28/02/24 Dear Diary My name is Professor Sharon Jung and I am the first person in the WORLD to travel through time. I have been studying Ancient Greece for some time and I have been waiting for this moment for AGES. With all my courage‚ I took a deep breath and stepped into the time machine. 448 BCE As soon as I stepped out of the time machine‚ it was as if I was walking into a whole new world. Loud‚ busy and dirty. The streets of Athens‚ or Aktaio as you may call it in Ancient Greece‚ were amazing
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1038 A.D. Dear Diary‚ I cannot help but find myself thinking about the three witches prophesies. Part of me thinks it is complete nonsense that I will become king of Scotland. The other part of me thinks it could be so. To accomplish the position of king I would need to commit murder. My dearest Lady Macbeth urges me to control my own future and murder Duncan to obtain the position. But to imagine myself‚ dagger in hand‚ scares me. Our plan seems foolproof but‚ if we should fail‚ I will surely
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The moon was out gleaming over the city of Corinth yet Prosperous always thought about how there was only one moon and two suns. Alexandre was a greedy peasant for he had downed an entire bottle of wine and was carrying on when Prosperous pointed out that it was nearly nightfall and that he had to go. Alexandre had obeyed but quite unwillingly as he had a plot to kill Prosperous and claim the hut for his
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August‚ 1492. We set sail early this morning. Early for me anyway. The wind was strong and felt good in my face. I’d never been on a ship before so I was hoping this would go well for me‚ so I would get picked more often to go. ‘Course‚ I only have Mamá that is my family and it would break her heart if I died out at sea. The rudder of ‘da Pinta slipped so we had to make an unthought-of stop at the Canary Island. Columbus ordered the other captain to stay there and try to fix it while we went to Gomera
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A person in medieval times lived hard lives and it was tough to live back then. There soldiers where hardy and noble they fought with the weapons given to them with grace and expertise The people worked the land and kept the economy growing at all times and never stopped moving. The criminals of the time where punished and had to go through torture. Living back then was hard and everybody had their own jobs‚ war has changed and has changed a lot. These will be explained in the following and may
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In medieval times‚ punishment was often as brutal as the crimes. The executioners would do bad things to the sinners‚ such as a method called breaking with the wheel‚ the head crusher‚ or even the guillotine. The sinners would sometimes get hung. The rope that went around the sinners’ neck was called the noose. They hung sinners in gallows. They also used a hanging cage. They also made sinners sit in spiked chairs. The Iron Maiden was an example of one of these. Pressing was one of the
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2 Roles and Lifestyle of Aristocrats 4 Roles and Lifestyle of Peasants 6 Roles and Lifestyle of Townspeople 8 Differences between Lifestyle of Aristocrats‚ Peasants and Townspeople 10 Summary about Aristocrats‚ Peasants and Townspeople 11 Conclusion 12 References 13 Introduction Figure 1.0: Timeline of major events during Medieval European civilization. Trade increased during Medieval European civilization which subsequently contributed to the surge demand
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Dear Diary‚ Though this is a treacherous sin I am making‚ I must find a way to clear the thoughts and images that reappear constantly in my consciousness. Today something quite horribly interesting happened in our small town‚ Salem. After our midnight dance with the girls‚ Uncle Parris found us in the woods making all of us scatter immediately. All of us except Betty who collapsed on the ground. She was screaming about how she could not move. Uncle Parris’ face was nothing like I have ever seen
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Dear Diary‚ Sinning is bad‚ definitely not allowed here in Salem. Well‚ I have committed a very bad sin a couple of days ago. John Proctor‚ a married man. I should be very sorry for this sin I had committed and regret it‚ but I just can’t. I love John Proctor‚ and I know he loves me‚ deep down in his heart. Who has asked me to meet him at the barn? John Proctor. Why else would he do it if he hadn’t loved me? September 1st was when it had first happened. While working at the Proctor home for about
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The topic that caught my attention is the gender roles during medieval times. Men and women has been treated differently since the beginning. Some of the countries up to this generation are still practicing the same role. For example‚ Chile. According to the article from boundless.com “A 2010 study by the United Nations Development Programmed found that 62% of Chileans are opposed to full gender equality and expressed the belief that women should limit themselves to the roles of mother and wife”
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