Based on what you know about Aristotle, do you think Alexander had listened carefully to his tutor?

I think that Alexander did listen carefully to his tutor because he came up with lots of brilliant battle tactics and had a strong knowledge of what he was doing. Aristotle had taught him well because he knew the solutions to almost any problem that he encountered and he knew how to win over the people of the places he conquered. Alexander was a very smart man and without the knowledge given to him by his mentor, Aristotle, he wouldn't have had the success he did on his campaign. In another sense he did forget the teaching of his mentor in that he lost himself in his new found power. After taking over Persia, he got lost in the power he had gain over the years and became selfish and at points, lost his logic which Aristotle was one of the first men to ever teaching formal logic so he would have passed that onto Alexander. Although Alexander was a brilliant military leader and somewhat of a politician in his ability to win people over, I feel that he did listen to his teacher Aristotle, but at times he chose not to follow them.

Works Cited:
"Alexander the Great -." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Web. 25 Feb. 2010. .

"The Internet Classics Archive | Browse." The Internet Classics Archive: 441 searchable works of classical literature. Web. 25 Feb. 2010. .

Do you think Alexander honestly felt like he was avenging Persian wrongs? Or was that just propaganda to mask his goal of conquest?

I think that in the beginning of Alexander's conquest of the Persians, he truly did feel that he was avenging the wrongs of Persia done to the Greeks. Once conquering Persia though, he continued his journey onward to try to conquer the rest of the world, which is when i truly feel that his desire to avenge the wrongs of Persia ended and his goal of conquering the rest of the world took over him completely.Alexander was corrupted by his new found power and wanted to control the whole world now, instead of stopping after taking his revenge on Persia. Alexander's goal of conquest, was always there though, even when he was originally setting out to conquer Persia, but with every new conquest along the journey that goal just grew more and more until he had conquered Persia and wanted to have the whole world. His empire had grown from a city to most of the known world in a relatively short time. In his travels, Alexander slowly realized that he could have more than just Persia, he could have the whole world, which is when i believe that Alexander's original goal of conquering the Persians became a goal to conquer the world.

Works Cited:
1. "Alexander the Great -." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Web. 26 Feb. 2010. .

2. Image from: "File:Battle of Issus.jpg -." Wikimedia Commons. Web. 27 Feb. 2010. .

Article 4B- Does Power Corrupt? How or How Not? Why or Why Not?

Leaders in history have handled the power they have in various ways. Some do great things with the power they receive and can truly change a country. Some just do nothing with it. Then, some are corrupted by the power and can do disastrous things for a country. Power can be the more dangerous than people think. Throughout history power has torn nations apart and brought them together through the corruption of their leaders. Although power has turned the success of a civilization for the better, many of the times the leader will have too much power and be corrupted by it.
History has had many leaders that are consumed by their power and twisted to when they have their friends turn on them. Probably the most corrupted leader in the history books was Julius Caesar, the dictator of Rome. He was appointed as the dictator in a time of need for the Romans, but then he never gave up that power. He stayed in complete control over Rome as a politician and the primary, military leader for the country. The people of Rome loved him, but he always wanted more. Although Caesar was the most powerful man in the known world, he was never satisfied, he did some great things for the Roman Empire but he never knew when to stop. He wanted to become the king of Rome, until the very politicians he ruled over assassinated him because of how corrupted he had become with all the power he had. His corruption turned the men who had once considered him a friend into his enemies. The corruption of Caesar was a dark time in Rome. Historians have argued whether Caesar was good for Rome because he was the key factor in turning the roman Republic into the Roman Empire. Caesar may have improved Rome in a sense, but once he had the power, he always would want more, which was the key to his corruption.
Another leader in history that was corrupted by his power was Alexander the Great. He was the king of Macedon and set out to conquer the world. He was a brilliant military strategist and brought great honor back to his country, but his power changed him. In his journey, he was swept away by all the power he had gotten over the long campaign and tried to turn the expedition into a suicide mission by trying to continue to travel farther east into India. Alexander’s men strongly refused this request because they were afraid that the campaign would take their lives. Alexander’s conquest of the Persian Empire, in a sense, made him get sloppy. He allowed his men to get married o Persia women, including himself; he looked and dressed like a Persian king, and was so happy with his power that he wanted to be treated as if he was a God. Alexander the Great was a brilliant military man who changed Greece, his power corrupted him to the point where he lost his true ideals and views on the world and got carried away with his power until the day he died.
The power given to rulers throughout history has been able to change countries, for better or worse. Many of the rulers who fall into corruption start out as great leaders like Alexander and Caesar, but they fall into their desires for more and more until people will turn on them and they lose themselves in the moment. These two leaders have been able to change the face of the world with groundbreaking strategies, views, and historic achievements, but many consider all of those things to be undone because of how the great men they were became consumed by their power and have had their views changed. Malcolm X said, “Power never takes a step back- only in the face of more power.” This means that those who possess power feel that they are invincible and on top of the world, the only thing that they will desire is to have more power. Power is truly only as good as the men it is given to, and in the wrong hands, it can be very dangerous.
Works Cited
"Alexander the Great -." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Web. 27 Feb. 2010. .
"BBC - History - Historic Figures: Julius Caesar (100BC - 44BC)." BBC - Homepage. Web. 26 Feb. 2010. .
"Power Quotes - The Quotations Page." The Quotations Page - Your Source for Famous Quotes. Web. 27 Feb. 2010. .

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Biographies on Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle

Socrates: Socrates was a great philosopher of Classical Greece, and is credited as one of the founder of western philosophy. He is only known through his pupils, including Plato. Socrates has become renowned for his contributions to the field of ethics, and Socrates also came up with the concepts of Socratic irony and the Socratic method, or elenchus. This remains a commonly used tool. In this series of questions are asked not only to draw individual answers, but to draw out an overall insight on the main issue. Socrates also made important contributions to the fields of epistemology and logic, and the influence of his ideas made a lasting impression on all the western philosophy that followed.

Plato: Plato was a pupil of Socrates and is one of the main reasons that we know about Socrates through the writings of Plato. He was a Classical Greek philosopher, mathematician, writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. Along with his teacher, Socrates, and his student, Aristotle, Plato made many contributions to the fields of natural philosophy, science, and Western philosophy.

Aristotle: Aristotle was the pupil of Plato. Aristotle was also the mentor of Alexander the Great, the great leader of Macedon. Throughout his life, Aristotle had many writings. His writings cover many subjects, including physics, metaphysics, poetry, theater, music, logic, rhetoric, politics, government, ethics, biology, and zoology. His works contain the earliest known formal study of logic. He teachings extended well into the Renaissance, and some were just confirmed in the 19th century as accurate. Aristotle, Plato, and Socrates were all important founding fathers of western philosophy.

Works Cited:

"Aristotle ()." Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Web. 22 Feb. 2010. .
"Aristotle -." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Web. 22 Feb. 2010. .
"Plato ()." Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Web. 22 Feb. 2010. .
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My help to Jordan Clarke's Editor Article

During the Olympics, athletes from all the city states would come to Mt. Olympus to compete against each other in the games which fueled the games to also have politics involved. Ancient Greece was very violent because all the city states would fiercely compete for the limited resources and the city states were in close proximity to one another and were almost constant war. During the Olympics, the entire country would go into a truce where all the fighting would stop. In the ancient and present Olympics, the Olympics represent unity amongst everyone. The ancient athletes sought to bring back publicity and honor to their city state, much like the athletes in today’s Olympics compete for fame in honor to their home countries. In Greece, only Greek speaking men were allowed to participate in the games which made any man who fought in the Olympics a symbol of wealth and Greek culture (Wikipedia). The athletes had to have their names written down on a list and make an oath to Zeus that he would be training for ten months. The Olympics were a symbol to hard work for everyone who participated in them just as they do today. The Olympic Games have come a long way since those in ancient Greece, but some of the traditions and ceremonies left behind from them are still used today.

Works Cited
"Ancient Olympic Games -." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Web. 19 Feb. 2010. .

The Script for Persians during the Persian Wars

Persian king: We out number the Greeks by thousands, we should attack now.

Persian General: But where will we attack first?

Persians King: We first will take out the colonies, move up the coastline, then go through The Northern part of Greece then make our way towards Athens.

Persian General: We should attack at full force and wipe out all the towns on our way to break their spirits.

Persian King: We have the element of surprise, we must move quickly.

Persians go on their war campaign, wiping out all in their path.

Persian generals: My Lord, we are approaching Athens, if Athens falls, then the rest of Greece will go down with it.

Persian King: Very good, move forward.

Persians arrive at Thermopylae

Persian King: such a small force to fight off so many.

The fight goes on for three days against the small group of Greek soldiers led by the Spartans

Persian Gerneral: That was far to difficult for something as small of a force as that.

Persians arrive at Athens only to find it empty.

Persian King: No! this can't be!

Persian messenger arrives

Messenger: My king, the people of AThens are hiding in the isn\lands and are challenging us!

Persian King; then we will meet them there are wipe them out!

Persians arrive on the island where the Athenians are hiding

Persian King: No it was a trap!

Persians get beat at this battle and run home to the Persians Empire.

Persian King: I fear that these wars just turned in favor or Greece.


The End

Article 4- Is History Made by 'the people' or by Individuals?

Is History Created by ‘the People’ or by Individuals?
History is not created only by ‘the People” or by great individual leaders written about in the history books, but I believe that history creates them. Throughout history people’s minds have been shaped by history and then they change the history. These two things, the people of the world and history, form a cycle. One leads to another. History as shown us that history shapes the future years, for better or worse. Another aspect of this question is that do ‘the people’ create the individuals? All of these questions form a cycle of ways to look at which creates which. In reality, one couldn’t be created without the other.

In shortened terms, history is everything that has happened before right now, important or trivial. The important individuals that have made their mark on history and the rest of the population all have their own influence on history. History isn’t just the major events; history is made up of everything. The individuals throughout history have presented great ideas and really changed the world, but the rest of the population, or ‘the people’, are the ones who can make their ideas a reality. Without the great individuals and ‘the people’ history wouldn’t have any of the great breakthroughs. If not for many leaders like Muhammad Gandhi, Thomas Jefferson, and other big figures in history, the history of the world would never be what it is, but with the people who they influence are the ones who make their visions come true, so in reality history is made up of a combination of these two things, the individuals and ‘the people’.

Mankind has look back to history for centuries. We look to find answers to problems that exist today. Looking back into history has altered the minds of people which turn them into the people that they become. Martin Luther King Jr. looked back to the Declaration of Independence and got his views that all men are created equal. Then look at how many people look back at Martin Luther King’s ideas and bring them into today’s world. Everything that has been done in the past can bring something new to the future. Ideas in today’s world may soon affect people’s outlook for years to come. The ideas of the population can be altered and can make normal people become heroes in the hearts of many with just looking to the past.

On the other hand, ‘the people’ can also form the great leaders of the world. Countless important people throughout world history are affected and grow from the environment they are born into and grow up in, for better or worse. The environment that Adolph Hitler grew into led him to have a hate for the Jewish people. The popular opinion can have a huge affect on people’s individual mind. The main population can also create great leaders. Going back to Martin Luther King Jr., the environment he grew up in while being suppressed because of racism caused him to have strong opinions that won over the hearts of Americans and started the civil rights movement which changed the face of America and the world forever (Wikipedia).

History is sculpted from all angles and even the slightest change in anything can totally rearrange history forever. History truly does hang by a thread in that sense. If not for the ideas on the colonists in America that initiated the Revolutionary War against England and won, picture the world today, none of the ideas created by America would ever be put to good use throughout the world. One small event in the war that could have been taken back and changed may totally change the world forever. If not for the European renaissance, the artists of today may never have been inspired to create the paintings that they have, if not for the industrial revolution today’s major corporations may not have been created (History-world.). The world hangs in the balance of people learning from history, and then those people making history through their ideas and actions.

The public can also help to create history without just influencing the major individuals throughout history. The public can do many things by boycotting something, rioting, or other things. The African Americans inspired by Rosa Parks refusal to sit on the back of the bus cause the people of the area to boycott the bus service which helped in the struggling the civil rights movement (Wikipedia). In the Revolutionary War, the public took part in the Boston Tea Party which was one of the first major acts to oppose the England rule in America. Europeans helped to oppose the rule of Julius Caesar which eventually led to the assignation of him, freeing Rome from his rule. The public has a very important role throughout history but at time is forgotten about because the majority of people focus only on the big leaders. The public is the responsible for world changing events like electing a president every year. The public is largely responsible for all transactions initiated by leaders around the world, and without ‘the people’ their efforts would be futile.

Individuals throughout history have had their minds altered by other great leaders, past poems or documents, the public opinion, or other factors but in some way, the history has formed their ideas based on previous events, and history is made up of those great individuals and the population. History has a way of going through a cycle between creating great leaders and new public ideas, and then those people they create shaping new portions of history, and the cycle just keeps on repeating. This cycle is what allows the world to move forward by learning from the past to create a better future for everyone. The ideas created by past leaders still is in the minds of people today, whether it’s that all men are equal, slaves are wrong, or another issue that has been resolved based on the timeless values given by inspiring voices throughout history, without which the world would be different.

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1. "African-American Civil Rights Movement (1955–1968) -." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Web. 20 Feb. 2010. .
2. "History of the Renaissance in Europe: A rebirth, renewal, rediscovery." World History International: World History Essays From Prehistory To The Present. Web. 20 Feb. 2010. .
3. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rosaparks.jpg

Comparing Ancient Greece Oylpic Games to Modern Day Olympics

The Olympic games from the past and present have similarities and differences. In Ancient greece the games were used as a means of getting men fit to be in the military where today it involves professional athletes instead of training soldiers. The games were thought of as a way to show honor to the Gods in ancient Greece and that the Gods would champoin the winner and haver power over others which is a little like today in that the winners are crown with medals. The earliest events in the games were foot races, the earliest two being a race about 192 meters long and later being the diaulos, which measures to about 12 laps around a track today. Later on, other events such as boxing, wrestling, and the pancration which was an events that combined all forms of physical attack. Even later after that there were horse drawn chariot races and other things like mule races. Comparing these to modern day, some of the games played in the modern Plympics are a lot like what was played in the ancient world. In the ancient world a victorious athlete would bring great honor back to his home, much like today. The ancient Olympics ofGreece and today's have many similarities but the Olympics have come a long way since then.

Works Cited:
1. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Olympic_rings.svg
2. http://ow.ly/156BA

Editor: Revised Article 1

Article 1: What is History
Throughout time, the question of what is history has been asked by many people. I believe that history is everything and everyone that has happened or come before us. Many people look at history and base it simply off of the great world leaders, war battles, political conflicts, etc, but to me history includes everyone everywhere. Simple artifacts in history can tell us more about the time than people really think. History can be analyzed in many ways. Four of the more popular ways are Hegelian’s theory, the vortex theory, linear, or cyclical. Hegelian’s theory consist of the idea that there is a thesis and an antithesis which then leads to the synthesis. Linear theory is basically a timeline. The vortex theory is that things start large like a great empire or nation which then fall into something small, and then come back to being large again. Cyclical is based on everything being a cycle(Wikipedia/cyclical history). The concept of history is very interesting and there has never been a true answer that everyone has agreed on. I feel that out of the four examples of the ways to look at history from above, that the vortex is the best way.
Throughout history, people have always used basic ideas and base history around them but in reality history is not just the big factors everything that happen on every as trivial as a car accident in China to large events like World War II. I feel that history can never be described as a single idea History is the summary of events dating back to the start of time.
Linear history is the most commonly used way to show history. It is used every day in timelines, but I don’t think it is the most effective. I feel that for an overview of what history is, a timeline is the best way to look, but for more advanced ways to look at history I don’t see it as that because linear history highlights certain events and not all and cannot be applied to every situation (Infotrac/Timeline). Linear history is a key example of how most people look at history because it doesn’t give the full respect to certain events for a period of time, instead in highlights key figures and battles which to me is only half of the story. An example of how linear history is used is shown here:


Cyclical history is another way to study history. Cyclical refers to a cycle which indicates that history will just keep on repeating itself overtime. This is an inappropriate way to look at history as well because history will not continuously repeat itself forever, ideas, leaders, tactics, and technologies will always be changing which will throw the cycle off. The idea that history repeats itself has been brought up by historians for many years, and in some aspects I believe that history can, but it is the people in the era that decide what is going to happen, it is not just a continuous cycle that no one can break.
The third of the 4 most popular ways to look at history is the Hegelian theory. This is a simple concept but I think that it is the second best way to look at history. It is based on the concept of thesis plus antithesis result in the synthesis. For example, a boy leaves his clothes around the hours (thesis) + He is looking where he is going and these two would lead to him tripping on some of his clothes and broke his arm(synthesis). Hegel's theory is kind of like a cause and effect but there two events which lead to the events synthesizing and creating the end result(Wikipedia/Hegelian Theory). I think that this is a good way to analyze history because it can be applied to many events and makes a lot of sense. Hegelian’s theory is a good way to analyze a single event at a time but it cannot summarize very large events or more than one event at a time which I think limits it.
A fourth way is the vortex theory. I think that this is the best way to analyze history. The vortex theory is based on the theory that things will start out large then go to small and then back to large or vice verse. I think that in this aspect, history does repeat itself. It has been proved many times throughout history with some of the great civilizations in the world. It has been proved the civilizations of Harappa which was the most advanced civilization of its time which fell and essentially vanished from the Earth, The Persian Empire which was massive but fell to Alexander the Great, then when Alexander died, his empire of Greece fell. Another example would be the Roman Empire controlling a good part of Europe which fell, of the entire continent of Europe going into the Dark Ages and then coming out into the Renaissance. All of these examples back up the vortex theory because they have all happened in different time periods but are all relatively the same. There are countless examples of this even in your own life. The phrase “life has its ups and downs” is a very good way to sum up the vortex theory and people say that without even realizing it.

History is a very complicated study of everything that has happened before right now. I think the truth is that the little things all make the large parts of history possible so everything plays its role in the world. There is no one master way to view history that will allow you to see all aspects, but in reality all of these ways to look at history combined create the best way to look at history from key events of a timeline to simple situations analyzed by Hegel’s theory. History cannot be summed up by key events in the past but it is the summary of everything that happens before us that can then help us understand more about ourselves and learn from the past.

What is the oldest human-created artifact that has mattered to you? Why/how does it matter?

The object in history that matters to me the most is Stonehenge. This is important to me because when you study mysteries like this you can find a whole new kind of outlook on history and the world at the time. I don't know very much about it but the facts are very blurry and I see that as an opportunity for researchers and historians to look beyond the facts in front of us and dig deeper to find greater meaning in things we may have overlooked. I find Stonehenge an amazing artifact in history that people should pay more attention to because I think that there is so much more to learn from it, and that is why is matters to me.

Why do you think so many conspiracy theories surround the pyramids and the megaliths? Give examples of a few and explain where you think they come fro

I think that there are so many conspiracies about the pyramids because people don't fully understand them. much like the governmental conspiracies people create these ideas as a logical guess, and sometimes not logical. I think these come from stories told about ancient Egypt that have been interpreted in ways that they were not meant to be and people were able to think of ways to twist it into what they believe is the truth. The rumor that the pyramids were built by aliens is a popular one that I have hear but there are countless works of art throughout history that show men making the pyramids and not aliens. These conspiracies are very common and nothing more than misinterpretations of the real truth which leads to ideas in peoples' minds that are shared to create these ideas.

"War a form of Technology" Agree or Disagree

I strongly agree that war is a technology. War is like technologybecause it adds compents of science, math, physics, and other things in order to create it just like any other form of technology. War is constantly eveolving and there is lots of time and planing put into wars like technology. War is like a technology in action with everyday findings and tests on it. To me, war is just like any other technology we are working on today because even though it is violent and dadly, it is always evolving and there is lots of planning, strategy, and sciene that is put into it like other fields.

Link to Pixton Comic on Mummification

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Article 3: What is Important

Article 3: What is Important
To everyone in the world different things are important to them. What is important to someone else can be entirely different than someone else who lives in the house next to him. There are many different aspects to why people think that things are important. This can be because of value, size, quantity, or something else. Throughout history the idea of what is important has changed thousands of times for many different things. There are several things that encompass what most people think is important and have played a role throughout history. These include the arts, civilization, desire, power, and wealth. If you think about the majority of people would say that what they feel is important would fall under these categories and they survived the trails of history and are still important to us today.
The arts have played a very important role in the history of the world. Art defines the culture and feeling of places around the world. For example, in ancient Egypt, all of their art had an emphasis on death. This shows that their society had a very strong belief in life after death and the importance of a proper burial with the construction of pyramids (BBC History/Egypt). Another form of art that is important is music. Music is important because it can express the way a civilization feels and can show how the civilization has evolved through the usage of new techniques. Architecture is another art that is important to history. Not only does it show the advances in the human intellect with the usage of math and physics n the constructions of building but it also can describe other things about the culture. For example, the construction of civilizations shows that people are starting to grow together as a people and evolving. The more advanced the structure, the more advanced the civilization. People today regard the arts as a very important part of their lives just as much as ancient civilizations respected arts as an important part of the evolution of the ancient world to the modern world.
Something else that is important is civilization. Without civilizations forming, where would the world be today? Civilizations are the basic foundation to all life. If man were isolated to being exiled by themselves, we would not exist today. It is however a scientific fact that man is drawn to be around others. Civilizations forming were the start of what has now lead to large cities all over the world like Tokyo, Japan, New York City, New York, and others. Civilizations have provided the base for very important revolutions to occur like the rise of agriculture. When humans were able to begin to settle down in one place and plant crops, people could begin to put their attention on different things which opened a new world for humankind. With the fall of hunter gatherers, people began to discover new things like pottery, sculpture, religion, advances in technology, and the domestication of animals. Civilizations have supported countries for thousands of years until today.
Desire is extremely important. Desire is the driving force for people to get things done. Throughout history desire has led to great things. The desire for freedom led to America becoming its own nation, the desire for knowledge has led to thousands to medical and scientific knowledge. Desire can unite groups of people or can turn them against each other. Desire is a way to have people bring change to the world and create something new and valuable to improve the lives of many.
Power is vital to anything we do. Whether it’s mental power, physical, or just power over another, power had provided endless opportunities throughout history and still does today. Power dictates the successfulness of anything. That can be power in government, power in military force, power of a leader. Using ancient as an example, their leader, or Pharaoh, had ultimate power over everything and was thought of as a God. Today, Power is a defining factor. Our President, Barack Obama, is thought of as the most powerful man in the world. Power is important to lots of people because they find happiness in power. Abraham Lincoln said this about power, “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test his character, give him power” (Quotationspage.com) When it comes down to it, power can be a good thing or bad thing; it all depends on who the power is in the hands of. Power can build nations up or tear them down with a single move. Regardless of the positive or negative effects of power and the repercussions of it, most people can agree that power is very important.
The fifth and final category that most people and qualify what is important under is wealth. Wealth describes how much of one thing something has. That can be money, love, or something else. Wealth is one the key defining characters of what is important to people. The idea of wealth being important to many wealth in riches is the key to whether or not something is important. The wealth of a country often is the key people of how important it is. The United States is one of the wealthiest nations in the world which leads everyone to believe that it is an important nation. In this aspect, wealth is an effective way to tell whether or not something is important and if there is a wealth of something has made any impact in some way; odds are it is important in one way or another.
How important something is is an opinion held by people all over the world of different races and culture. If people look at what they think is important and trace it back to what the basic idea of what they think is important is, most people would be able to say that they it would fall under the categories of the arts, civilizations, desire, power, or wealth. What is important is an individual’s own view of what makes a difference to them and has affected the world and can be shared by millions or completely individual.

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Notes

In Mesopotamia the major structure were Zigarattes, in Egypt there were the pyramids and in Europe there were Dolmen. They were called Megalithic tombs which is where they would bury their dead. There were also Menhir which are standing stones where Megaliths were more like monuments. In Europe there was a structure called Stonehenge, it is located on the Salisbury Plains in England. It is a combination of Plinths and Lintels. There Plinths are the vertical pieces and Lintels are the horizontals. We are not sure why it was built but it is thought to be built by the Druids. It was built in the prehistoric era.