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Graham's Powerpoint presentation. Independent Study Project Experience: 3rd Project Description: my isp is the study of Hannibal the
conqueror a great war leader who lead the Carthaginians to
victory over the romans. He did great things as a leader Primary Product: Powerpoint Presentation Define your project: a power point presentation is a
slide show about your isp topic it is full of
information Objectives I did: Other objectives I will do: This year for my independent study project I chose
Hannibal the Conqueror. Hannibal the Conqueror was the man
that had his army cross the impossible river to cross and he
crossed the Alps one of the highest mountains in the world.
That was a little background about Hannibal. I think I
selected this topic because I was told about Hannibal a few
years ago. I never really thought about him much until this
year in social studies. Now that I think about he was a
great leader and I wanted to learn a lot more about him. So
I chose him for my project. As time went on I hoped to learn where Hannibal was from
and how he crossed the Ebro River. I also would like to
learn how he crossed the Alps with his army of 33,000
soldiers and 37 elephants. I actually didn't learn all I
wanted to. I just wasn't satisfied with the information I
got. I don't know why. All of the things turned out as I
expected them to. To gain the information I had to research. I did very
productive research. I read books. I read articles on the
internet. Whenever or whatever I learned I wrote down on a
fact card. I think the information I gained was helpful to
me. The things that were difficult were finding good web
sites. Most of the web sites were about the Hannibal the
Conqueror movie coming out soon. Hannibal had a good life. He was the king's son so he had
riches and even from a young age he was taught to hate the
Romans. His father Hamilicar Barca taught him this. At
Hannibal's age he did not think about delivering Carthage
his homeland from the Romans. When Hannibal was 18 his
father Hamilicar died in a battle. So Hannibal's brother in
law became king. Then 3 years later Hasbrudal was
assassinated. Finally Hannibal became the king of Carthage.
Hamilicar was in a war with the Romans. The war was called
the First Punic War. For Hannibal's whole life he was a
warrior. The men who served him loved him not because he was
he was their king. They loved him because he was a good
leader and he cared about them not just himself. Him and his
father were both even by their enemies unmatchable leaders.
He acted with feelings about his men not his own self like
so many other leaders did. He really cared about how his men
were taken care of because they were going to win the war
for Carthage not him. The First Punic War ended when Hasbrudal died. Then Rome
and Carthage had seven years of peace. When Hannibal built
his forces he had a great navy but later on in the war the
Romans matched the navy of Carthage. The treaty was called
the treaty of the river of Ebro. The main enemies of
Carthage were the Romans but there were also some African
tribes that were allied with Carthage. Others were not with
Carthage but with Rome. Rome was in a thirteen year war with
Carthage. Then they had the seven years of peace. Hannibal
then attacked a Spanish city allied with Rome to break the
peace. They seized the Spanish city for eight months. Then
they won it over. The year was 218 B.C. and that was when
the two great forces were getting nowhere by fighting at sea
so Hannibal decided to take a stand on the ground. To get to
Rome Hannibal and his men had to overcome great obstacles
like crossing the river of Ebro and crossing the Alps - one
the highest mountains in the world. He and his men had
courage and faith that they could overcome both of these
great obstacles. In Hannibal's army the soldiers had a
uniform but some may not have but anyway all the soldiers
were great fighters. Hannibal had to get to the other side of the river of
Ebro. When he got to the crossing point he met a hostile
tribe. He could have fought the tribe and taken their boats
but he didn't. He bought the boats at a full price which is
very smart. So the tribe allied with Hannibal and help
Hannibal cut down and make boats. The tribe also told them
of a secret crossing farther up the river. So in the night
Hannibal told Hanno to hand pick soldiers to cross the river
and then when he give a signal came to are crossing point.
Since the elephants were afraid of the water and it was in
flood season they needed rafts. Everybody said the river was
impossible to cross in flood season. The elephants were
afraid so they covered the rafts with moss and dirt so when
the elephants stepped on it they thought it was ground. Then
they cut the rope and the elephants floated across the
river. Right before they started a fire so Hanno and his men
came. When Hannibal's men came near to the other side the
barbarians started laughing at them and thought Hannibal was
the stupidest general ever. In the middle of all this Hanno
had him and his men kill the barbarian army without them
even knowing they were being slaughtered. Then Hannibal
fought skirmishes gaining ground slowly. When he finally
reached the Alps he had 33,000 men and 37 elephants. I am
about to tell you how Hannibal crossed the alps. You
probably think that Hannibal had a great way to cross the
Alps but he didn't he just when up went over and came down.
It took him 14 days and 15,000 men and 20 elephants to cross
the Alps. This was in October. He defeated P. Cornelius Scipio at
the Ticinus river and also defeated Sempronius Longus at the
Trebbis river in December. Then in Central Italy Hannibal
defeated the Romans led by Flaminus. Hannibal had a smaller
army then Flaminus. Hannibal led 3 scouts up to the Roman
camp where the army was staying. The scouts got the
attention of the army. The scouts acted like they were
really scouting but they were just really get the armies
attention and they did. Hannibal hid his soldiers in the
cliffs and the trees and brush. When the Roman army came by
Hannibal had his archers fire 3 or 4 arrows to lower their
numbers. Then the infantry came out and fought the Romans
who didn't know what the heck was going on but they still
put up a good fight. The Romans lost 15,000 soldiers
including their leader Flaminus. Hannibal had his men search
the field and bury Flaminus's body. When the Romans heard
they replaced him with Fabius Maximum. The new dictator
avoided Hannibal because he had fear of him. There were other things that I think are pretty amazing.
You have heard this before but I still can't believe that
Hannibal crossed the great river of Ebro with 33,000 men and
37 elephants. Hannibal lost 15,000 men in 14 days not even
fighting but just trying to get to the place to fight.
Hannibal was a very great war leader. Hannibal and his
father were very respected war leaders. Even by their
enemies they were known to be the greatest. There are some jobs related to my independent study
project. One of the jobs is a battle strategist because
Hannibal was a great battle strategist. You would have to
study very hard to become a battle strategist. Another job
is a historian because you learn and research about events
happening in the past like the story of Hannibal. You would
have to go to college for about 3 or 4 years to become a
historian. I really had a good time doing this project. I had bad
times and good times but over all it was fun. Well for one
thing it helped me to learn about Hannibal and the First and
Second Punic Wars. I learned some cool facts too. I don't
think I could do more. If I haven't found it yet I probably
won't find it. This project was a cool experience. Glossary Alps: Mountain system extending from France through
Switzerland, Italy, SW Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia,
Bosnia and Herzogineva into Yugoslavia Carthage: A ancient civilization city in the northern
region of Africa now known as Tunisia Nation: A stable historically developed community of
people with territory economic life distinctive culture and
language in common. The people of a territory united under
one government. Navy: A fleet of ships The entire sea force of a
nation Seige: the encircle ment of a fortified place by an
opposing armed force. Strategist: One using strategy one skilled in
strategy Strategy: Generalship directing large scale military
operations. A maneuvering of forces into most advantageous
positions prior to actual engagement. Uniform: always the same not changing or varying known
throughout the nation Bibliography Hagedorn, Herman. (unknown year). Eleven Who
Dared. Unknown city. Unknown name. (unknown year). [Online] Available
http://www.Hannibal
and the punic wars.com. Unknown name. (unknown year). [Online] Available
http://www.Free
ancient and medieval history of Greek and Byzantium
emperors.com.
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1 - I wrote a report
2 - I read a book
3 - I looked up lots of information on the internet
1 - I plan to draw a picture of Hannibal
2 - I plan to make a back drop
3 - I plan to make a Powerpoint
4 - I plan to make a poem about Hannibal
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