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sábado, 17 de enero de 2015

KEY WORDS AND VOCABULARY: ANCIENT GREECE

KEY WORDS

Colony: In Ancient Greece, territory occupied and administrated by a group of people from a polis.

Poleis: Small city states with their own governments ruling over certain areas.

Aristocracy: Term of Greek origin meaning "government of the best"; in practice, the word referred to the governing nobles and landowners.

Democracy: Term of Greek origin meaning "government of the people", it was established in Athens.

Oligarchy: Term of Greek origin meaning "government of a little group of people", it was stablished in Sparta.

Agora: Public square in Ancient Greece cities.

Acropolis: It was a religious space on the highest part of the city. The most famous is the Acropolis of Athens.

Mythology: Collection of stories about gods and heroes from the Ancient World.

Temples: Buildings dedicated to the gods, as the Partenon.

Tombs: Could be very decorative, like the Mausoleum in the city of Halicarnassus.

Theatres: The place where they showed comedies and tragedies.

Stadiums: Places where they held races and fights between athletes.

Hippodrome: Place where there was horse-racing and chariot-racing.

Gymnasiums: Places where they did physical education.

Doric Style: It is the simplest. The column has no base. The shaft is wider at the bottom than at the top and has 20 sides. The capital is smooth.

Ionic Style: The column has base and the capital is decorated with scrolls. The shaft is taller than the Doric column and has more sides.

Corinthian Style: The column is more decorative than the others. The shaft is thinner than in the Ionic and Doric styles, and has 24 sides. The capital is adorned with acantus leaves.

VOCABULARY

independence, colonisation, civilisation, citizen, merchant, peasant, lawmaker, tyrant, army, conquer,
kingdom, empire, foreigner, oracle, cornice, capital, shaft, base.

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HISTORICAL DAY: THE DISCOVERY OF TUTANKHAMUN TOMB

Discovery of tutankhamun tomb from stchistarte

viernes, 21 de noviembre de 2014

KEY WORDS AND VOCABULARY:EARLY CIVILISATIONS

KEY WORDS

Civilisation: ideas, sciences, arts, customs, beliefs, etc., that characterise a human group, such as people or nation.

Mesopotamia: historical region in Asia, In Greek the name means "land between two rivers".

Egypt: historical civilisation in Africa, located in a large desert crossed from north to south by the long river Nile.

Kingdom: territory ruled by a King or Queen.

City state: city and surrounding lands, with its own independent system of political organisation.

Divination: finding out about the future by interpreting signs.

Ziggurats: very high buildings, with tiered towers, connected by stairs. At the top, there was an astronomical observatory.

Dynasty: series of rulers from the same family.

Craftwork: technique of making objects and products by hand, using simple tools and traditional methods.

Polytheist: someone who believes in various gods.

Mummify: prepare dead bodies so that they are preserved and do not decompose.

Sphinx: mythical animal, generally with a human head, neck and chest, but a lion´s body and legs.

Mastabas: type of egyptian tomb, used to bury pharaohs and important public servants. They were built in the form of a flat-topped pyramid and contained an offerings chamber with a statue of the dead.

Pyramids: type of egyptian tomb, formed a labyrinth of romos and passageways, the body was surrounded by treasure. Examples: pyramids of Cheops, Khafre and Menkaure.

Hypogea: underground tombs carved out the rock, with various passageways leading to the funerary chamber of pharaoh.

Temple: religious egyptian buildings dedicated to the gods, where the priests lived. Example: Temple of Luxor.

Rock Temples: temples carved out of rock. Example: Temple of Abu Simbel.

VOCABULARY

government, harvest, tax, army, trade, public administration, law, conquer, dykes, canals, scribe, herdsman, astronomy, statue, relief, papyrus, column, fresco, tempera.