methods. Do agree with this statement? The eruption that struck Pompeii on the 24th august 79AD was witnessed by Pliny the younger who provided the only description of events that day. He describes a cloud‚ “like a pine tree it spread out and drifted‚ dirty and blotchy as a cause of the earth and ash.” Pliny lived in Misenum with his uncle Pliny the elder‚ who was the first to notice the odd phenomenon that was happening in Pompeii and went to examine it closer as he set of he asked Pliny if he
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health resorts in the area at Baia. The climate was temperate with coastal breezes and a short Winter Its mild weather and beautiful environment attracted wealthy Romans to build holiday homes. Pompeii and Herculaneum in ancient times were both on the coast of the bay known today as the Bay of Naples. Pompeii was situated next to the River Sarnus. Bay of Naples provided safe anchorage for the boats and stationed the Roman naval fleet at Misenum Sources: Maps‚ charts‚ archaeological evidence-the
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Did you know Mt. Vesuvius erupted more than 50 times? It erupted in 79A.D. In about 25 hours‚ it wipes our entire town. Mt. Vesuvius is unique as a volcano because of its activity level‚ the remains of Pompeii and its lessons frozen in history. Firstly‚ Mt Vesuvius is unique as a volcano because of its activity level. Its last serious eruption was in 1944. It’s one of the only active volcanos on the mainland of Europe. It’s considered one of the most dangerous volcanoes in world due to the
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How is this different than Pompeii? How do archeologists know that other people have been to the ruins in Herculaneum before them? What were the people searching for? What dangers did they face? How did the bodies in Herculaneum differ from those in Pompeii? Do you think it would be interesting to work on a site like Herculaneum to discover what happened? Why or why not? How would this work differ from a traditional crime scene? Answers: 1. The city is by Pompeii‚ it was hit by a volcano called
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for you to understand Monroe’s Motivated Sequence (a persuasive outline) by comparing it with the traditional outline (used for your informative speeches). 2. As an alternative outline choice for your persuasive speech. If you decide to use the problem/solution approach in your speech‚ then you may follow the outline format below (Monroe’s Motivated Sequence) or you may follow the example of outlines 4 through 7. It is important to note that whichever of the two outline formats for Monroe’s Motivated
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The Palaestra Pompeii In Roman times‚ the exercise yard was know as the palaestra and it was always a feature in every Roman town. Pompeii had a particularly large palaestra‚ sized at just over a hectare‚ it consumed the towns entire south-eastern boundary. Built in response to the Augustan wish of providing ample exercise and training grounds to their young‚ Pompeii’s palaestra is unique as most were donated by public figures in the hope of gaining political momentum and support. It provided
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Rosa CastanoPublic Speaking Speech 3 (Informative) Outline 10/11/14 Supporting Materials: Visual Aid: Power Point Sources (located on the last page) Attention getter: What is the one thing that all radio stations‚ tv channels‚ informational ads‚ and whatever else you guys pay attention to have been talking about? “Class answers” – Ebola Intro: Today I am going to be informing you guys a little bit more about Ebola. I will explain what is it‚ the symptoms of people who have contracted it
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the land around it over the course of it’s time. Vesuvius is located in Southern Italy and is southeast of the Bay of Naples. It is on the plain of Campania. It was approximately 7 miles (11 kilometers) tall in AD 79‚ before it erupted and buried Pompeii and Stabiae in pumice and ash‚ and Herculaneum with mud flows. (The pumice and ash that had hardened covered the villages for over 28 feet tall‚ and plaster casts were found from people and animals that were buried alive.) This drastically changed
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-. -"\ i I l.r "l \(t..: L_$J.{:; L1 ;: t‚{*J Bachelor’s Degree Programme (BDPy ASSIGNMENT 2012-13 (For July 2012 and January 2013 sessions) FOUNDATION COURSE IN ENGLISH.OI (FEG-O1) g6S9iignesu wlili‚lffi3i{; School of Humanities Indira Gandhi National Open University Maidan Garhi‚ New Delhi- I 1 0 068 \\ FOUr\DATTON COURSE IN ENGLISH-I (FEG-01) Programme: BDP/2012-13 Course Code: FEG-01 Ilear Student‚ You are required to do one assignment for the Foundation Course in English-01. It is
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this word or the next’ ’Britt 255. “ Neat people are bums and clods at heart” Britt 256. Dave Barry stated and his essay “ Batting Clean-Up n Striking Out” Modern people often ask “How come when the ashes falling the Pompeii people didn’t just leave? The answer is that in Pompeii it was the custom for the men to do the homework. They never even noticed the ash until it had for most part covered the children “Hey! The men said (in Latin). It’s might quiet around here!” With these three example
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