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My favorite animal is a cat. Before I was born, my parents had lots of cats. By the time I was born, there were only two left. Their names were Midnight and Molly. Midnight went out one night and never returned, so we thought she just went out and died like all dogs and catsContinue reading “English Lesson 120 : Favorite Animal”

1 Spectacles : Before Spectacles were invented, the years you were able to work as a scholar were very short. Because of bad eyesight, scholars had to retire earlier than they would have wanted. 2 Mechanical Clock : Before it was invented, people could only tell time by the water clock and the sundial. ButContinue reading “History Lesson 70 Review Of This Week”

1 Buttons were used to hold together clothes and be decorative when the little ice age came in Europe. They were made in different sizes and colors to fit different people. 2 Oil Painting was better than normal painting because you could leave it and come back instead of having to finish it before theContinue reading “History Lesson 65 Review Of This Week”

The funniest thing that ever happened to me was when my brother was going to attack me when we were roughhousing. My brother was going to kick me but he tripped. Then when he got up, he slipped and hit his head on the wall. He started fake crying to be funny and ran whileContinue reading “English Lesson 105”

The trebuchet was used to break into castles and forts. If they weren’t invented, there would probably be more castles and forts still standing today. Distilled Spirits were an innovation in alcoholic beverages. If they didn’t exist there wouldn’t be booze today. The vertical windmill was used to turn grindstones and generate power later on.Continue reading “History Lesson 60 TreBuchet, Distilled Spirits, Vertical Windmill, And Rudder”

1 Universities. Before the university, families hired teachers to teach their children and if the children didn’t like the teacher they would fire them. The university kept the children from firing the teachers. 2 Wine Press. The wine press stopped people from suffocating when trampling the grapes. It also made a cleaner and better wine.Continue reading “History Lesson 55: Four Inventions That Made An Impact On History”

Al Kindi was born in 801 AD, into a Bedouin tribe, and went to school to learn and got attracted to the House of Wisdom. He became the father of Islamic philosophy . When Islam conquered Persia, the people learned about China’s use of paper. That attracted Al Khwarizmi to the House of Wisdom, whereContinue reading “History lesson 50: Al Kindi, Al Khwarizmi, Al Razi, And Al Hazen”

If I could travel back in time I would go to the medieval times and put my brothers in a catapult and launch them into another country so they wouldn’t bother me anymore.

After Rome collapsed, the Roman people lost the way to make glass. People forgot it because they were to busy trying to support themselves. Also, some people recycled the Roman glass. Then they experimented with plant and wood ashes but they made a greenish or brownish colored glass that was thick.

My favorite invention is the waterwheel. I like it because they used it back then and they still use it today. People use them today on dams to make hydroelectricity.