Intramuros

built around a square or town plaza.  The central area of the square was left

these walls, it decreased the amount of harm such as invasions from the city. In Document B, it

The walls surrounding it were there to protect the city against the Goths and Huns, who had captured Rome already. These walls were able to hold off those trying to invade for almost one thousand years. There was one wall that bounded the city's seaward sides. “The Byzantines built a moat and three walls, each 25 feet thick, on the land side. ”(Doc B) Invaders were first faced with the moat that was 60 feet wide and 22 feet deep.

In document 1, it shows seven different conquerors and the land they have conquered. The highest amount of square miles conquered was by Genghis Khan. He conquered about 4,860,000 square miles. Khan definitely succeeded his goal to take over.

When I arrived at the Centro I was greeted by a volunteer by the name of Bertha “Birdie” Gutierrez who has been a volunteer there for five years, I asked for a tour of the establishment. Birdie is also a jewelry designer and sells pieces she creates that are Chicano inspired there. She does this in order to raise money for Chicano causes. I was told that the building itself used be a water tank, which explains its circular shape. Birdie explained that the

What is that strange orange brick building? Why should I care about that? That striking orange, brick building is the Guardian Building of downtown Detroit. When deciding to go to a historical site in the city, I was drawn in by the history of the place. I am relatively new to the city and when I heard about this place, I knew that’s where I wanted to go. When our group traveled together to the site, it became apparent why this building is not only important to Detroit, but to all cities. The Guardian Building was not only a great fixture of the past, but it is a leading example of the efforts to bring a city back to greatness.

The ‘Fort’ also known as Sutter's fort was built by a Swiss immigrant named John Sutter more than 100 years ago in California at the time 1839. He became a Mexican citizen and then received a land grant of about 50,000 acres in the Sacramento Valley.

Finally, the natives’ lives were affected as they lost their lands with the change in the region’s architecture. Huts and pyramids were destroyed and stone remains and bricks used to construct cultural, administrative and religious buildings. Towns, like Spanish Town, with plazas and offices were built, many of which still stand today. This change in architecture displaced the natives as they lost their lands and had to settle elsewhere or run away to the mountains or forests.

built back in 1744. It was built by the spanish Franciscan friars in order to convert the local Indians to Christianity. General Santa Anna is the one who started the assault on the Alamo mission in San Antonio. He and spanish troops battled against General Sam Houston in the battle of San Jacinto and can you guess how long this fight lasted? Just eighteen minutes, that’s all.

New Cathedral "La Nueva" and the other is the Old Cathedral "La Vieja.” Construction began on

The Siege of a Castle was a guarantied victory, but it took a long time of patience. Patience was the key to victory with this strategy, however it was scarce in the battlefield, because of the angry, impatient soldiers waiting to get home to their families. The city walls were suppose to be fortifying a position that could not be easily overrun, and that it could be strong enough to enable the defense to maintain that position for a long period of time. Siege of a fort, castle, or city walls had four basic concepts. The Sieging technique was directly directed towards these four. In order for the attackers to get inside they would have to go over the wall, tear a passage through the wall, dig a tunnel underneath it, or just wait until the defenders surrendered.

Towards the city’s heavily trafficked center the Roman Forum was constructed for convenient easy access of all the citizens. The foreground of the forum was occupied by a paved square with monuments to famous citizens. The temple to the Divine Julius, dedicated in 29 BCE to the deified Caesar, built in a Hellenistic style, is located in the background on the left; to the right is the temple of Vesta and the house of the Vestal Virgins, guardians of the everlasting flame; further to the right is the temple of the Dioscuri, Castor and Pollux dedicated in 6 CE Here the office of weights and measures was situated. The podiums of the temples of Caesar and the Dioscuri were often used as orators' platforms and it is in this part of the Forum that the meetings of the comitia took place. On the far right is the Basilica Julia built by Caesar. Its long façade occupies the entire south side of the Forum. (Owens, 154) Semi-circular in plan and having consisted of a tall stage building, theaters were a semi-circular orchestra and tiered seating area. Unlike Greek theatres, which were built on natural slopes, they were supported by their own framework of piers and vaults and so could be built anywhere and not where nature dictated. Amphitheatres (literally, ‘double theatres’) were elliptical in plan; with a central areana. (Bowra, 38)

 299.735 km²  Capital: Manila  92.337.852 inhabitants  45,2% living below US$2 a day (2006)

The Philippines, is a group of islands in Southeast Asia, sitting in the western Pacific Ocean. It is known as the Republic of the Philippines, and consists of seven thousand, one hundred, and seven islands, that are geographically split into three main divisions, Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. The capital is Manila, referred to as the Paris of Asia, and the most populated is Quezon City, which are both part of Metro Manila. The Philippines has a population of close to one hundred,

The Philippine were discovered in 1521 by the Spanish. It's the third largest nation that speaks English in the world. The country is divided into three main areas: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. It has 17 regions, 122 cities, and 42,025 barangays. The Philippines were colonized by three countries Spain, America, and Japan. America colonized the Philippines, because they wanted to become an empire, and to expand more. They wanted to expand to have more lands, power, resources, more production, and especially more money. Also the USA didn't want lose the Philippines island to Japan or Germany.