Etc Flashcards
Where is anna comnena from?
What did she do?
Byzantine Empire
She wrote and studied history
What is the time period?
3000 BC to 1500 AD; 4,500 years
Where is princess Alexius I from?
Byzantine empire
Define historiography
History of history; the study of history
How long have people been studying history? And who invented history?
2500 years; Greeks
What time period are Herodotus and Thucudides from?
5th century BC
What did the Greeks think of history?
The Greeks thought you could learn lessons and get moral insights from history.
Who is Solzhenitsyn?
He was captured by Germans and then Soviets put him in concentration camps. He was a writer that said the line between good and evil lies in you heart, which history teaches us.
What is weather?
Happens today and changes constantly
What is climate?
Pattern that changes over time
History to the human race as
memory is to an individual
How does climate affect history?
Shapes the culture
About Climate:
Climate is not stable; it changes. Changes sometimes occur by itself, radically, or rapidly. You can find these changes in ice samples, dendrochronology (science of looking at tree rings for history), and written records.
How can climate change?
Climate can become: warmer, cooler, drier, wetter, calmer, or stormier.
What is the climate line?
The climate line divides where people can live.
