Christianity/ Catholics

Catholicism did not begin for the first thousand of years of the start of Christianity. The reason why was because there was no Eastern Orthadoxy or Protestanism to start it. There was only the "one, holy, catholic church" affirmed by the early creeds, which was the body of Christian believers all over the world, united by common traditions, beliefs, church structure and worship. Catholic means "universal". During the Middle Ages, if you were a Christian, you belonged to the Catholic Church.

The belief's of Distinctive Roman Catholic beliefs include the special authority of the pope, the ability of saints to intercede on behalf of believers, the concept of Purgatory as a place of afterlife purification before entering Heaven. The bread used in the Eucharist becomes the true body of Christ when blessed by a priest. Catholics celebrate Mass. In Catholicism, Mass is the Eucharist. Catholics pray to the Virgin Mary to thank her for bringing baby Jesus to earth.

Plateau of Iran

One day when Sabas, Aurteamus, and I were doing a history report on the Plateau of Iran also known as the Persian Plateau. We found out that it is the part of the Eurasian Plate wedged between the Arabian and Indian plates, situated between the Zagros mountains to the west, the Caspian Sea and the Kopet Dag to the north, the Hormuz Strait and Arabian Sea to the south and Indus River to the east. When we turned in our report we got an "A" for effort and actually going to iran to find out the information that we got.

Taurus Moutians

Today we visited to Taurus Mountains the western part is called Bati and the eastern part is called Orta. We found out that much of the mountain is limestone. We also found out that the mountain's have many lake but lots are dried out. The mountains tree limit's is 2,000 to 2,500 meters.When we were leaving the mountain's we almost got lost because the mountains are surrounded by Forrest.

Persian Gulf

One day when Sabas, Aurteamus, and I were trying to find a way across the Indian Ocean we found out that the Persian Gulf was an extension to it. So we decided to go that way. When we were searching for directions they didn't know what we were talking about because people of the Arab States called it the Arabian Gulf. But when we got there we didn't know what to do because the Persian Gulf is connected to the Gulf of Oman. But the Gulf of Oman was larger so we decided to stick with the Persian Gulf. The Persian Gulf was only 989 kilometers so it wouldn't take to long to get across. When we got home our family was fascinated about our story.

Red Sea

Sabas, Aurteamus, and I were on our way back to America from the Middle East. We were on our way back from visiting some family. As we were walking to the next boat station we wanted to visit the Red Sea, we found out that it was a seawater inlet from the Indian Ocean. In the north it was blocked by the Sanai Peninsula so we couldn't go that way. And we couldn't go staight across because it was bordered by the Great Rift Valley. So the Red Sea's surface area is roughly 169,100 square miles. When we went across Africa we found out that the Red Sea is the northernmost tropical sea. When we got home our friends were amazed by the amazing story we told about what we learned on our visit.