AncientcivilizationsAncientcivilizationsPompeii(Italy)&Loulan(China)BackgroundknowledgePompeii•Location•ThesiteofPompeiiwaslocatedinwesternItalyinaregioncalledCampania,neartheBayofNaples.MapofPompeiiMapofPompeiiHistory•Itwasfirstoccupiedinthe8thcenturyBC.•TheEtruscanssoondominatedtheregion.TheEtruscanoccupationlastedthroughoutthe5thand6thcenturiesBC.•AftertheEtruscanscametheSaminites.TheSaminitesturnedPompeiiintoapureGreektown.•TheRomanstookcontrolofPompeiiaround200BC.•TheRomansretainedcontroloverPompeiiuntiltheend.AtimelineofeventsinPompeiiVesuvius(volcano)On24thAugustAD79,thevolcano(Vesuvius)eruptedandlava,ashandrockspouredoutofitontothesurroundingcountryside.Allthepeopleinthecitywereburiedalive.Loulan:GhostCity•LoulanwasastoppingpointontheOldSilkRoad,connectingChinatoEurope.•Initslifetime,LoulanwassituatedonthenorthshoreofLopNor(罗布湖).•.•Loulanwasabandonedinthesixthcenturyandwasgraduallycoveredbysandstorm.•Theirmostsignificantfindingwasafemalemummy,the"Loulanbeauty"whosegoodlookswereundiminished1,000yearslater.Unit3BacktothepastReadingLostCivilizations(excerptsfromAnn’straveldiary)Day1Day3Day10Day11Day2C1Howwelldidyouunderstandthedetailsinthediary?Readitagaincarefullyandanswerthefollowingquestions.1.WhathappenedtoPompeiiinAugustAD79?2.Howwastheburiedcitydiscovered?MountVesuviuseruptedandlava,ashandrockspouredoutofitontothesurroundingcountryside.AllthepeopleinPompeiiwereburiedalive,andsowasthecity.Itwasdiscoveredinthe18thcenturywhenafarmerfoundsomestonewithwritingonit.Peoplestartedtodigintheareafortreasure,whichcausedmuchdamage.Soin1860,theItalianarchaeologistGiuseppeFiorelliwasmadedirectorofthePompeiidig.3.WhatwerethesteppingstonesalongtheroadinPompeiiusedfor?4.WhywasLoulananimportantcityabout2,000yearsago?5.HowdomanypeoplethinkLoulandisappeared?6.Accordingtothelastsentence,howdidtheauthorfeelaboutthelossofLoulan?Withthestones,peopledidnothavetostepinthemudinthestreetsonrainydays.BecauseitwasastoppingpointonthefamousSilkRoadbetweentheEastandtheWestItwasgraduallycoveredoverbysandstormsfromAD200toAD500.Shefeltthatitwasapity!RUINSOFPOMPEIIStonesigntempleofJupiterLargetheater•WallpaintingsandmosaicfloorRuinsofLoulan