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Roman Culture 18
Glassmaking and Egypt
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Language - Latin
9th Grade
03/21/2011

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Term
earliest glassmaking
Definition
500 BC
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Glass is Made From:
Definition

sand

plant ash or natron

lime

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Earliest Use
Definition

glaze for ceramics

 

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Free Forming
Definition
oldest form of glassmaking, glass is molded around a core then the core is removed, works only for small luxury products like perfume bottles
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Casting and Cutting
Definition
glass cast into a mold, excess is cut away
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Special Casting and Cutting
Definition
cameo glass and cage cups
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Millefiore
Definition
thousand flowers, short sections of canes cut off making flat disks that are melted and molded into shapes
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Ribbon Glass
Definition
heated canes sagged over a mold until fused
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Drawbacks to Casting and Cutting
Definition

labor intensive

expensive
time consuming

high breakage rate

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Free-Blowing
Definition
produce a glass bubble of glass by blowing steadily on a rod, heating a blowing increase size
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Mold Blowing
Definition
hot glass is blown into a mold then finished a shaped like free-blowing
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Glass Blowing
Definition
1st century AD, results in mass production of glass,
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Natural Color of Glass
Definition
blue-green, because of varying amounts of iron impurities in sand
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Clear Glass
Definition

excellent refractor of light

causes glass tableware to become common

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Why are glass containers reusable?
Definition

strength

light weight

resistance to odors/residue

transparency

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Buildings that benefit from glass windows
Definition
thermae
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Venetian Glass
Definition
equals or suprasses the skill of ancient glass-makers
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Effects of the Annual Flooding of the Nile
Definition
waters land and deposits new soil, causing a large surplus of grain
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Ruling Groups of Egypt
Definition

pharoahs

persians

greeks

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Lives of Farmer Peasants
Definition

regarded as property of rulers and slaves,

can't leave without permission

plant what they are told

didn't recieve their share of the crop until the ruler recieved his

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Roman Occupation
Definition

used the land for their pwn benefit so their own people wouldn't starve or revolt

 

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Results of Unfair Egyptian Society
Definition
bribes,corruption, social and racial unrest
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Items Imported to Rome From Egypt
Definition
grains, papyrus, gold, marble, and granite
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Egyptain Practices Romans Adopt
Definition

worship of Isis, Serapis, and Osiris

Roman paint hyroglyph and intricate paintings on tombs

Rulers portrayed like Egyptian gods

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