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__**primary** **source:**__ THE TANK!!! when we think about tanks we think of world war two, but did you know that Leonardo Da Vinci created the first tank in 1487? although it looks nothing like the tank that is today it held the same principles. the structure of the tank isa wide cone with slots on the sides for rifle men to fire out of. The tank was pushed by four people, every person for a different direction. the tank advanced war tactics to the next level, easily repelling enemy arrows and small bullets. the tanks was surrounded with sharp spikes to prevent enemy soldiers from climbing on top. As i read about this fascinating machine i wondered what are the flaws? One major flaw were the wheels. they had immense trouble climbing over the slightest hill. Even a small rock could hit one of the wheels and discontinue the tanks advantage. Given these complications the tank was rarely usable and the idea was thrown out.



__**school of Athens:**__ Plato plato was a greek philosopher that lived from 428 to 348. With his mentor Socrates and his aprentice Aristotal helped form Philosophy and science in the western parts of Europe. Plato wrote manny books called dialogs. These dialogs helped mold the teachings of ethics logic and mathematics. i feel that Plato was included without a second thought. one of the main reasons why the west part of Europe was so sophisticated was because of people like him. Also not only did he influence people in his lifetime but many generations after him followed his teachings. one person that should have been portraid in the painting was Rapheal, although we learned that he was Disguised as another man i think that he should have been like i painted this picture and i want people to recognize me. He was a highly skilled artist and should have been included in the painting weather they liked it or not. Actually, most believe that he painted himself in on the right hand side. That he is not disguised at all. -SW

__ **primary source:** __ byzantine bows the bow was the byzantines most effective long distance weapon. all though they were no match for the mongols archery skill they were still quit impressive. they would line their archers along the walls that the empire was oh so famous for and would shoot down at the invaders. the bows were usually mad from would, bone or horns. the string was either made from plant fibers or animal intestine. the quivers that the archers usually held from30 to 60 arrows. one model of a bow was call the tzangra. it was very similar to the compact bow that the mongols used and its arrow were so powerful that they were known to penetrate enemy armor. overall the byzantines bows were very successfull.

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 * roman __glass__ **

In this era we think of glass to be nothing, but to have glass back in the days of the __roman empire__ is outstanding. with the technology that they must have had glass production must have been very hard and required skill. This tells Historians much about this era, the fact that they had a surplus of time to go into the __fine arts__ of glass smithing shows the advancement of this empire. Clearly glass must not have been very important at first but as time progressed it became more and more useful to society. Occasionally some one would sculpt a glass portrait of some one which showed much wealth on their behalf.Although it may just seem that glass is pointless it opened so manny opertunities like, fine arts, windows and much more. this is a sculpture of an unknown person found.

.jpeg"]] this vase was __dyed purple__ which shows that they used Manganese and oxidised the glass. yo its g walta in the club