Sorta like Niagara Falls. Pictures are one thing, up close and personal in a tour boat is quite another.
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Sorta like Niagara Falls. Pictures are one thing, up close and personal in a tour boat is quite another.
The impression I had was that Greek was most limited to the upper and more educated classes as the lingua franca of the eastern parts of Rome. Im not sure if Christ spoke in Greek at all -?
Christ spoke hebrew but greek in roman empire i think was like a second official language for the nobility
I'd go to Vienna in December 1808 to attend the premiere of Beethoven's 5th and 6th symphonies, then stick around a few months to watch the battles at Aspern-Essling and Wagram.
Jesus spoke Aramaic, as did most of his disciples except the educated ones.
Greek was the language of trans-regional commerce, or prestige, and of status. Latin was (in the east) the language of the army and the tax forms. Peasants would be speaking any sort of regional language... Aramaic, Coptic, Anatolian dialects, Assyriac, you name it. Greek only if they had education, regular business in the cities, or traveled a lot.
I'd go to the Roman Empire/Byzantium as a Chinese and tell them there's a place far from Europe called China 
I'd go to the Roman Empire/Byzantium as a Chinese and tell them there's a place far from Europe called China
IIRC they were vaguely aware of that fact.
Not sure they knew of China, but they definitely knew about India. There was an active spice trade via Egypt/Red Sea. An early variety of pepper (long pepper, or Piper longum) was one of the most prized spices in Rome, worth more than its weight in gold. It came from India and Indonesia.
Rome and China were aware of each others existence but there wasn't really any direct communication between them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romano-Chinese_relations
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romano-Chinese_relations
The Romans were familiar enough with Sri-Lanka that it's pretty much the only recognizable feature in that area on Ptolemy's map.
How did ptolemy make that map i wonder.They had no satelites but yet he did roughly the shape,how could he have found about it?
The Pickett's charge. I have always thought it must have been such a terrible and a beautiful sight, both at the same time, that it stayed with the people who saw it for the rest of their lives.
It was also the turning point in the ACW. And many people mark it as an end to the Napoleonic infantry tactics which prevailed in the military world at the time.
It was also the turning point in the ACW. And many people mark it as an end to the Napoleonic infantry tactics which prevailed in the military world at the time.
Reports from traders and military missions mostly. It should be noted that Ptolemy never left the city Alexandra so didn't really get to see the world first hand.
I think on this scenario it would be better IMO to watch his rise on power in China
It would be as cool as watching nazis exterminate jews. If you want it in a war context, as cool as the nazis repressing the Warsaw ghetto uprising.
Just senseless massacre by a superior armed force.
Considering the number of holocaust denials on the web, viewing the crimes in person serves a useful purpose.
I guess you take how long it took the traveler to make the trip and use some sort of average speed they were going.