Hanging gardens of Babylon

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon are thought to have been built in the ancient city of Babylon. Even though there is no proof that they actually existed, they are considered to be one of the Seven Wonders of the World. It is called the Hanging Gardens because the gardens were built high above the ground on multi-level stone terraces. The plants weren't rooted in the earth like a traditional garden. If it existed it was likely the most beautiful man-made gardens ever created.

The Hanging Gardens are the only one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world that may not even have existed.

There is no evidence in Babylonian sources that the gardens ever existed. There is also no solid archaeological evidence that they existed.

Several ancient Roman and Greek writers wrote about the gardens. They wrote about why they were built, how they were built, and the size of the gardens. They even described how the gardens were watered. They didn't all agree on why they were built or who they were built for.

The most popular theory is that the gardens were built by king Nebuchadnezzar II to make his wife happy. She was homesick for the plants and gardens of her homeland.

King Nebuchadnezzar II ruled Babylon from 605BC, for a period of 43 years. It was during this time that he is said to have had the Hanging Gardens built.

If the gardens actually existed, it would have taken 8,200 gallons of water each day to keep the plants watered.

The gardens were thought to be about 75 feet high. The water would have had to have been carried up or transported to the top of the gardens by a primitive water irrigation system.

There are many clay tablets that exist from the time period when the Hanging Gardens would have existed. None of these ancient tablets mention the Hanging Gardens.

Many believe that if the gardens did exist they would have been located south of Bagdad in Iraq.

Some historians and archaeologists believe that the gardens did exist and were destroyed by war and erosion. Some believe it was earthquakes that eventually devastated and destroyed the gardens.

In the ‘Hanging Gardens', the plants did not actually hang. They grew from many different levels of terraces (similar to balconies).

The word ‘hanging' comes from the Latin word ‘pensilis' or the translation of the Greek word ‘kremastos'. It actually means overhanging instead of just hanging.

A Greek historian named Diordorus Siculus described the gardens as being 400 feet wide by 400 feet long. He also said that the walls were more than 80 feet high.

Between 1899 and 1917 a German archaeologist Robert Koldewey may have unearthed the Hanging Gardens. What he unearthed resembled what Diordorus Siculus had described. In the bottom of the ‘hanging gardens' there were three strange holes in the floor that would have worked well for a chain pump irrigation system. This would have made it possible to irrigate the plants.

Recent excavations have found traces of aqueducts near Nineveh, which would have supported such a garden. Nineveh is 300 miles away from Babylon.

The Clocktower

A long time ago lived a girl, Sophie who was tricked by an evil prince. Now she has to dance to spin a cog to make the world move if she goes out the world will freeze. I will tell you what happened.

Once upon a time there was a rich girl who wanted to get married. One day her father invited all the boys in the kingdom to have a ball party in their majestic room filled with gold.

But the evil prince Lachlan son of the deadliest sorcerer had been invited and  Sophie did not know what danger she is in.

"Look, son"said the sorcerer. "The princess invited you to her ball party".

"Great, I have a plan we can trap her in a different dimension and make her dance to make the world move if she comes out the world will freeze."

That night was when the ball was. At 8PM people started to pour in.

When the evil prince came in sophie suddenly fell in love with him
and danced all night. Then sophie kissed Lachlan on the hand. BUT Lachlan had a poisenus hand and when sophie kissed him she was instatly transported to a different dimension were she has to dance to keep the world moving.

Samoa

science homework

1. Doors- They transfer force from your hand to the door. Newtons third law. 
2. Electronics- sort of self-explanatory. 
3. Baking Mix- Many ingredients mix together to form a chemical reaction that causes the food to be cooked 
4. Cleaning- Detergents are chemicals that pull dirt off of other things 
5. Certain types of clocks- mechanics 
6. Lamps- They separate electrons from atoms which emits a glow 
7. Eyeglasses/Magnifying Glasses- They bend light in a way that makes objects bigger or brings them into focus. 
8. Sinks- They use fluid dynamics to send water through pipes 
9. Plants- They use photosynthesis to produce food 
10. Ovens- Use convection current to heat things
11. Ice cubes-changes from a liquid to a solid
12. microwave-uses radioactive waves to make things hot
13. Heater-When electric current flows through any resistance, it generates heat
14. Pylons-They are used to support conductors which operate at very high voltages
15. Fridge-Modern refrigerators use a gas called HFC-134a, also called tetrafluoroethane 
16. Trees-They breath in co2 and breath out o2.
17.Ball point pen-A ball point pen is a pen that uses a small rotating ball made of brass, steel, or tungsten carbide to disperse ink as you write.
18. Remote control-Remote controls work using Infra Red technology.
19. Perfume-is the fragrance molecules that
cause the scents we smell by sending electrical messages to our brains which create the perceived aroma.
20. glass-glass contains about 70-72 weight % of silicon dioxide (SiO2). The major raw material is sand (or "quartz sand") that contains almost 100% of crystalline silica in the form of quartz.
21.Iron-The combination of the iron's heat and steam breaks the hydrogen bonds that were previously formed into a wrinkled state. When those wrinkled bonds are broken, the weight of the iron straightens out the cloth fibers. When the fibers cool, the hydrogen molecules bond once again in the straightened state. 
22. Iron(metal version)-It's just made by nuclear fusion that requires very high pressure and temperature.
23. Hairdryer-A hairdryer works on electricity, sucking in air and blowing it past heated elements, forcing hot air out to dry the hair.
24. magnetic trains-Maglev (derived from magnetic levitation), is a system of transportation that uses magnetic levitation to suspend, guide and propel vehicles from magnets rather than using mechanical methods, such as wheels, axles and bearings. 
25. Diesel trains-The diesel engine only runs a big electric generator and that generator sends electric to electric traction motors that drive the wheels.
26. Electric trains-The tracks or the over head power lines are live and provide voltage to the DC(Direct current) motors that power the trains. 
27.Dehumidifier-An air conditioner is a form of a dehumidifier. An air conditioner compresses gases to move heat from one location (inside) to another (outside).
28. Wood-It a heterogeneous, hygroscopic, cellular and anisotropic material. 
29. Hybrid cars-A hybrid car works by combining two smaller engines to produce the power of a larger engine. Usually, it's a gas engine and an electric engine.
30. Planes- it uses lift, thrust, drag and gravity.
31. Mirror-Light reflects off a mirror because of the interaction of the light with the free electrons in the metal that is used in all mirrors.
32. CD/DVD-CD's and DVD's are made of aluminum and they have little, little holes in them that store data which is burned from a cd/dvd burner with a laser
33. Sun-The sun burns by *nuclear fusion* - four hydrogen atoms are being fused into a single helium atom, billions of times each second, under tremendous heat and pressure.