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.