Rome has gained popularity and respect for many of its architectural designs, and accomplishments. Roman engineering has enhanced the development of the Roman Empire over many years. One of the most known, and most admirable was Caesar’s Bridge. For many years, the Rhine River was a stop to Romans, protecting Germanic tribes from Roman expansion. In 65 BC, Julius Caesar led Roman legions in building a bridge, roughly a thousand feet across, and 25 to 30 feet deep.
Saamer Pirzada Coach Boyd 5th Period Lit 03/22/12 The Basis of modern arenas: The Roman Coliseum Many seem to forget where today’s arenas and stadiums originated. The answer to that would be Rome and its coliseum. The famous Roman Coliseum started it all. A massive architectural building that really built the main structure for today’s arenas. The Roman Coliseum in comparison to modern day arenas and stadiums consists of many similarities and differences.
Running right through Egypt was, and still does, the mighty Nile River in all of its 4,184 miles of glory, influencing the kingdom of Egypt in every way imaginable. Egypt’s cities were all along the Nile. Egyptians had three seasons, Akhet (flood season), Peret (planting and growing season), and Shemu (harvest season), all based on the flooding patterns of the Nile. To the north of Egypt, there was the Mediterranean Sea. To the east of Egypt was the Eastern Desert.
Achievements of Ancient Civilizations Three ancient civilizations that accomplished many achievements are Sumer, Egypt, and China. Combined, these early civilizations made many contributions to mankind today. Who knows what life would be like today without the accomplishments that these civilizations made. To begin, Sumerians constructed many cities. The walled cities, temples, and palaces were made out of mud bricks because the desert climate did not contain much timber and stone.
Three of the major ancient civilizations that created important inventions are the Sumerians, the Chinese, and the Egyptians. The Sumerians lived in Mesopotamia, which is now present-day Iraq. The Sumerians changed from hunting and gathering to farming and herding. They wanted to stay in one spot. Because where they lived didn’t get much rain, they created irrigation to water their crops.
These civilizations also shared another similarity. These civilizations both built irrigation systems to carry out water from the rivers. Mesopotamia canalled the waters from the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. Egypt built irrational canals to control the waters from the Nile. This was a similarity between Egypt and Mesopotamia because during this time period people relied on water for many things such as drinking, bathing and most importantly for keeping their land fertile.
C. M. Bowra says of Greek influence on contemporary society: “the modern world is far too deeply indebted to Greece to accept in unthinking ingratitude what it has inherited”. Similarly, Hadas notes that at the dawn of Roman civilization “ancient cities already had a layer of Greek culture. On this Rome superimposed imperial buildings...Augustus boasted of restoring 82 temples” These two extracts show us just how pivotal ancient Greek architecture, particularly temples, was at the time and continues to be to this day. It speaks of the restoration projects the Romans undertook to resuscitate decrepit Greek temples, and whilst the new temples “shared many basic characteristics with Greek architecture... it tended to be ornate and elaborate overall”. The Romans moved away from the simple, ordered and comparatively humble style of Greek temples and created more lavish, grandiose buildings, made possible by engineering developments such as concrete, arches, vaults and domes, to emulate the epicurean taste, vast wealth and power of the Empire.
To start the Roman’s were a very advanced society. Perhaps one of ancient Rome’s most amazing structures was the aqueduct. It was man-made bridge consisting of stone and cement used to help transport water to and from the city. Rome at one point had over 50 million people living in the city of Rome so it was crucial that they be supplied with fresh water. What was so significant about these aqueducts is that they stretched for miles, starting at the nearest water source.
Ancient Egypt - Land of the River "All of Egypt is the gift of the Nile." It was the Greek historian Herodotus who made that observation. The remarkable benefits of the Nile are clear to everyone, but through history he was the first to talk about it and consider its fascination. Through history, the Nile played a major role in the building of civilizations. The first civilizations to appear in history started on a river valley or in a place where resources are numerous and example of these are in India where Indus river is found and Tigris where Euphrates is found and many other places (cradles of civilization).
ROMAN TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING Kasey Simas HIS 103 World Civilizations I Instructor Max Fassnacht January 28, 2013 ROMAN TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING Roman empires flourished, which can largely be attributed to the emperors that created government, laws, cities, military, and many buildings and structures. This would not be possible without the use of technology. In order to talk about roman technology and engineering we must first understand what technology is. Technology is “the branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical means and their interrelation with life, society, and the environment, drawing upon such subjects as industrial arts, engineering, applied science, and pure science (technology, n.d.).” The Pantheon is a great example of Roman architecture. Most historians believe Emperor Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa built the first Pantheon in 27BC, though no one knows its exact age.