Catholic monarch's banner By: Fernando Sanchez and Daniel Rabinad 2º B

This is the banner of the Catholic monarchs, the information below is extracted from Wikipedia: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estandarte_del_rey_de_Espa%C3%B1a, and it has been translated by us.

The banner of weapon of the Catholic Monarchs, from 1475, consisted of a crimson cloth with the weapon mutinies of Castile (of gules, and a golden castle) and Leon (of silver and lion purple, golden tonsured priest); with those of Aragon (of gold and four sticks (woods) of gules) and Naples - Sicily (party (game) and flanked, chief and tops of gold and four sticks (woods) of gules, flanks of silver and an eagle of saber, crowned with gold)

In 1492 was added the emblem of the Kingdom of Granada (of silver and a grenade to the native, crushed of gules, carved and with two leaves (sheets) of sinople). This  was also used by the Infantry of the Catholic Monarchs.

WHY SYRIA?

Buenos días chic@s, como ya os he comentado alguna ocasión en clase, hay un vídeo en el que se explica perfectamente y muy claro a través de mapas el conflicto Sirio. Espero que os sirva de ayuda, para resolver algunas dudas y para entender perfectamente lo que está ocurriendo en el mundo en estos momentos, tanto por el tema de los refugiados, como la guerra que se está librando a diario en territorio Sirio, además del grupo terrorista ISIS y sus últimos atentados recientes.

Caliphate of Cordoba

Hi everyone, this is some information I found os the caliphate of Cordoba: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caliphate_of_C%C3%B3rdoba

The Caliphate of Córdoba  was a state in Islamic Iberia ruled by theUmayyad dynasty along with a part of North Africa. The state, with the capital in Córdoba, existed from 929 to 1031. The region was formerly dominated by the Umayyad Emirate of Córdoba (756–929). The period was characterized by an expansion of trade and culture, and saw the construction of masterpieces of al-Andalus architecture. In January 929, Abd-ar-Rahman III proclaimed himself caliph of Córdoba in place of his original title, Emir of Córdoba  'Amīr Qurṭuba). Abd-ar-Rahman III was a member of theUmayyad dynasty, which had held the title of Emir of Córdoba since 756.

The caliphate disintegrated during a civil war (the Fitna of al-Andalus) between the descendants of the last caliph, Hisham II, and the successors of his hayib, Al-Mansur. In 1031, after years of infighting, the caliphate fractured into a number of independent Muslim taifa (kingdoms).

Martin Mateos Gamez 2ºA

Alicia García García (2ºA) and Teresa García García (2ºB)

Oedipus the King

Oedipus the King was an Athenian tragedy by Sophocles.

It is about a king called Laius. Ones, a prophecy told him that his son was going to kill him so he left his son in the forest. Shortly after, the king of Corinth rescue him and called him: Oedipus. The prophecy said that he was going to kill his father so he left Corinth without knowing he was adopted. During his trip he met with his father, the king Laius. He thought it was a robber so Oedipus killed him and the prophecy was fulfilled. He continued his journey, he found a sphinx. It ate all the people that didn´t know its riddle. Oedipus solved the riddle and the sphinx committed suicide. For this, he was rewarded by marrying the wife or the ancient king, his mother called Jocasta. They had children and also the lived happily until they discovered that Oedipus killed his father and married his wife. Jocasta committed a suicided and Oedipus ripped his eyes out and he was exiled.

It is a very interesting story, but the important thing is the riddle of the sphinx:

"What goes on four feet in the morning, two feet at noon, and three feet in the evening?"

Oedipus answered that was the man. This refers to the three stages of the life: the morning, the noon and the evening. That means that when we are children we walk on four legs, when we are adults we walk on two feet and when we are older we use a cane.

But there is another version of the story where the riddle was:

“What goes on two feet in the morning, four in the noon and three in the evening?”

The answer of this riddle was Oedipus, because at the beginning he was a normal man ( two feet), then when he killed his father and married his mother he reduced at the level of an animal (4 legs), at the end when he ripped his eyes out he needed to use a cane ( three legs).

I hope you like it !  Aitana Soria 2ºA

Attila the Hun

Hi everybody, this is some information I found of Attila the Hun. I got it from this webpage: http://www.history.com/topics/atilla

Attila was the most important king of the Huns. He was a strong and powerful leader. The Huns lived in the Great Hungarian Plain, and they controlled the northern frontier of the Roman Empire.

Attila became king of the huns in 435 and he ruled until his death in 453. By the time Attila ruled the kingdom, they were no longer a nomadic tribe. They settled down in Hungary and they developed an infantry army.

Attila visited the Pope in Northern Italy when the Western Roman Empire was on the verge of its collapse. People say that St. Peter and St. Paul appeared to Attila and threatened him with death if he ignored what the Pope told him. He decided to withdraw from Italy because his troops were suffering from disease and running short of supplies. Attila decided to abandon the invasion and Italy was saved.

Attila died the next year from a nosebleed while celebrating his marriage. Attila left no strong leader to replace him when he died, so the Huns quickly disappeared from history.

So, what do you guys think? Did you know all of this about Attila the Hun? Do you think it is normal to die from a nosebleed?

Gabriel Stover 2ºB

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