powerpoint

Today in class we looked over some kind of fancy power point i forget the name for. We went over things that happened in Egyptian civilization. For example, they are known for their great pyramids they made. All history books tech about these pyramids, they were equivalent to a fifty story building and were made by hand. After being studied, the people of importance lived in the pyramids and made rooms and tunnels connecting rooms and other tunnels together. Also, since they lived on the Nile they had plenty of water. During July the Nile always floods and the people found a way to get the water to flood to fields and called it irrigation. They began to grow crops. The Pharaoh was the most looked up to person in the society. Then came government officials and military personnel. People like farmers, peasants, and scribes came after them. The Egyptian civilization was advanced because they had chariots for military combat.

POP QUIZZZZZZZZZZ

Today in class we had a pop quiz. It was not very hard, i got a 80%. When we came in we got a chance to study so we could refresh our memory since we didn't have this class for a long amount of time. Then we found out that our quiz was only going ti be 5 questions. After we finished the quiz we went over the correct answers so we could see what all we got wrong. Then since the scantron grading machine was across the hall, Mr. Schick went and graded them. During that time we were able to get started on our homework. We had to read LO3 in the textbook and take notes on it to put in a blog for tonight. I got most of it done in class so i did not have as much homework to do tonight for west civ class.

LO3 notes

• Egyptian civilization was more stable than that of Mesopotamia. 
• Usually there was no war, but occasionally there were times of trouble that called for invigorating trouble.
• the traditions of Egyptian civilizations became so strong that they flourished even in the last thousand years.
• The pallet was used for grinding makeup for divine images in in an upper Egyptian temple about 310 B.C
• These civilizations grew up in thin strips of fertile land when the Nile crosses the north African desert.
• The Egyptians, like other polytheistic peoples, recognized no hard- and- fast boundary between humans and gods.
• Pharaoh was to be obeyed as man given power by God's.
• Pharaoh was known as 3 people: sun- God Re, the king of all other God's and Goddess, and Horus. 
• Women close to the Pharaoh had a touch of divinity. 
• It was first believed that the Pharaoh was immortal.
• soul of every single deceased person had to come before Osiris, the ruler of the under world, for judgement.
• Hieroglyphs- the earliest Egyptian writing, comes from the Greek word sacred carvings. 
• 3100 B.C- became part of carvings and paintings intended to honor the Pharaohs. 
• The Egyptians were also knowledgeable in practical medicine. 
• Understood nothings of Germs and infections and believed that sickness was caused by demons entering the body. 
• One reason for their superiority of their medical techniques, no doubt, was the anatomical knowledge.
• They improved water transportation along the Nile due to the help of the sailboat they began making.
• Sailboats were made out of timber, a valuable source.
• There temples were by far their best area of excellence.
• about 2200 B.C a series of weak pharaohs allowed local officials to gain independent hereditary power.
• Egypt became a province of the empire of Persia, and it was finally ruled by the Greeks in 30 B.C, it was conquered by the Romans.

Early dimissal

Today i did not have your class because we got out early for the snow.

video

Today in class we were watching a 11 minute video clip. The man who does the video clip is very interesting and it is sort of a fun way to learn instead of reading the book or getting lectured to. The man made it interesting to listen to. He was explaining some of the biggest advantages and disadvantages to agriculture.Some of the advantages included the fact that if there was no drought or famine the farmers were able to produce more food to feed the people. Also, some of the crops they were starting to plant and harvest could be used stored for longer amounts of time. Disadvantages were they had to plant a lot more crops to be able to domesticate some animals. Bigger animals needed to have more to eat. Also, elephants took 22 months for a baby to develop and they only had one off spring no more. this was a very big turn off to the people.

3rd day of class

Today in class we were talking about the essays we wrote over the weekend and comparing them to guns germs and steel. Then Mr. Schick told us he used to be a cab driver which is pretty awesome to me. Here are some of the notes i took during our class time today:
1. Neolithic age= New stone age.
2. 200,000 years ago, the first human species emerged in Southwestern Africa.
3. Earliest prehistoric age is Paleolithic age also known as the old stone age.
4. Initially, humans were part of migratory groups which hunted and fished and gathered some types of plants for food.
5. 14,000 years ago, a worldwide human race existed.
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                                                  AGRICULTURE REVOLUTION
6. villagers were polytheistic, worshiped multiple nature, animals, and God's.
7. Society shifted from hunting and gathering to more permanent civilizations.
8. Hierarchies appeared in village life.
9. Invention of the wheel and plow made possible to produce enough food for storage.
10. Higher population because mother shad enough time to stay home and care for the children now.

Geographic Luck writing assignment.

Yes, I think Jared Diamond was on track with his theory of geographic luck.  It took many things for people to realize just how advanced they could become. For example, it took geographic luck for anything, basically just to survive. The people had to have luck to build tools. If they were located at a spot where metals could be found and made, they could advance better because tools could be used. Also, they could sell and trade the tools they were producing to areas that were unable to build tools for farming. Also, with geographic luck animals were able to be found and eaten. If your civilization was located somewhere where no grass or grains could be grown, you probably would not have any animals around there because they would have nothing to eat, making it pointless for them to live in that area. Also, the people who were involved in the agricultural revolution were located mostly in the same area. Southwestern Asia clearly was able to advance quicker than most civilizations. They were able to plant and tame plants that could survive and feed a lot of people, and they could domesticate animals for eating and breeding. Along with the plants, they had fertile soil making farming in the first place possible. This showed other people they could maybe do the same thing everyone else was doing. This could be the reason other civilizations began to grown foods like rice, beans, wheat, barley, etc. Lastly, technology played a huge role in this advancement. According to the book, “Many new skills and technologies were used to adapt plants and animals to human needs.” If it weren’t for these tools, farming would take a lot longer and less food could be picked. Then when picked technological advancements along the way made it possible for the food to be cooked, cut, and stored for long amounts of time. In conclusion, I do think Jared Diamond knew what he was talking about using the term geographic luck. The people of Mesopotamia were some of the luckiest people in the world having fertile soil, and the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.