England won that battle against Spain and that’s how it became something that is very known for by Elizabeth I. I think that she put Spain to shame because the ruler of Spain (Phillip the second) was known to be very powerful and he just got beat in a battle by England. Her becoming Queen was the creation of England’s global increase and establishment of colonies. She achieved support for the needy too and did so many influential things but the one thing that I think that was badly influential was when she was becoming concerned about too many black people in the country increasing. So in 1596 she ordered that all black people had to be deported to Spain and Portugal, exchanging for English prisoners of war and she had to repeat this order again in 1601. I believe that was very racist and wrong to do. I don’t think that was a very good order to give out and I think that it was unnecessary.
I think that Queen Elizabeth I changed her country in mainly good but had some things that were badly influential. I believe Queen Elizabeth I became one of the most effective monarchs! I believe that she was a very important person and she did many things to support that.
England won that battle against Spain and that’s how it became something that is very known for by Elizabeth I. I think that she put Spain to shame because the ruler of Spain (Phillip the second) was known to be very powerful and he just got beat in a battle by England.
Addam Hussein was a leader for Iraq. When his regime was overthrown by
United States invasion. Saddam Hussein joined the revolutionary Baath party and if
you’re wondering a Baath party it is when they kill ten of thousands of Iranians. He
launched his political career on 1958 by supporting a supporter of Iraq. He went to gulf
war and around February. The reason he went to gulf war is to help his people. This is
what happened, The coup leader, Abdul Karem Kassem, moved to reduce disparities
between Iraq's rich and poor and to form alliances with Communist countries. The
Eisenhower Administration was alarmed. So were Iraqis who belonged to the Baath
political party. A pan-Arab, Islamic party. Ba'aths and U.S. agents met. The Baath
people tried to assassinate Kassem. One of their participants was Saddam Hussein, a
19-year-old Iraqi who had been studying at Cairo University. He was shot in the leg
Suddam Hussein came renewed pressure in 2002. So U.S forces captured him on 13 of
December 2003.
he was in prison for 18 months before the sentenced him to hanging him… So he is a
good person for his town and he will always be…
After finding him hiding in a small underground piton also a piton is a hole in the ground
that is for running away near the farm nears the town of Tikrit. On 5th of the November
he was sentenced death by hanging. Then he got hung in Baghdahat. It happened on
the morning of the 30 of December 3rd 2006.
Suddam Hussein was in prison for 18 months before the sentenced him to
hanging him. He is a good person for his town and he will always be.
The United States hated him because he was killing people for no reason. Also he was
threatening us and then saying that he could win the war.
Created by:
Kalisa Trice
The Scorpions, The Fame, The Rock!!!
The Scorpions started out as some teenage kids with a dream. A dream
that would come true: to be rock-stars! They all played their instruments as
kids, and practiced every day, and later came out with their first album in 1972,
“Lonesome Crow”.
The bands that the Scorpions were inspired by when they were kids,
were the Yardbirds, Scary Thing, and Spooky Tooth. Later, Klaus Meine got sick,
and lost his voice. He wanted to leave the
band, because he didn’t want to slow them
down on their major rock journey because of
his singing problems. They made him go to a
vocal class, and eventually, he regained his
singing abilities, and even got better than he
was before!!! They late came out with many
more albums, and kept getting new people in
the band, living the dream. Earlier this year, they came out with their last album
before they retire, called “Sting In The Tail”. Their career will come to an end in
2013.
The Scorpions went from some random teenagers with guitars, to
becoming one of the greatest rock bands in history!!! They changed music, they
changed lives, they changed rock!!!
By Andrew Ida
1979: Francis Buchholz, Herman
Rarebell, Klaus Meine, Matthias Jabs,
Rudolf Schenker
will never be
another like him, Vincent
William Van Gogh. Even though
Vincent Van Gogh would end up
to be one of the worlds most
famous artists his life started
out terrible. He was living in the
shadows of his older brother.
His first brother that was older
than him died at birth after his
parents had named him Vincent
William Van Gogh (he’s the one
who grows up to be the world
famous artist). Through the
years Vincent has inspired many
great artists including Andy
Warhol and John Arteman.
Vincent Van Gogh was an
impressionist and a semi
impressionist even over 100
years later he is still influencing
Vincent Van Gogh
One of the most
impactful artist of
all times. Vincent
Van Gogh did many
different paintings
in his life time
including self-
portraits (right) this
is a self portrait
painted by Van
Gogh in 1889. One
of his most famous
paintings is “Starry
night” (bottom) by
John Arteman
artist everywhere.
Vincent Van Gogh’s art
work became more
popular after his death
and in the late 20th
century. After his death
his death his paintings
sold for amazingly high
prices and the retail
price for his paintings
increase every day.
Vincent was born on March 30th 1853
in the small village of Brabant in the
southern Netherlands. Vincent’s art
career was very short it only lasted
for 10 years, 1880-1890. The first
four years of this ten was mostly
spent working on water colors and
drawings. Vincent was a troubled
person all of his life he had many
mental illnesses. One of the ways the
illnesses affected him was this. One
night Vincent and another French
Artist (Paul Gauguin) had a fight in a
local Café. In Gauguin’s point of view
Vincent chased him down the alley,
threatening him with a razor blade.
When Gauguin stared him down and
chased him away, Vincent went
home. As soon as he got home he cut
off his ear with the razor blade.
Vincent later died at the
age of 37 on July 29,
1890 from a self-
inflicted gunshot to the
stomach. As you can
probably see Vincent
Van Gogh was a very
important part in the
history of art and is very
inspirational to me.
T here
By John Arteman
Second
England’s Greatest Playwright The Influence of Shakespeare
Nekita Krisko aster of the quill, William
Shakespeare was renowned as one
of England’s greatest playwrights,
he wrote poems, plays, and
sonnets. Shakespeare was and is
one of the greatest influences of
the English language, current and
old. In his time, Shakespeare was a
rock star.
William Shakespeare shaped
the English language like clay. He
knew no boundaries, and made his
own words and phrases.
Shakespeare is famous for his
plays, but he also made up his own
insults. Some of the nicer ones are;
“Though art a most pathetical nit.”
“Begone, ye giglets!”
“A dog, a cat, a rat to scratch a
man to death.”
Shakespeare was most famous for
his tragedies, but he also wrote
comedies, realities, and historical
fictions. People came from miles
around to the Globe Theatre; the
most famous theatre in London, to
come to see his plays and hear is
poems. He was a literary genius.
Shakespeare was
one of the only
literate people in
London, so he
didn’t have
much
competition. William Shakespeare;
blogs.suntimes.com
Shakespeare also became
very rich. He was rich and famous
and had glory beyond any of our
wildest dreams. All because of a
quill.
One of the Big Three
He was the
British Prime
Minister,
right after
that he was
a man
engaged in
war.
Gracie Klein
“We make a
living by what we get, but we
make a life by what we give.”
(Churchill) Some people
thought Churchill was a positive
influence while others thought
he was a negative person.
Winston Churchill was a man
known for his partaking in
different wars and his political
views. Right before he became
involved in wars he was the
British Prime Minister. Many
people felt that Churchill was a
great man acknowledging that
he helped stop the attack on the
Jewish people by Germany.
One of is many famous
quotes is “You have enemies?
Good. That means you’ve stood
up for something sometime in
your life.” (Churchill) In that
quote it shows that he was
always bold and always stood
up for what he thought was
right.
Even if everybody else thought it
was wrong he truly believed what
he was doing was right. After
World War 2 Winston gathered
with Franklin Roosevelt and Joseph
Stalin during a wartime meeting.
People called these men the Big
Three because of their peaceful
meetings during World War Two.
The people started realizing
then that Winston Churchill was a
great man because he is able to
gather with other countries people
and be able to collaborate. There
still was a small bunch of people
that believed Winston Churchill
was a bad idea for them and their
country because, they believed he
was involved in to many warlike
situations and got the wrong idea of
why he was involved. In the end I
believe that Winston Churchill was
a positive influence because he was
vey optimistic, peaceful and a
wonderful leader who should be
remembered for his peaceful
collaborations.
Mozart, Musician Since Birth Or Fraud By: Jacob Gass
Mozart was born in Salzburg Australia in 1756 on the 27th of
January. Mozart would have had 5 siblings but 4 died right after
birth, only 1 survived A. k. a. his sister Anna Maria who was
about 5 years older than him. When Mozart was still a toddler
he watched his sister play the Clavier, he stared at her almost
as if he were in a trance of some sort. One day after Anna
Maria was done with her lessons he walked up to the clavier
and struck some strings and found that they sounded so well
together. Than he decided to strike more strings. As he did
Anna Maria called out to her parents and said,’’ Mom Dad
Hurry Wolfgang is playing the clavier!’’ They both came running
as fast as their feet would carry them. As they entered the
room they saw Wolfgang play more notes and his sister wasn’t
helping him play at all. Their father thought that if I teach them
to play good they could be come some of the best musicians in
the world for their age; so their father trained them and then
once people started seeing how good they were people started
requesting them to play at parties for Kings and Queens and
Mozart the child
who loved music at
age 3.
other royalty. When Mozart was a boy he ran right up to a
princess and sat on her lap and kissed her and said,’’ I’m going
to marry you’’. At age 12 Mozart wrote a symphony and at age
13 he wrote an Opera and it was 6 hours long and to his shock
people loved it, they loved it so much it was performed 20
more times that year.
Mozart changed
classical music forever
for people all over the
world in a time of the
future, Mozart made
classical possible and
impossible for kids and
adults. I thank Mozart
for making classical
music fun; I owe him for
creating Mozart’s
Melody which I learned
on the clarinet. Thank
you Mozart.
Mozart died when he was 35 years old in 1791
of a sickness scientists don’t know yet, but
they plan to discover what killed him and how
it killed him. I did this article in honor of
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Mozart telling the princess he’s
going to marry her after he ran to
her lap and kissed her.
Xerxes
Xerxes ruled from
485-465 B.C. His
father’s name was
Darius the Great
and his mother’s
name was Atossa.
Atossa was the
daughter of Cyrus
the great.
Xerxes made up an
army and invaded
Greece! Xerxes
ordered Roman
Troops to gather
seashells as spoils
of the sea. He did
that because there
was a HUGE storm
Hellespont delayed
Xerxes from going
to Greece. Xerxes
put ships in the sea
so no-
One could cross over.
But then a storm
ruined the ships!
Xerxes wasn’t that
smart so he decided
to ban storms and
water. After that
Xerxes wanted to
invade Greece for a
second time! He also
wanted another war! I
don’t know about you
but I think that he
likes fighting.
DID YOU KNOW???
Xerxes was automatically born royal?
Xerxes was the prince of Persia?
Xerxes died by being stabbed to death?
Xerxes (zerk-seez)?
