Ancient

civilizations1Pompeii

(Italy)

&

Loulan

(China)2Background

knowledgePompeiiLocationThe

site

of

Pompeii

was

located

in

western

Italy

in

a

regioncalled

Campania,

near

the

Bay

ofNaples.3Map

ofPompeii4HistoryIt

was

first

occupied

in

the

8th

century

BC.The

Etruscans

soon

dominated

the

region.

The

Etruscan

occupation

lastedthroughout

the

5th

and

6th

centuries

BC.

After

the

Etruscans

camethe

Saminites.

The

Saminites

turnedPompeiiinto

a

pure

Greek

town.The

Romans

took

control

of

Pompeii

around

200

BC.The

Romans

retained

control

over

Pompeii

until

the

end.A

timeline

of

events

in

Pompeii5Vesuvius

(volcano)

On

24th

August

AD

79,

thevolcano

(Vesuvius)

eruptedand

lava,

ash

and

rockspoured

out

ofit

ontothesurrounding

countryside.All

the

people

in

the

city

wereburied

alive.6Loulan:

GhostCityLoulan

was

astopping

point

onthe

Old

SilkRoad,connectingChina

to

Europe.In

its

lifetime,Loulanwas

situated

on

thenorth

shore

of

LopNor(羅布湖)..7Loulan

was

abandonedin

the

sixth

century

andwas

gradually

coveredbysandstorm.Their

most

significantfinding

was

afemalemummy,

the

"Loulanbeauty"

whose

goodlookswere

undiminished

1,000yearslater.8Unit3

Back

to

the

pastReadingLost

Civilizations(excerpts

from

Ann’s

traveldiary)Day

1Day

3Day

10Day11Day

29C1

How

well

did

you

understand

the

details

in

the

diary?

Read

itagain

carefully

and

answer

the

followingquestions.79?1.

What

happened

to

Pompeii

in

August

ADMount

Vesuvius

eruptedand

lava,

ash

androckspoured

out

of

it

onto

the

surrounding

countryside.All

the

peoplein

Pompeii

were

buried

alive,

andso

was

thecity.2.

HIt

owwaswdiasscotvheerebduirniethdec1i8tythdciesnctourvyewrehde?na

farmerfound

some

stone

with

writing

on

it.

People

startedto

dig

in

the

area

for

treasure,

which

caused

muchdamage.

So

in

1860,

the

ItalianarchaeologistGiuseppe

Fiorelli

was

made

director

of

the

Pompeiidig.10

What

were

thestepping

stones

along

the

road

inPompeii

used

for?With

the

stones,

people

did

not

have

to

step

in

themud

in

the

streets

on

rainy

days.Why

was

Loulan

an

important

city

about

2,000 years

ago?Because

it

was

a

stopping

point

on

the

famous

SilkRoad

between

the

East

and

the

WestHow

do

many

people

think

Loulan

disappeared? It

was

gradually

covered

over

by

sandstorms

from AD

200

to

AD

500.According

to

the

last

sentence,

how

did

the

author

feelabout

the

loss

ofLoulan?She

felt

th