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Writing Assignment: CD-ROM reaction paper

*Chartes Cathedral

*Inca ruins

*Venice

*Egyptian pyramids

*The Great Wall of China

Egyptian Pyramids

?Initially, prehistoric graves were simple burials covered with a mound of sand or stones and wind blew the sand away, creating a need for a more secure burials (CD-ROM Egyptian Pyramids).? Imagine the ?what ifs?? What if there were no scavengers capable of digging through sand and stone? What if the people who buried their dead accepted the scavenging as a part of nature, a part of life? Would the great pyramids of Egypt be envisioned, much less built? The pyramids amaze me. I know this sounds like I?m sucking up to get a good grade, but just looking at the pyramids and spynhx, not to mention the fortresses and buildings gives me a funny feeling. I?ve only seen pictures, but the ones that really take my breath away are the ones that show by comparison just how massive these structures are. I have a hard enough time building a sandcastle, and that?s with ?modern technology.? It is scary to think that a civilization c.2700B.C. could build such wonders without even electricity. From the CD-ROM?s, I also gathered that it is not sure whether they had the knowledge of ramps and levers either. So what I do is try to imagine what the ancient Egyptians could do now, if we could bring them to this century, to see what they could do with our technology. Would they continue to ensure their pharaoh?s after-life in the stars? Or would they become like us, lazy because everything is too easy. Technology has made our lives much more comfortable, such as heating or cooling our houses, travelling, and entertainment. So, you would think that with our advances, we should have gone further than just making our computers faster and our compact discs clearer. We should look back at the men who by the thousands built the most amazing symbol of what man can do if what they are doing is important to them. That in it?s self is an achievement. Maybe they were right about the deceased?s soul rising to heaven through the pyramids, I?d love to stand right smack in the middle of one, look up and imagine. The pyramids are one of the places I?d like to explore before it?s my time to join the stars.

Venice

If my realtor told me that the house I was interested in was sinking at the rate of one inch every five years, the pilings holding up the hose were rotten and there was a dire threat of flooding due to the rising of the Adriatic sea, I?d say ?no problem-o pal.? We are after all talking about Venice! I can imagine my self sitting in my palazzo, waving at the passing gondolas while reflecting on the mirror image of my house on the water. No noisy cars with their horns blaring and brakes screeching. I can?t see from movies, t.v and magazine layouts, how anybody could not love Venice? From the CD-ROM, I gathered that some people had been disappointed after touring there. I don?t care about all the minor things; it?s not the superficial things that I would fuss over.

Even tough I am not of any religion, I?d love to see the churches in Venice, but what I would really like to see is the Sistine chapel. I wouldn?t go in looking for God, but viewing such beauty such as the stained glass that has so much history inside it?s self would leave it?s mark on my soul.

The Great Wall of China

It?s not all that amazing that the Great Wall of China has withstood the tests of time, it all comes down to craftsmanship. The work ethic back in ancient China was a lot different than now. Back then, if your work were deemed substandard, you?d be put to death, and buried in the wall. All of this would be marked with a simple plaque bearing your name. Today, when we look at labels in our clothes and it says ?made in China,? we laugh; it?s a joke. But I don?t think the families of the workmen put to death were laughing. Building a wall today is hard enough. I remember when our house was being built. The last thing to do was to put in the moss rock wall. It was maybe only four feet high in it?s highest spot and only went down the length of our house. It took 5 workmen 4 weeks to complete it. That?s with big trucks to deliver the stones and levelers to make sure it was straight and also tools to make sure there were no spaces between the rocks. It?s weird when I read about the Great Wall, its main purpose was to keep marauders out, but I didn?t realize that was the only reason the wall was constructed. Transportation of supplies and an excellent vantagepoint are also valid points, but those are still connected to keeping the empire safe. We built our ?Great Wall? to keep Musubi, my dog in the yard. So from the construction of a wall that some even speculated could be seen from the moon, to the small task of erecting our wall that can be seen from the street, I guess that all things are relative. The Chinese didn?t want Genghis Khan in their territory, and we didn?t wasn?t Musu out of ours. If Genghis Khan got in, thousands of people would have perished, but it would have had little or no effect on my life now in 1999. But if Musu had gotten out and got hit by a car and died, that would have been an event that would have an impact on not only me but also my whole family. A dog?s life compared to thousands of human lives, I feel awful looking back at what I just wrote, it actually stopped me for a moment, but it was honest and I think that is what you wanted out of this assignment. To make us think of ourselves not as ourselves, but as a part of history, and how we are all to responsibly play out our roles.

Inca Ruins

Whether it?s Indiana Jones hacking through dense jungle foliage, or Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner seeking the ?Jewel of the Nile,? movies have long romanticized treasure hunters. I?m not sure where the settings of

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