.... majority of those who were educated were among the small upper class. Elitist "education" was largely based on the ability to speak and persuade; a tool only truly necessary to those who were socially powerful. The later Roman education system was, although theoretically more accessible due to more schools, very similar to that of the Greeks. Those who were "truly educated" were well versed in Latin and were able to speak efficiently. However, when the Roman power system shifted from political to military, the valued vocation changed in correlation with the valued focus of education. The role of the orator diminished as the role of the soldier increased. In .....

.... against the ground. In 1817, Baron Karl von Drais of Germany invented a improved model called a “draisienne, which added a steering bar connected to the front wheel. Twenty years later, a Scottish blacksmith, Kirkpatrick Macmillan, added foot pedals to the Draisienne. In the 1870’s came a bike called a penny- Farthing. It consisted of a huge front wheel, 1.5 meters tall, and a very small back wheel. The advantage of this model was that it could travel a greater distance with a single turn of the pedals. But because it the wheels were so tall, the bicycle was unstable and many people wouldn’t try it. In 1885, J. K. Starley, an English bicycle manufact .....

.... looked at the problem with the attitude of “if it’s not broke, don’t fix it”. Luckily though for our future children someone finally did take the chance to try to prove the medical community wrong and disprove the objections for anesthesia. One of the reasons that many doctors don’t use anesthesia is because they believe that the application of anesthesia would be medically harmful for the baby because of the types of drugs that would be necessary to use. Although a valid concern, this belief has been proven by scientists to be false. In two different Clinical trials where lidocaine was injected into the penis of the infants, there was no sign of bleeding .....

.... it.” This and the wars to follow are called the Crusades. The first Crusade was a great success. Pope Urban II called for all able Christians to join the fight and promised heavenly and earthly rewards. Debts would be canceled and criminals pardoned. Knights and merchants sought after profit. The army marched across the continent and, despite disagreements, took back the Holy Land. They set up four states and introduced feudalism. English people inhabited the land for 200 years. Eventually, the Turks recaptured several important cities and a second Crusade was called for. This time, two kings led their armies to take back the land. This Crusad .....

.... as early as 1145. The spatial forms of the new buildings sometimes caused acoustic difficulties, which may help to account for the concomitant development of the new polyphonic music that supplemented the traditional Romanesque plainsong. Romanesque architecture became old-fashioned, but its heavy forms pleased the Cistercian monks and, likewise, other conservative patrons in Germany, Poland, Hungary, Italy, Spain, and Portugal. Thus, buildings that were essentially Romanesque in spirit continued to be built, even when such extraordinary Gothic works as the Amiens cathedral were under construction (begun 1220). (see also Index: Gothic archi .....

.... by the enemy. But only her deck was destroyed. Her lower hull was left intact. The Confederates took her and fitted her with an iron deck. Each side carried 5 guns and one on the bow and on the stern. She was also fitted with an iron ram submerged at the bow for ramming wooden union ships. Now named the Virginia , she ran amuk in Chesapeake Bay disposing of Union warships. Her iron hull was almost impervious to cannon balls and her ram made short work of the giant wooden targets. The Union knew they had to build an ironclad of their own if they wanted to win the war, and so the Monitor was born. The Monitor rode almost complete .....

.... of the music, rap consistently gained in popularity throughout the rest of the 1970’s. The first commercial success of the rap song “Rapper's Delight” by the Sugar Hill Gang in 1979 helped bring rap music into the national spotlight. The 1980’s saw the continued success of rap music with many artists such as Run DMC (who had the first rap album to go gold in 1984), L.L. Cool J, Fat Boys, and west coast rappers Ice-T and N.W.A becoming popular. Today, in the late 1990’s rap music continues to be a prominent and important aspect of African- American culture. Rap music was a way for youths in black inner city neighborhoods to express what they were feeling, see .....

.... the history books as the "May 4th Massacre" The weekend prior to Monday, May 4th had clashes between police and students resulting in broken windows and other property damage. None of the damage seemed just cause for murder. That Monday as the guards began to approach them, with some lagging behind. None of them were any closer than 60 yards. Rocks were thrown by some of the male students but is this just cause for murder? Were the guards lives in danger? The protest they [guards] were sent to end would result in others across the country. Why is murder okay until the common man commits it. Does the state have to much power? The students were tense, yet .....