Ancient History Predictions/Thoughts (2 Viewers)

[Cute-Duckie]

I think the question was 'How significant were the key developments of democracy in the Greek World 500-440 BCE'

yeah that sounds about right, and then the other one was smth like "how successful were the battles of thermopylae and artemisium for greek victory"

 

[Cute-Duckie]

how did u guys use source e in pompeii and herculaneum?

bc it was all about what public buildings hadnt revealed yet bc we hadnt uncovered them

 

[radagastthebrown]

yeah that sounds about right, and then the other one was smth like "how successful were the battles of thermopylae and artemisium for greek victory"

A) was 'To what extent were the Battles of Thermopylae and Artemisum successful in the Persian Wars 480-79BC'
I would've probably been more likely to choose a) if it was 'successful for greek victory', because then I could've spoke about Salamis (which I knew a lot more on) too (saying yes themopylae, yes artemisum, but salamis was also...) but it was weird because it didn't say 'successful for greek victory' it said just 'successful' instead.
I think, correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[radagastthebrown]

how did u guys use source e in pompeii and herculaneum?

bc it was all about what public buildings hadnt revealed yet bc we hadnt uncovered them

I honestly ran out of time to be able to mention Source E properly, I definitely struggled with that source though. Still don't know 100% what it was saying.

 

[billy10101]

fucked on the essay question

 

[nitroexcalibur]

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

 

[billy10101]

started talking about strategies, leadership and armory after the first paragraph

 

[nitroexcalibur]

I honestly ran out of time to be able to mention Source E properly, I definitely struggled with that source though. Still don't know 100% what it was saying.

Ran out of time? Did you do p+h last or did you plan each question for time

 

[Cute-Duckie]

A) was 'To what extent were the Battles of Thermopylae and Artemisum successful in the Persian Wars 480-79BC'
I would've probably been more likely to choose a) if it was 'successful for greek victory', because then I could've spoke about Salamis (which I knew a lot more on) too (saying yes themopylae, yes artemisum, but salamis was also...) but it was weird because it didn't say 'successful for greek victory' it said just 'successful' instead.
I think, correct me if I'm wrong.

yeah you're def right, that makes sense

ngl i still talked about salamis but i was more like "they weren't successful in the short term, but in the long term they helped them win the war"

i still think it cooked me tho

 

[radagastthebrown]

Ran out of time? Did you do p+h last or did you plan each question for time

I did it all back to front. Figured if I was really running out of time it's easier to dot point short answer rather than dot point extended response questions. I got like half of the final P+H question before time run out. Got everything else done though (unlike trials where I 2 12 markers blank cos I ran out of time)

 

[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