Nowadays, people get stress from so many things in their life and they need something to make them relax. Obviously, the things that many people prefer are kinds of art, music, and entertainment. Well, ancient people did so. However, as time passed by, things are changed and everything is developed to be more complex. As well as these things, from only carve paintings, old instruments that made from wood and some kind of boxing game are now too old. Some of these things have made changes in civilization and developed to be today. So, art, music, and entertainment are meaning to say that there are so important to everyday life.
The most ancient civilizations developed their writing, schools, libraries, and written law codes from prehistory to history. For around 4000 years ago, art of the Mesopotamia had shaped the civilizations; art became more decorative at different times and places. (Ancient Art - Mesopotamia, 2007) Obviously, in each period of time, they were famous in different types of sculptures and developed until now. They made jewelry, huge stone sculptures, mosaic painted clay, and decorated tablets. (Martin, 2010) Well, these are the things that archaeologists had discovered; people did follow the way they did before so, meaning to say that everything is about the same. However, since the technology now is very developed, some are quite different from the past. More skills in painting have added to know in public, not only the artist knew but everyone has right to know. According to Wikipedia, many forms of art has invented by many famous artists during the twentieth century which is most likely to now. Art in today might not take that much of important to people because people do believe that it’s only one kind of hobby. Unlike Mesopotamia period, they did believe that this changed the civilizations of people.
Music, it’s a form of art whose medium is the sound. Music served the religious ceremonies and used for communicating and understanding each other by expressed through the sound. Also, people in the past believed that music is the voice from the god in which they did respect. (Lyman, 2009) They had many musical instruments, including the harp, reed pipes, drums, and the lyre. (Martin, 2010) To many people in many cultures, music is an important way of their way o life, so they did care about it. Now, people just think that music is consider as the performance that the performer should perform to us and do not take important of it because it’s not important enough in their opinion. Unfortunately it’s wrong, everyone needs to live with music, and the world without music might be worse. People now are not usually playing classic, they mostly play band instruments, for example; drum, electronic guitar, and keyboard in which the medium is different.
Art and Music are the form of entertainment. Not only that, games and festivals are also considered as the form of entertainment too. According to Wikipedia, hunting was so popular during that time, as well as boxing and wrestling are also popular too. Ancient Mesopotamians had ceremonies each month which determined by six important factors. Well, these kinds of entertainment are still available for the world today however; there are so many things that could use to entertain people more rather than the only thing in the past. This is all because of the development of people where everything is changed time by time. (Martin, 2010)
From the paragraphs above, it is meaning to say that art and music are the form of entertainment. Without art, there might not be music which is the form of art. Without art, entertainment might not occur. People today and Mesopotamians both need these for entertaining themselves during the festivals or just for relaxing. Even though these are both important to each period of time but still, there are some differences. Art during Mesopotamia period has formed the civilization of people for people today. As well as music, it used for many ceremonies which were important to the Mesopotamians during that time. Unlike the world today, these are just something that used to make people relax from the stress and they never look closely to the importance for each. They might not feel anything now, but as time goes by, this thing that everyone thinks that it’s not important, might take big change in the future for the next generation.
Works Cited
Ancient Art - Mesopotamia. (2007, September 17). Retrieved September 17, 2010, from HuntFor.com: http://www.huntfor.com/arthistory/ancient/mesopotamia.htm
Lyman, D. (2009, October 26). Music of the Gods in Ancient Mesopotamia. Retrieved September 17, 2010, from associatedcontent: http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2307893/music_of_the_gods_in_ancient_mesopotamia_pg2.html?cat=33
Martin, P. (2010, September 17). Ancient Mesopotamia for kids. Retrieved September 17, 2010, from Ancient Mesopotamia for kids: http://mesopotamia.mrdonn.org/art.html
By: Nisarat Asavawongsaroj [Aum] G.10M
Friday, September 17, 2010
Ancient inventions and Modern inventions
Inventions from history help people today making things easier. Ancient inventions and modern inventions are different, but the use of these inventions is to make life easier. As time pass, technology developed more so inventions from the pass developed. Ancient inventions and modern inventions are more likely to be different. Nowadays, people need new inventions for modern lifestyle.
Nowadays, inventions have change the way people live. During ancient time, people invented stone wheel, which today that wheel developed to a cars. These ancient inventions played a large part in everyday life, which we have to use every day. In modern time, inventions had developed more and became more hi-tech because of technology. The ancient inventions had developed from stone tools to aluminum tools, which make these inventions more quality.
Another main different in old and new inventions is the tools. In ancient time, the tools uses in inventions are mostly stone, metal, and woods. But most invention often uses stronger tools with many kinds of power. For example electric power, hydroelectric power, wind power, and solar cell. Nowadays, modern invention spread everywhere, even in a small country. As people all use new inventions, the ancient inventions is starting to be gone because the modern inventions are easier to be use in today life. When people change over time, inventions also change to be more hi- tech for people to communicate and travel faster than in ancient time.
In present day, the world is full of new technology and inventions. These inventions had change the lifestyle of people today. In ancient time, people need to travel by carriage but in present day there are cars all around which make it easier to travel from place to place. All the inventions in the pass now have change and developed to new kinds which will make to fits style of people. Today without these inventions, many kinds of works would be hard. Computer is one of the most uses full inventions today, now people can research more and learn many things from internet.
There are many differences in ancient inventions and in modern inventions. But without this invention from Mesopotamian period our technology would not be this hi-tech. These ancient inventions played a large role in our daily life. Most of the modern inventions developed from the ancient inventions. Things developed more when time changes, people get to have more choice for new invention which will fit their lifestyle.
Nowadays, inventions have change the way people live. During ancient time, people invented stone wheel, which today that wheel developed to a cars. These ancient inventions played a large part in everyday life, which we have to use every day. In modern time, inventions had developed more and became more hi-tech because of technology. The ancient inventions had developed from stone tools to aluminum tools, which make these inventions more quality.
Another main different in old and new inventions is the tools. In ancient time, the tools uses in inventions are mostly stone, metal, and woods. But most invention often uses stronger tools with many kinds of power. For example electric power, hydroelectric power, wind power, and solar cell. Nowadays, modern invention spread everywhere, even in a small country. As people all use new inventions, the ancient inventions is starting to be gone because the modern inventions are easier to be use in today life. When people change over time, inventions also change to be more hi- tech for people to communicate and travel faster than in ancient time.
In present day, the world is full of new technology and inventions. These inventions had change the lifestyle of people today. In ancient time, people need to travel by carriage but in present day there are cars all around which make it easier to travel from place to place. All the inventions in the pass now have change and developed to new kinds which will make to fits style of people. Today without these inventions, many kinds of works would be hard. Computer is one of the most uses full inventions today, now people can research more and learn many things from internet.
There are many differences in ancient inventions and in modern inventions. But without this invention from Mesopotamian period our technology would not be this hi-tech. These ancient inventions played a large role in our daily life. Most of the modern inventions developed from the ancient inventions. Things developed more when time changes, people get to have more choice for new invention which will fit their lifestyle.
Compare and Contrast: Sundial and Digital Watch
Compare and Contrast: Sundial and Digital Watch
By: Kornchanok Eiamsantipaisarn (Erng) G.10M
Time is a very important thing in the world whether today or in the past. People started to measure time by notice the sun came up over the eastern horizon and went down at the western horizon. Around 1500 B.C., Mesopotamian people started to invent sundial to measure time by looking at the shadow during a day, but not during night time. In1957, The Hamilton Watch Co of Lancaster, Pennsylvania has produced the world first digital watch. People can measure time by just looking at their digital watch on their wrist. It will show the exact time with hour, minute, and second. There are many differences between sundial and digital watch. These include the materials that use to make, the way to watch the time, and design.
Materials that use to make sundial and digital watch are not the same materials because of the different between generations. According to sundial history (n.d.) on accurate sundial website, Mesopotamian people used gnomon consisted of pillar. The length of the pillar’s shadow to tell people time during a day. Sundial need to put on the space where the sun can light through. Nowadays, with a high technology, people invented microchip which will create a system and showed the time in number in a form of wristband (watch). People will have more comfortable to know the time by just looking at their wrist. Digital watch can tell exact time no matter it is day time or night time with minute and second unlike sundial that can tell time during day time and but people need to predict minute and second by themselves. With a digital watch, it has functions in which sundial didn’t have which are timing, alarm clock, and it also telling date, day, and month.
The way how people watch time in sundial and digital watch are also very different. Taken by The History of Sun Clock (n.d.) on fi.edu website, Mesopotamian people looked at the shadow of the sundial to measure the time in hour and minute only. Sometimes it might not tell the exact time or can’t tell the time because of the rain or other natural phenomena. According to the second paragraph, the way to know time is to look at small screen on wrist in which it will show time in number with hour, minute, second, date, day, and month. Digital watch has shown more details than the sundial. It makes people to not waste their time walking to look at the sundial when people want to know what time is it now.
Another point that is very different is design. The design of the sundial is very big. Some of the sundials were also having high base to contain sundial. As Instructions for mounting and using your sundial (n.d.) at hilaroad website has said that the shape of the sundial was rectangle with numbers to tell the time in a form of protractor (6 to 12 curves up, and 10-6 curves down using of geometry methods). Mesopotamian people can share one sundial with too many people, but for the digital watches, it is just for one person. There are too many design of digital watch today because people have more want then the designer who has to design the watches has to create new designs of watch to make people but their products. Marketing is the course of the new design. As the first paragraph has said that time is very important, so people need to buy watch to know the time. That’s why many designs have coming out every months and why people have to develop the watches.
In conclusion, sundial and digital watch are very different from each other. Today, the new era of a very high technology, people have developed thing for their comfortable of living. Including an important thing like clock, people have developed clock to become small and it is easy to take a clock wherever they want to. Many design of digital watches make people want to buy and choose the one that suitable for them. Everyone want more comfortable and look cool, that’s why they have to develop things and change things from the past. However if there is no sundial, there is also no watch today.
Works Cited
History of Sundial. (n.d.). Retrieved September 17, 2010, from Sun Clock: http://www.fi.edu/time/Journey/Sundials/aboutsd.htm
Instructions for mounting and using your sundial. (n.d.). Retrieved September 17, 2010, from Hila Binary Sundial: http://hilaroad.com/camp/projects/sundial/sundial.html
Sundial history. (n.d.). Retrieved September 17, 2010, from Accurate sundial: http://www.accuratesundials.com/site/591582/page/143772
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Ancient and Modern War - by Oat 10M
Ancient and Modern War
by Korawit Kittipalawattanapol (Oat) G.10M
by Korawit Kittipalawattanapol (Oat) G.10M
The most important factor that affects every country today is war. Several wars in the past help shape each country and its people. Some countries in ancient time are so huge and powerful, but because of the wars, they lost their land and eventually became so small. In fact, some wars still continue since the past until today. As the time pass by, the different between ancient war and modern war become more and more as technology developed. The significant differences are the weapon, technique, and supplies.
Weapons seem to create the big gap between ancient and modern war. According to an article of Maya Pillai (2008) on buzzle.com, she concluded that roman military became one of the strongest during ancient time because of their sword and spear. This shows that most of the weapons used in ancient wars are swords, spears, arrows, and shield for protection. In modern time, the technology of making weapon had developed and many kind of more powerful weapons are created. Guns, bombs, tanks, etc. are eventually replace those old metal. They create more damage and could kill massive of people in very short time. Even unskilled person can kill others by just one shot.
The techniques used in ancient war and modern war are also different. In the past time, most of the wars in the past are bloody violence. Ancient wars often focus on making powerful weapon rather than planning. All they aim for is do whatever in cut sown enemy heads. As new wars occur, people start to have more tactics in wars. Now at a present day, war doesn’t mean to kill as much as could in order to win. Without proper decision, the country may end up with being ban by other countries. As Lloyd J. Matthews (2004) reported on his conference paper that country can win the war by win the peace. His report shows that modern wars concern more about peace. This idea leads to a new technique of war that actually can be winning without losing any life.
Another point that can’t be over-look is supply. In any wars, food supplies are very important. A person will absolutely die without food for energy. As John D. Billings wrote on his book (1887) he stated that providing food and material is often the decisive element in winning wars. In modern war, based on what John D. Billings wrote on his book (1887), a soldier often feed on canned meat food and condensed milk because it’s easy to take along and provide enough energy. But during the time of ancient wars, most of the food supplies are from crops. The war may stop as a result of lacking of grain while in modern war those canned foods are plenty. This often causes the ancient war to have such a long period of time to finish.
Even through there’re more differences between ancient war and modern war, but most of the wars are occurred on the same purpose. People start war because each of them believes that they’re right over the other. Some time it’s about territory, or sometime may be about religion. Whatever the reason is, all wars are destroyer. Wars destroy cities, arts, and ruin people life. Because of that, human are asking for peace. Without war, civilization would developed faster in the way that things are getting better and people live happily on the planet as no one life is taken by others.
Work Cited
Billings, John D. (1887). Hard Tack and Coffee or the Unwritten Story of Army
Work Cited
Billings, John D. (1887). Hard Tack and Coffee or the Unwritten Story of Army
Life. Boston: C.J. Peters & Son.
Matthews, Lloyd J. (2004, April 13-15). Winning the War by Winning the Peace:
Matthews, Lloyd J. (2004, April 13-15). Winning the War by Winning the Peace:
Strategy for Conflict and Post-Conflict in the 21st Century.
Fifteenth Annual Strategy Conference. Retrieved from
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Pillai, Maya (2008, November 11). Ancient Roman Weapons. Retrieved from
Pillai, Maya (2008, November 11). Ancient Roman Weapons. Retrieved from
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/ancient-roman-weapons.html
Sunday, September 5, 2010
My first day at NIVA International School - by Korawit K. (Oat) 10M
My first day at NIVA International School
by Korawit K. (Oat) 10M
by Korawit K. (Oat) 10M
My first day at NIVA International School was not so good. Maybe I'm too excited, so I kept quiet all day. I saw my new friends as strangers. To be honest, I think I was too shy to talk to someone that I'm not used to. Somehow on the next day I could able to make new friends at new school. It was great.
The moment I stepped down from my car on first day at school, I remembered very well that my heart beat really fast. I felt extremely excited. I saw many students walking around and talk to each others like crazy. When it's homeroom time, I'm getting even more excited when I saw my new class mates. However, something inside me told me that everything going to be just fine. I'm very happy that they're all be nice to me. What I need is to speak more to start communication. I took me a week to feel more comfort at new class and new school.
Now I have many good friends at NIVA International School. Looking back at the past seems very funny. I used to be so nerd and shy that many boys don't like to be with. NIVA had changed me to be myself. I'm very glad that I'm here with my friends and would be really sad if the time I have to leave comes.
Exploding Laboratory
I compare myself as the new chemist who has just starting the first experiment in the laboratory. She had to prove herself by presenting the experiment to public to let others accept that she has ability to be the chemist in the scientist world. Well, she always thought that she’s the best, somehow, she was wrong. This chemist had failed.
When I was in grade 7 in my old school, I have had a chance to present my experiment on stage in Science Day. At that time, I felt like I’m visible for being student in the school because I almost never participated in any activities. Well, I did it with my 2 friends and my teacher was the one who chose the experiment for us. I played my role as the chemist because I had to mix some chemicals together with water into the beaker, then, put it on fire. The first few times that I tried, it was going well but sometimes struggled with fire. Just now the chemist was focusing on the experiment a lot. Suddenly one day, I went to practice with my friends during the flag line, we have already got excused. While we were putting the chemicals, it was because of the chemist mistake that she put too much water and put it on fire without knowing that disaster were waiting afterward. After that moment, I felt like someone chloroformed me, I couldn’t hear, see, or even remember anything after that moment. However, it was just about 10 seconds. After I got my mind, I looked around the laboratory with curious and realized that the chemist had failed the experiment, it was bomb! The beaker split apart into smaller pieces and expanded all around the room while everyone was shocking and frightening at the same time including me. Some of the pieces of beaker flew to my body, somehow I got hurt only a bit comparing to the pain that the chemist had bombed the lab. Anyway, my teacher didn’t scold me about it because everyone knew it well that it was the accident. The chemicals were too old to use so he removed it immediately after the accident occurred.
After I could get out from the lab, I asked my friends who were having flag line during that time and they all said that the explosion was so loud, in between, I didn’t hear anything, it happened so fast and it blurred me. Well, this sounds funny for me, burning laboratory. Somehow, I have learned the most important lesson in my life by experienced it. I have realized how important it is to listen to the instruction carefully or else I might get accident once again.
By: Nisarat Asavawongsaroj [Aum] G.10M
When I was in grade 7 in my old school, I have had a chance to present my experiment on stage in Science Day. At that time, I felt like I’m visible for being student in the school because I almost never participated in any activities. Well, I did it with my 2 friends and my teacher was the one who chose the experiment for us. I played my role as the chemist because I had to mix some chemicals together with water into the beaker, then, put it on fire. The first few times that I tried, it was going well but sometimes struggled with fire. Just now the chemist was focusing on the experiment a lot. Suddenly one day, I went to practice with my friends during the flag line, we have already got excused. While we were putting the chemicals, it was because of the chemist mistake that she put too much water and put it on fire without knowing that disaster were waiting afterward. After that moment, I felt like someone chloroformed me, I couldn’t hear, see, or even remember anything after that moment. However, it was just about 10 seconds. After I got my mind, I looked around the laboratory with curious and realized that the chemist had failed the experiment, it was bomb! The beaker split apart into smaller pieces and expanded all around the room while everyone was shocking and frightening at the same time including me. Some of the pieces of beaker flew to my body, somehow I got hurt only a bit comparing to the pain that the chemist had bombed the lab. Anyway, my teacher didn’t scold me about it because everyone knew it well that it was the accident. The chemicals were too old to use so he removed it immediately after the accident occurred.
After I could get out from the lab, I asked my friends who were having flag line during that time and they all said that the explosion was so loud, in between, I didn’t hear anything, it happened so fast and it blurred me. Well, this sounds funny for me, burning laboratory. Somehow, I have learned the most important lesson in my life by experienced it. I have realized how important it is to listen to the instruction carefully or else I might get accident once again.
By: Nisarat Asavawongsaroj [Aum] G.10M
My first football ECA [ kasidit cherdchuchart Oody]
During grade 5, I and my friends love playing football. Everyday at morning, break and lunch we always played football and everyone is having fun. One day, the school stared the football ECA. The next day all of us join the football ECA and after the entire boring subject, at last we get to start the ECA. Our teacher is Mr. Scott, first he teaches us the basic of football but all of us think that it is boring to practice passing a ball. And for one week of the football practice, at last we got to play team. All of us feel hyper and ready to play anytime, I play suck on the game but my friends are playing very well. After that match I started to think, why I played so suck, not like other of my friends they play so well. So after that game I start to practice hard at all the basic and skill. After the practice we get to play team again and now I believe in my self and my friends. When we start the game I and my friends play as a team work and we won the game 4-2. After that match I feel happy and my mind is free, I feel that our team won the game because of our hard work and teamwork. From that time I believe that if we love something we should try hard and practice to achieve the goal.
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