Ancient History Predictions/Thoughts (11 Viewers)

[Cute-Duckie]

Still don't know 100% what it was saying.

same here lmao

 

[Cute-Duckie]

My only gripes with the exam was the last question on the Julio Claudians. I chose option B as opposed to option a cause I didn’t remember much of Augustus’ death and its impacts. But overall I wrote the least for that compared to my other sections

yeah i def wrote the least for the essay, i wrote like 8 or 9 pages for xerxes, 7 for persian society, and used 1 extra page for pompeii and herculaneum, but for greek world i only wrote like 5 and a half

 

[nitroexcalibur]

yeah i def wrote the least for the essay, i wrote like 8 or 9 pages for xerxes, 7 for persian society, and used 1 extra page for pompeii and herculaneum, but for greek world i only wrote like 5 and a half

yeah i think roughly the same for my equivalent of those topics

 

[nitroexcalibur]

for those who did the Julio Claudians who chose option B? or if you chose option A how did you find it

 

[radagastthebrown]

Do I just have really small handwriting, because my essay was only 3 1/2 pages long???

 

[Cute-Duckie]

Do I just have really small handwriting, because my essay was only 3 1/2 pages long???

how many words do you write per line? i do around 6 i think (my handwriting is pretty big)

 

[radagastthebrown]

how many words do you write per line? i do around 6 i think (my handwriting is pretty big)

12+ per line haha

 

[nitroexcalibur]

Do I just have really small handwriting, because my essay was only 3 1/2 pages long???

For section 4? Idk I wrote a little over 6 pages, most people at my school did 7-8 with decently neat handwriting

 

[Cute-Duckie]

12+ per line haha

oml yes you have small writing and yes you're absolutely fine for word count

 

[nitroexcalibur]

same here lmao

source E was an extract from professor wallace hadrill, who started the Herculaneum conservation project. basically a massive archaeological project in Herculaneum aimed at restoring the town through funding, as the town received even less international funding than pompeii and was neglected.

even if you didn’t get to study him, all you really needed to know is that he was talking about how Herculaneum by comparison has far less public buildings which makes studying its public life a bit more difficult. but you can make inferences from the bathhouses and the theater that’s there as well as the absence of many public buildings to show the wealth of the town

 

[Cute-Duckie]

source E was an extract from professor wallace hadrill, who started the Herculaneum conservation project. basically a massive archaeological project in Herculaneum aimed at restoring the town through funding, as the town received even less international funding than pompeii and was neglected.

even if you didn’t get to study him, all you really needed to know is that he was talking about how Herculaneum by comparison has far less public buildings which makes studying its public life a bit more difficult. but you can make inferences from the bathhouses and the theater that’s there as well as the absence of many public buildings to show the wealth of the town

yeah ty, i talked about how it has less public buildings so it makes it harder but i just feel like it didnt link to the question as much yk

 

[nitroexcalibur]

how many pages did you guys smash thru for section 4? historical periods

 

[Cute-Duckie]

how many pages did you guys smash thru for section 4? historical periods

i didnt do enough, i wrote like 4 pages of actual stuff and then an extra page and a half of yap (i think im cooked)

 

[earlgreyteawithmilkfoam]

i didnt do enough, i wrote like 4 pages of actual stuff and then an extra page and a half of yap (i think im cooked)

omg this is so real, i feel like the essay qs were a bit weird this yr but that may have js been my section

 

[Cute-Duckie]

omg this is so real, i feel like the essay qs were a bit weird this yr but that may have js been my section

yeah my selection was weird too, what did u do?
(i did greek world)

 

[earlgreyteawithmilkfoam]

yeah my selection was weird too, what did u do?
(i did greek world)

i did new kingdom egypt to the death of ramesses iii, IMO i feel like there just wasn't that much to talk about for the qs they give

 

[Cute-Duckie]

i did new kingdom egypt to the death of ramesses iii, IMO i feel like there just wasn't that much to talk about for the qs they give

yeah same, ngl for the second one i think there was a bit more (but i wasnt familiar with that part of the syllabus lol do i didnt do it), but then for the first question it was assessing victory or smth in 2/5 battles (all 5 battles are in the one dot point)
like that was so narrow what

 

[ralph22]

Idk if this will help last minute, but i walked pas my schools printing room and my mate in the year below took the paper. Pompeii is on animal remains and eruption, also essay is 2 delian league questions for essay and part is role of women lowley so weird but hope this helps guys

Screw you dude

 

[Cute-Duckie]

yeah same, ngl for the second one i think there was a bit more (but i wasnt familiar with that part of the syllabus lol do i didnt do it), but then for the first question it was assessing victory or smth in 2/5 battles (all 5 battles are in the one dot point)
like that was so narrow what

and its not even the two most important battles, its just two mid ones

 

[earlgreyteawithmilkfoam]

yeah same, ngl for the second one i think there was a bit more (but i wasnt familiar with that part of the syllabus lol do i didnt do it), but then for the first question it was assessing victory or smth in 2/5 battles (all 5 battles are in the one dot point)
like that was so narrow what

yeah, i did the second q for my section, but for the first q it was like evaluate the role of post amarna pharaohs up to the death of horemheb, and w that there's only like 2 main pharaohs you can really talk about in depth (there are like 5 main pharaohs overall in the syllabus). idk why nesa r narrowing the scope of these essay qs so much