Monday, May 16, 2011

The fall of Rome

It is believed that many things contributed to the fall of Rome. There are many different opinions on how Rome itself ended and some believe that it didn't end at all, just became something different like everything else. For those who believe that there was an actual fall, here are some beliefs as to why it fell. Some believe that it had to do with Christians. Money was collected for Christians for charity or something pertaining to the christian faith. Many felt however that this money wasn't really going to charities or anything that was beneficial for Rome. This caused diversity which could possibly led to the fall. Another thing that people believed could caused it was lack of communication and respect in a way. When there is really no communication between an emperor and his village, this can lead to problems. If the people of the village don't believe that the law that was just placed is necessary, this can start wars and problems which can therefore lead to people leaving thus the fall of Rome. It is also believed that the fall was due to evening out prices. Say someone makes a pair of shoes with more expensive/rare leather and another makes shoes with easy to find and cheap leather. They're both making the same amount of money which people consider to be unjust. The problem with this system is that the shoemaker with the easier to find cheaper leather will have no problem making however many pairs needed. The expensive leather shoemaker however could possibly not have enough money to pay for the leather and since it's rare they could run out of it. Though many things could've lead to the fall of Rome including, sickness (which could easily spread due to the dense population,) financial problems, or even lack of army, we don't even know if there really was a fall. The most logic reason right now is that Rome just changed. No matter what you believe, whether that be that there was a fall or not, it did change. A fall would be a change. Though many things contributed to existing problems in Rome, it changed for either the better or the worse (depending on who you ask.) If you were to ask someone who thought it changed for the worse, the best expression to use in terms of talking to that person is, "those who never learn from history are deemed to repeat it."

Algebra


 Algera was discovered by an arabic man, Al-Khwarizmi. Algebra was unknown numbers and the concept was finding those unknown numbers.  He wrote a book about algebra.  His book on algebra was used in many schools. The number 0 was recognized by Al-Khwarizmi. The oConcepts that he discovered are still used today.