Today in West Civ class we started our exam by writing three out of the five essay that were given. We had to explain each essay in full detail in order to get the best grade possible. I decided to write essay A, C, and D because I believed those were the ones I knew most about. For essay A, I had to explain how geographic luck applied to Ancient Rome, Ancient Greece, and Ancient Egypt. For the second essay I had to explain the different social hierarchies of Ancient Rome and Ancient Egypt. For the last essay I had to compare and contrast the governments of Ancient Rome and The United States in year of 2015.

Today in West Civ class we used our knowledge while taking our Ancient Rome final test. Overall I thought the test was very easy, I really enjoy doing the big project on Ancient Rome and explaining it in front of the class because I feel like I really benefited from it . Our project got an A so I was very pleased with every ones work ethic in my group.

Today in West Civ class we reviewed for our upcoming Ancient Rome test on Wednesday. We went over the full power point and asked questions about it. We also talked about our exam and what we should be studying for it.

Today in west civ was our last day of presenting Rome projects, only two groups went today. Suki and Christina made a video, built a coliseum, and drew a picture of a pore and wealthy person. Then Katie's group went and they built something out of wine corks then made a huge poster board explaining it. Overall this was a very fun project and I enjoyed it very much, it was a great learning experience.

Today in class 3 more groups presented their projects. The first group was Nikki, Chris, and Sydney they built the coliseum and made a chocolate cake. The second group Nathan, Reece, and James and they reenacted a battle. The third group was Jack and Colin and they built this thing that launched things at castles or villages back in Ancient Rome. For example the used to throw cows, rocks, and huge things but today we launched a tennis ball, golf ball, and a ping pong ball.

Today in class we started to present our Ancient Rome projects, today three groups went. The first group was Megan and Gabby, they made Roman vaces and did a power point explaining them. The second group was Skylar, Gabi, and Immanuel and they made programs for everyone in the class talking about chariot racing. Then my group went last, overall I think we did really good and all of our hard work paid off. We will finish presenting on Wednesday.

Today in class we finished watching the movie on Rome and Tiberius. In conclusion, at then end of the movie Tiberius ended up getting killed because he was trying to declare himself king. Every time one of the senators put theirs hoods on their hand it meant they were going to kill some one or something, the first time it was the cow then the second time it was Tiberius.

Today in class we went over the power point, took a pop quiz I missed yesterday, and continued watching the movie. From the power point we talked about how do you keep the plebs happy or at least keep them from revolting? The poet Juvenal said the people "anxiously hopes for two things: bread and circuses." Bread (free grain from the state), partly to keep them alive, and partly to keep them quiet. Julius Caesar (100-44 BCE) A highly successful general, he conquered the huge territory of Gaul. He made folks happy, made friends in high places. Pompey (a general who conquered Syria and Palestine) Crassus (the richest man in Rome, and one of the richest men in all history) These 3 men formed the First Triumvirate "rule of three men."

I was not in class today because I was home with a concussion.

Today in class we watched a movie on Ancient Rome and about the Punic Wars. Tiberius Gracchus was the leader and took over after his father passed away. 146 BCE, Carthage was the end of the third Punic War. The movie was very interesting, I enjoyed watching how they used to live and how they fought in wars now a days compared to back then.

Today in West Civ today, Mr. Shick was not here so we had class in the art wing. We continued to work on our Ancient Greece projects.

Today in West Civ class we watched a movie all about ancient Rome. But I also learned the three wars were a total destruction; end of an empire. Marcus Portius Cato the elder was a politician who ended every speech by saying "Delenda Carthage est," which means "Carthage must be destroyed," and he got his wish. Slaves poured into Italy (50,000 Carthaginians, 150,00 Greek POWs etc.) By the end of the second century BCE there were over a million slaves in Italy. Small farmers lost their land to aristocrats (for a little or no money) if they could not pay their debts, sometimes because the men of the farm were fighting battles. Slaves did the wok on the farms for the rich. The big farms became massive estates called latifundia.

In West Civ we learned that 5,000 soldiers, not in it for pay (not yet), the Romans army's elite heavy in fantry, recruited exclusively from Roman citizens. Group of eighty's a century, on horseback is the cavalry, they used shields, swords, dagger, amour, and tunic. The Punic War was from 264-46 BCE, Roman vs. Carthage, there were three years. Two empires fighting for control, the First Punic War (264-241 BCE), naval battles for control of the strategically located island of Sicily, Rome wins this one. The Carthaginian Empire Strikes back, the Second Punic War (218-201 BCE), 29-year-old Carthaginian general. Hannibal almost does the impossible: taking Rome, attacks Rome from the NORTH after crossing Iberia (Spain) and the Alps. Lays siege to much of the Peninsula for 15 years, but could never get back to Rome. Hannibal riding on elephant back crossing the Alps just to launch his attack. The Third and final Punic War (149-146 BCE), Rome wanted to finally remove the threat of Carthage. Scipio, Tiberius, Gracchus, and other mercilessly attacked the city. Carthage was burned for 17 days; the city walls and buildings were utterly destroyed. When the war ended, the last 50,000 people in the city were sold into slavery. The rest of Carthage's territories were annexed and made into the Roman province of Africa.

Today in class we continued going over the Rome powerpoint and I learned that the rule of the kinds is replaced by rule of two consuls. Consuls are elected officials, term of office is one year. Always artiocrats (patricians), they traced their descent from a famous ancestor or pater 'father' There duties were to deal with justice, make the laws, and command the army. One consul could veto the other, reducing the power of the individual. In the fifth century BCE, patrician dominance of the government was challenged by the plebs, the people. Plebs were 98% of the population.

Today in Western Civilization class we took a class trip up to the main lobby to see Mr. Hollan's students dress up as some one from one of the old days and explain their stories to us. So we had to go around and press a sticker on their shoulders that said "push me to hear my story." I got around to almost everyone, all of their stories were very interesting. A lot of them sounded alike, for example most of them were alcoholics back then. Overall, I enjoyed this class experience, it was very educational but at the same time, a lot of fun. I would definitely consider going to it again and can't wait to do it when I am a junior.

Today in West Civ class learned all about Rome and who settled there. The Etruscans came from the north central part of the peninsula. Metal works, artists, and architects. There were two myth foundations, and they were Virgil's Aeneid, plus the story of Remus and Romulus. The Greeks also settled in Rome, they has many colonies around the Mediterranean sea. Romans borrowed ideas from the Greeks, such as religious beliefs, alphabet, a lot of their art, military techniques, and weaponries. The Latin's were the first to settle on Rome, descendent of Indo-Europe's. They settled on the banks of the Tiber River, situated so trading ships but not war fleets could navigate as far as Rome, but no further. A commercial port, but not attack and built on seven hills.

Today in West Civ class we continued to work on our project. Sammi and I are going to get together outside of school to do our part of the project. We are in charge of doing all of the research and then make a poster board with all of our information on it. I enjoy this project so far because I am already learning a lot about Rome.

Today in class researched Circus Maximus , Coliseum, Aqueducts, Roman Forum.
Coliseum
-Fire in 31 BC, destroyed the wooden structure, three fires
-Used for events such as processions of gladiator combats, but most days only chariot races
-Last race was held in 549 AD
-Located between the Aventine and Palatine hills

Circus Maximus
-Known as the Flavian Amphitheatre
-Located east of the Roman Forum
-One of the most famous monument
-Built nearly 2000 years ago for hosting violent gladiator games
 -620 by 513 feet

Aqueducts
-Basically a water bridge
-A water supply or navigable channel constructed to convey water
-Built from a combination of stone and brick
-special volcanic cement pozzuolana
-Hard to build

Roman Forum
-People first began meeting in forum around 500 BC
-Central area of city
-Site was originally an Etruscan burial ground
-first developed in the 7th century BC

Today in West Civ class we got the whole class period to work on our group project. Sammi, Tucker, Luke, and I were very productive because we broke the work up into two groups. Sammi and I are going to do the researching and typing part of the project then Tucker and Luke are going to do the building part of the project. But this does not mean we are going to leave the boys and let them do it all by themselves, we are all going to work on it all together. We finally decided that we are going to build the Coliseum then do a presentation on it and tell the class about it.

Today in West Civ we continued to go over the Rome power point. I learned that the Latin's first came to the shores of the Tiber River, they drained a swamp. The tyrant named Tarquin Proud was like a kind, he pushed all of his people around. He told everyone what to do and exactly how to do it. They combined a democracy, aristocracy, and Monarchy. Roman legion, improved pllalapx, century 80 men. Punic wars, conflict of passage and trade, three different series of battles. Rome won the first battle against cartage. Got 100's of elephants and found men along the way to attack Italy.

I was not in West Civ class today because I came into school late do to a doctors appointment but I will get the notes from another classmate.

Today we started the Rome powerpoint and took notes on it. Etruscans, Greeks, and Latins were the first ones to settle on the pensisula. The Greeks had a lot of colonies along the Tiber River. There were twin brothers named Remus and Romulus and there mom was named Realasiva. She had the twins with the God named Mars, but they abanded the babies in a river to die. The river carried them to safety and a "she wolf" found them near the river and took them in herself. She raised both of the twins and even breast fed them. When the brothers got older, Romulus was trying to make a city but in the process he killed his twin brother so he would win the city. He ended up getting the city and naming it after himself.

In West Civ class today we found out what our next project is going to be on and it is one Ancient Rome. Mr. Schick did not give us direct guidelines for this project, he is letting us decide what we want to do but it must be about Ancient Rome. He gave us some ideas for the project, some examples are, power point, building something, making a video, re an attacking a war from the past, and more. Then we got to pick our group and who we want to work with and I am in a group with Sammi, Luke, Tucker. We discussed what our plan was for this project and we came to a conclusion that we are either going to dress us and explain the Roman God and Goddesses or build something then make a tri-fold explaining it and why it is important.

Today in class we watched a video clip from You Tube then we had a class discussion about what we watched. Everyone said there opinion on the video and explained if they liked it or not. Then Mr. Schick asked the class what was the true meaning of that video and what the symbolism meant. For the remained of the class we went back and forth to try and decide on an overall message from the video.

Today in class we discussed our Ancient Greece essay that we turned in before break. Mr. Schick explained to us what his red pen markings meant so we would understand what we got wrong. People asked questions on how to make their essay better or next time. Then we talked about how we are going to watch a video in class tomorrow then have a whole class discussion which will be counted as a grade. In order to get a good grade in the group discussion you must participate factual information from the video clip we are going to watch.

Today in Western Civilization we got our test back and had time to review them. Then we went around the class to answer the right questions. We discussed the whole test and if anyone had any questions. Then we got our Ancient Greek essays back and had the time to look over them and discuss your final grade with your group members.

Today in West Civ class we took our Ancient Greece test, over the past couple of weeks we have been learning all about their culture and their history. We turned in our essay we wrote after we presented our power point. Over all this whole unit has been a very fun learning experience, I have enjoyed it very much.

Today in class we continued to work on our Ancient Greece essay, we used all of our knowledge to write about everything we have learned about Greek Gods and Goddesses. We started off the essay talking about one of the most important Gods, Zeus. Then we introduced his daughter Athens and told how she as born and why she is so important in the Greek history. Then we continued to talk about other important Gods and that is where we will continue writing in class on Monday.

Today in class we started to work on our essays on Ancient Greece. My group decided to spilt the work up and everyone worked on a different paragraph so we would get more work done quickly. We used our knowledge to start out essay by introducing the most important God named, Zeus.

Today in class we continued to go over the ancient Greece power point, today we mostly focused on learning about the Gods and Goddesses. We learned that Zeus was in charge of the weather, thunder, rain, storms, and controlled alot of the power. When ever someone made him mad or if he was in a bad mood he would strike the earth with thunder until someone fixed it. He had a daughter named Athena, the city Athens was named after her. Supposedly she was born right from Zeus's head already formed and armored.

Today in class we discussed the directions and what the expectations are for the 1,000 word essay on Ancient Greece. Since our teacher will not be here this week we are instructed to work on this paper then once we finish we are supposed to watch a video talking all about Greece to help prepare us for our test coming up.

Today in West Civ we presented our power points to the class and from everyone else's project I learned a lot. I learned that Homer was a blind poet storyteller and he wrote from 700-800 BCE. Homer died in 701 BCE, there is a myth saying he died in a river and there is a mystery if he even lived or not. I also learned a lot about architecture in Ancient Greece, Greek life centered around religion. Frieze is a long, narrow band of sculpture that runs along most temples. The erechtheum was built between 421 CE, there are 3 types of dorics. Corinthian can be found more on important temples. Black figure pottery was produced in 700 BCE. Thespis was the first Greek actor and originator of tragedy plays. Socrates was born in 469 BCE, and died in 399 BCE. He is not famous for any writing but he is a well known Philosopher.

Today in class I learned all about Hippias, Cleisthenes, and Democracy:

• Hippias gone, Isagoras and Cleisthenes (both aristocrats) engaged in a power struggle
• Isagoras Wins!
• He ostracizes Cleisthenes
• Cleisthenes' supports and the Athenian citizens revolt against Isagoras tyranny
• They trap Isagoras on the acropolis for two days, on the third day hefied and was banished
• 508 BCE
• Cleisthenes and Democracy
• Cleisthenes- definitely a member of elite
• Very rich
• Insulate from the "hoi polloi"
• A crafty politician

We West Civ today we discussed some of the power point talking about Greece and I learned:
Transformation of government:

• During the 6th and 7th centuries B.C.E., aristocrats ran the show in most of Greece
• Rich people had a lot of influence in society and held much more government power, than middles class
• Aristocracy is rule by aristocrats
• They attend symposiums, meetings where the elite mean would enjoy wine and poetry, performers by dancers and acrobats and the company of hetaeras (courtesans) white discussing politics

An exclusive club:

• No women (except the "entertainment" )
• No middle class
• Certainly, no slaves
• Sometimes, even certain aristocrats (who did not have the right connections or who fell our of favor) were excluded

Tyrants seiz control:

• Sometimes aristocrats would form alliances with hoplites (well armed soldiers) and set up an alternative form of government called a tyranny
• Tyrant: someone who rules outside the frameworks of the polis
• Modern meaning of tyrant: an abusive or oppressive ruler
• The Greek meaning of tyrant is someone who simply seized power (usually hoplite help)

Clash of the tyrants:

• Hippias was tyrant who ruled from 527 to 510 B.C.E.
• His brother was murdered, and his rule became harsh
• Eventually he was expelled from Athens's (this is called being ostracized)
• In revenge, he began working with the Persian King Darius 1, helping them invade Maraton

Today in class we continue to work on our power point on Greek Gods and Goddesses. I learned that they built special building for the Gods and Goddesses for their events. I also learned that they named there city Athens after one of there Goddesses because how important she was. From this project I have already learned so much about Ancient Greece.

Today in West Civ class we continued to work on our power point on Greek Gods and Goddesses. To be more successful in class we each divided up the research so one person did the Gods, another person did the Goddesses, and the last person worked on the slides to make it look better when we present it. We found this method to be very successful because we got a lot of work done. I learned that Zeus was the God of everyone and controlled a lot of things. I also learned that in Ancient Greece they built temples for the Gods and Goddesses for many different events. I am enjoying this project for a few different reasons, one I get to learn more about my culture, I get to work with others, and I am learning a lot of things I never knew.

Today in West Civ we went over the directions for our power point and our paper we are going to write. Each group has three people in it and my groups contains Sammi, Nikki, and I. The subject of our paper and power point is Gods and Goddesses- The Role of Mythology in Ancient Greece. We started to work on our power point by creating our slides.

Today is West Civ we went over the power point and had a pop quiz at the end of class. I learned that Greek oral tradition told stories passed on by word of mouth. Homer lived at the end of the "Greek Dark Ages," he composed stories of the Trojan War 750-700 BCE. The Lliad was probably the last conquests of the Mycenaean's (Trojan war.) The Odyssey is Odysseus attempt to return home, being thwarted by the angry god of the sea, Poseidon. The odyssey was 12,110 lines of dactylic hexameter. The "Homeric question" -Homer may have been a mythical creation himself, a blind wandering minstrel; an heroic figure. Lliad and Odyssey may be the culmination of may be the culmination of many generations of storytelling.

Today is class in class I learned that "terra" means earth and "Mediterranean" means middle of the earth. Create is the largest island in Greece, but Greece did not have much open, flat land. In Greece they mainly grew grapes, grains, and olives but they had limited natural resources so they needed to trade a lot. The word "arable" means goof for farming. In Greece almost 75% of the land is mountain, they had many chilled sailors and ship builders. There is almost 1,400 islands in the Adriatic, Ionian, and Aegean seas. Fertile valleys cover one quarter of the peninsula, only about 20% is suitable for farming. Their influence began around 2000 BCE. Mycenae is located on a rocky ridge and protected by a 20 foot thick wall. Mycenaean kings dominated Greece from 1600-1200 BCE, controlled trade in the region. 1400 BCE, Mycenaean's culture and language. Around 1200 BCE the mysterious "sea people" began to invade Mycenae, and burnt the palace so the Dorian's moved into this war, torn region. Dorian's were far less advanced. The trade based country economy collapsed. Writing disappeared for 400 years.

Socrates was a Greek philosopher and was one of the founders of Western philosophy. He was born in Athens and died in 399 BC, Athens. Socrates married Xanthippe, and they had 3 sons together, but he has very little to do with his sons. His wife was not happy with his second permission because she said it did not support the family enough. Since he lived in Athens, each male has to serve as citizen soldier. Socrates was the son of Sophroniscus, who was an Athenian stone mason and sculptor, and Phaenarete. Socrates worked as mason for awhile before he became a philosopher. He is known for creating Socratic irony and the Socratic method. He is best known for inventing the teaching practice of pedagogy. He is still well known today because he started that and it changed the world.

 

 

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1. The Stadium
The "Ancient Stadium" was located in Nemea Greece, the very first Olympics were held there. Usually the stadiums were named after a distance, for example, (600 ancient feet or around 180 metres.) The stadium was built from rows of stone and some times even marble steps because they had divisions. It could hold up to 30,000 and 45,000 people for a porting event. Before they called it the Olympics, it was called The PanHellenic Games of Nemea  and they were held every two years from 573 BCE to 271 BCE. They built this stadium so everyone as a group could come together to watch people compete at different sport activities.


2.The Parthenon
The Parthenon was created between 447-438 BC the Parthenon was huge and full of dignity. The Parthenon was made out of massive stones and rock. Since the building is so old and falling apart they have to continue to keep fixing the gaps. The Parthenon was a temple in Athens, Greece, dedicated to the goddess Athena. Some  people of Athens considered she their patron. Construction began in 447 BC when the Athenian Empire was at the height of its power.


3. Temple of Hera, Selinus
Most temples or structures in Greece were rectangular and always had some type of columns. Surrounded an inner chamber or cella with the whole standing on a stepped platform or stylobate and the interior paved with rectangular slabs. The roof was raised along a central ridge with a slope of approximately 15 degrees. It was made from wooden beams and rafters or marble tiles. This temple had statues at each point of the pediment. The doors were made of wood and were decorated with bronze stuff.

Today in West Civ Class we talked about cyber day, how it works, what it is, and what the rules are. We have cyber day so we do not have to make up the snow days in the summer. Cyber day is when your teachers that you have that day, assign you 45 minutes of work to complete before the next time you have class, Personally I like having Cyber Days because it allows us to get out as soon as we can for summer!!

Today we did not meet because we did not have school due to the poor weather. But we did have a Cyber Assignment and it was to take notes and answer the questions on the first seven slides of the "Ancient Greece is the Word" power point. Just from those seven slides I learned so much, the things are learned are listened below.

• The worlds greatest civilizations are located on rivers
• Mesopotamia started on the Tigris and Euphrates River
• Egypt started on the Nile river
• India started on the Indus River
• China started on the Huang He River

Questions:
1. The significance of Greece's location is that it 's surround by water therefore it makes there living a lot easier because they have food in the water, they need water for cooking, clothing, bathing, and more.
2. Greece has a lot of open land but also has many mountains which could be a good and bad things. Greece has a lot of islands which means a lot of water.
3. One way this all would affect their culture because they have a lot of water which means you could cook a lot more different foods than if you did not have water and food plays a major role in cultures.
4. The Ionian Sea, Aegean Sea, Thracian Sea, Sea of Crete, and The Gulf of Corinth all surround Greece.
5. The largest island to the south in Greece is Crete.
6. Both Athens and Sparta are both very close to the sea and are some what close to each other. Sparta is a sanctuary and Athens is a PanHellenic sanctuary.

Today in class we used our knowledge to take the Ancient Egyptian test, it was basically everything off of the power point. I was surprised how easy the test actually was. From this unit I have learned a lot Ancient Egyptian, for example there are over 2000 gods and goddess, slaves and servants are at then end of the pyramid, and the pharaohs are at the top of the pyramid.

Questions:
1. What is the definition of a Pharaoh?
2. Witch river is Egyptian life centered around?
3.Which month of every year does it flood?
4. What did slaves and servants do?
5. What food benefitted form irrigation of the Nile?
6. What are scribes?
7. What two forms did Egyptians write in?
8. What were the upper class know as?
9. Who was Hatshepsut?
10. How many gods and goddesses are there?


Answers:
1. A political and religious leader of the Egyptian people, holding the titles: 'Lord of the Two lands' and 'High Priest of Every Temple.'
2. The Nile River
3. A. June
    B. September
    C. July
    D. December
4. They helped the wealthy with household and child raising duties
5. Wheat, barley, lentils, onions
6. Scribes are kept records, they told stories, wrote poetry described anatomy and medical treatments
7. Hieroglyphs and Hieratic
8. "white kilt class"
9. Hatshepsut was a woman who served as Pharaoh
10. A. 500
      B. 1 million
      C.  over 3000
      D. over 2000

Today in class we worked on building a pyramid by picking the location, the workers, the food, and more. It was a frustrating activity because every time I tried, I failed. After a million times of trying it I finally completed it.

The first video is all about pyramids, and how they are made and all the passages they have inside. they don't know why there are so many passages. the vertical passage is called the grado which is the least visited area of the pyramid. The plates on these pyramids are shiny and make it look new. There was supposed to be a big stone that led into the pyramid. But there was a leader and he did not want to find the stone so he just made his own tunnel. When the leader got in there was no treasure that he found. In the pyramid there was a queens chamber.  To this day the original entrance remains sealed.

The second video talks about a man that is mummified and to this day his body I still intact. He died when he was 20 in first century Egypt. This man was specially mummified and his heart was removed and not his lungs. His body was put in salt until all the moisture in his body was taken out. There were oils rubbed on the body and there were thick layers of resin that was spread all over the body. The resin helped to keep all the pieces stuck together. A mysterious pouch and bird also got mummified with this man which is unusual. They then wrap the body in a linen cloth and paint it and writ his name at the feet.

The ancient Egyptian civilization lasted from 3000 BCE to 332 BCE. The Nile river was a big reason for their success as a civilization. It provided them with soil that helped a lot with making a big amount of food with little amount of effort. The little amount of effort spent on food mean that they could spend more time trying to invent new things. There were a lot of pharaohs in Egypt and they all were thought of as gods an were treated like gods. That is why pyramids were so important for them to be buried in. At one point they started to make up gods that could not be seen and worshipped them. They still kept their pharaohs however and that helped their civilization as well.

One technological development that ancient Egyptians used were spells. If there was an ill person that had no reason for an illnesses they would use these spells to help cure them. Doctors and priests believed that unknown illnesses were caused by spiritual beings. So when somebody could not tell the person why they a had a disease, a magical potion or spells were used. An example of a spell was, "These words are to b spoken over the sick person. 'O Spirit, male of female, who lurks hidden in my flesh and in my limbs, get out of my flesh. Get out of my limbs!" Another example of a spell was, "Come! You who drives out evil things from my stomach and my libs. He who drinks this shall be cured just as the gods above were cured." This was important because it cured the sick people.
A second technological development that ancient Egyptians made was the stone circles. I showed that the Egyptians already developed a calendar. The stone circle shows that Egyptians were accomplished at marking time end. So they could predict when the floods were coming and that was very important because they would know to put everything awhile and to prepare before it.
A third technological development that the ancient Egyptians developed was the system of constellations. it appeared to be the native origin and independent from the work of Greeks and Mesopotamians.
A fourth theological development that ancient Egyptians invented was the calendar, they knew that a year was about 365 days, a year had 12 months, and each month consisted of about 30 days each. They had 5 ceremonial days, intercalary days, that were called Epagomenal days that were added. Having a calendar was important so the could keep track of the days and to remember things.
A fifth theological development that ancient Egyptians created was Hieroglyphs, it was a form of writing. They used it to write stories, explain situations, and solve mathematical problems. 1000 glyphs, 400 Egyptian words examples, and 500 hieroglyphs from the Gardiner lost. They used different symbols to write names and secret messages, then they would print them onto a piece of paper. This was an important invention because it helped Egyptians to communicate with others.
I believe that the spells were the most important because it would cure people and make them healthy, then the calendar so people could keep track and remember the days, then hieroglyphs because it was there from of writing to communicate, then I think the stone circle because it would save a lot of people personal belongings because they would know to prepare for the flood before it came,  I important is the constellations invention.

Today in class we continued to review the Egypt Power point, I learned that scribes kept records, told stories, wrote poetry, and described anatomy and medical treatments. They wrote in two different ways, hieroglyphs and in hieratic. The hieratic were written in letters and hieroglyphs were pictures. Those pictures told different stories, since they were pictures they had to keep them short and simple so people would understand the story being told. The Upper Egypt was rich and the Lower Egypt was middle class but not as good as the Upper Egypt.

Today in class we reviewed the Guns, Germs and Steel test that we took last week. We reviewed every answer to make sure everyone knew the correct answer. We also discussed the questions and the full answer. We reviewed the questions a lot so we would have the right answer for the final in June.

Today in class we were told to continue reviewing and take notes on the Egypt PowerPoint. I learned a lot of new things today like scribes kept records, told stories, wrote poetry described anatomy and medical treatments. They wrote hieroglyphs and in heretic, the soldiers used wooden weapons, bow and arrows, spears with bronze tips all to protect themselves and they might even ride chariots. The upper class people, known as the "white kilt class," were priests, physicians, engineers, religious and political leaders. As "Lord of the Two Lands," the Pharaoh was the ruler od the Upper and Lower Egypt. he owned all land, made the laws, collected taxes, and defended Egypt against foreigners. Hatshepsut was a women who served as Pharaoh. Cleopatra VII also served as Pharaoh, but much later (51-30 BC). There are over 2000 gods and goddesses, they "controlled the lives of humans.

I was not in class today because I was home sick. But I started to review the Egypt PowerPoint and learned that a Pharaoh is the political and religious leader of the Egyptian people, holding the titles: "Lord of the Two Lands" and "High Priest of Every Temple." Egyptian life is centered around the Nile River, water for drinking, for irrigating, for bathing, and for transportation. Every July it floods and every October it leaves behind rich soil. The delta is a board, marshy triangular area of fertile silt. Managing the river required technological breakthroughs in irrigation. The great Sphinx of Giza, built 2555-2532 B.C. A recumbent lion with a humans head, it it the oldest monumental statue in the world.

The order of the people who have the most power:
1.  Pharaoh
2. Government- Nobles and Priests
3. Soldiers
4. Scribes
5. Merchants
6. Artisans
7. Farmers
8. Slaves and Servants

Slaves and Servants helped the wealthy people with household and child raising duties. They raised wheat, barley, lentils, and onions -benefitted from irrigation of the Nile River. Artisans would carve statues and reliefs showing military battles and scenes in the afterlife. The money/barter system was used, merchants might accept bags of grain for payment, -later coinage came about.

Today in class we used our knowledge to take a test about the movie we have been watching in school. From watching this movie I have learned how other people who live, domesticated animals, and all about Jared Diamond. After we took our test, we reviewed our old test we took last week. We discussed the answers for the test so students could change or add to there old answers.

Today in class we reviewed the movie for our test on Monday. We talked about how Jared Diamond went to New Guinea to study birds because he has been fascinated with them his whole life. We also talked about how there were 14 domesticated animals and they are gats, sleeps, pigs, cows, hors4es, donkeys, Bactrian camels, Arabian camels, water buffalos, llamas, reindeers, yaks, mithans, and bail cattle. None of these 14 domesticated are from Guinea, North America, or Australia. Llamas are from South America and cows, pigs, sheep's, and goats are from The Middle East. The final answer to the New Guinea man saying to Jared Diamond, "why do us New Guinea people have so little cargo and you Americans have so much," is because having good crops and animals to do work will help civilization the most.

Today in class we finished watching the movie, overall I learned so many cool things. Plaster houses are very expansive and hard to build. Plaster is made out of limestone. People in Guinea will barren with each other, for example, a person will make another person clothes then that person will repay them in something they need like crops. In 1960's people used stone tools. Guinea people spend a lot of time and energy getting food to feed themselves and their families. Guinea people have some of the most naturists fruits on the planet.

Today in class we continued to watch, "Gun Gem & Steal," I am really enjoying this movie because I am learning a lot of interesting things I did not know. Today I found out that Guinea people relied on goats for food, clothing, and protein which comes from their milk. People in Guinea never used plows for farming because they did not have animals that were capable to full the plow. The best kind of animal for farming are the animals that can reproduce at age 1 or 2.

Today in class we continued to watch "Gun Germs and Steal." They think that Draa used to be a village and the granary was a place to store grain so it did not go bad. China farmed rice, America farmed corn and squash, and Africa farmed millets and yams. People in Guinea have been farming doe over 10,00 years. Guinea crops need to b eat fast or else they will rot. Guinea crops have less protein than what does so in order for people to get there protein, they will some times eat spiders. If you have fast going crops, they are easy to grow, and will not rot then that will make better civilization. Geographic luck is when you have good crops.

Today in class we watched a movie called, "Gun Germs and Steal." The main character in the movie is a man named, Jared Diamond, he traveled to a remote island called, "Papua New Guinea." Diamonds passion is to study birds. A man from Guinea said to Diamond, "why do white men have so much cargo and us guineas have so little?" But Diamond did not agree with that statement. People in New Guinea have been farming for over 10,000 years. China has been farming rice, America has been farming corn and squash, and Africa has been farming millet and yams.

Today in class we used our knowledge to take a test on Prehistory to Civilization, 3000-1200 B.C. This was our first test of the semester. Since I studied for this test and we got to use our blog I believed I did very well on this. I liked being able to use the blog because if I knew an answer but needed a little more detail to it, then I could go to my blog and find the extra details I needed.

Today in class we learned about The Prehistoric Era and the Agriculture Revolution. A pantheon of Sumerian gods and goddesses emerged. Many of the deities representing the natural elements of the world. The world's first surviving epic was the Sumerian "Epic of Gilgamesh" which told of a great flood. Ziggurat is a huge pyramid that was for the Sumerian's. There were many domesticated animals and plants in Arabia. Indo Europeans were people from Mesopotamia traveling to other parts of the world bringing their knowledge with them to share with others.

1. Indo-Europeans were people from the grasslands of the Russian steppe who introduced the horse to the Near East
2. hitties
3. asia minor

 

Today in class we started chapter one Prehistory to Civilization, it began in 3000-1200 B.C. 200,000 years ago human species emerged in southwestern Africa. 14,000 years ago, a worldwide human race came into play and started showing up. Earliest prehistoric age is the Paleolithic age also known as “Old Stone Age.” Neolithic Age also known as “New Stone Age,” was marked by advanced tool making and the beginnings of agriculture. Humans were part of migratory groups. The Agricultural Revolution, also known as, “Neolithic Revolution.” The change went from hunting and gathering to more permeant settlements centered on agriculture, beginning in Southwestern Asia. The population of the human race increased because of the ability to take care of young children or newborns. Human started to learn how to take care of children to help them survive, therefore the population rose. Hierarchies appeared in village life. Inventions of the wheel and plow made it possible to produce enough food for the people to have and to put some of the food into storage.

Prehistory- a period of time before written records

Paleolithic Age- (Old Stone Age)

Neolithic Age- (New Stone Age) advanced tool making and agriculture

Agriculture Revolution- also known as Neolithic Revolution, more permanent settlements, beginning in Southwestern Asia.

Cuneiform- Sumerians invented the earliest form of writing known as cuneiform

Ziggurat- a Sumerian temple built on top of a mountain

Indo-Europeans- people from the grasslands of the Russian steepe who introduced the horse to the near east.