Letter to future self

 This year has been one for the history book. This school year started with rare events and ended with rare events. This 2020 has been overall a good year so far for me but its not me who is affected by the things happening right now. Covid-19 mainly affects the elderly which now I am everything but elderly. In this year so far we have lost almost 400,000 people who most likely would still be here. There is still more happening this year that has been drowned out by the virus such as North Korea is starting missile tests again, Russia is now almost a dictator ship, NASA found evidence of a parallel universe but it is not confirmed yet. As i am typing this there are peaceful protest and riots around the world from the US to England about the death of George Floyed. In all this year has had more and more things happen each month and it seems to be getting worse by the day. I hope that in the near future everything goes back to normal but it will be you that can tell what really happened this year. I just have a few questions for the future. How fast has technology increased? Is it faster or slower than the 1900s or earlier 2000s or did it get faster? What is the economic state of the world? How did we recover from this year? How long is 2020s chapter in the history text book?What ever the answers are I hope it is better than now.  Have there been any other pandemics since Covid-19. What ever the answer is I hope it gets better. I hope you remember this year for the good that happened  rather than the bad. If i am reading this the future got better than 2020

Day 50- Emperors

After the murder of Julius Caesar this grandnephew and adopted son takes control at 18. Octavian and mark become rivals. Mark partners up with Cleopatra sharing power. Octavian defeats them at the battle of Actium. Octavian becomes unchallenged ruler of Rome and is presented with the honorific Augustus. He was also given the title imperator now emperor. Rome has now become an empire. He ruled for 40 years. He started Pax Romana which lasted 207 years. His accomplishments were expanded into Africa, build road network, collected taxes, established postal service, increased grain supply, built public buildings, set up police, fire fighters started. He died of natural causes. Now after Octavians death power was passed down to emperors. Some were good some bad some awful. Tiberius ruled from 14 AD to 37 AD and was a good general but bad leader. After his son died he went into exile and died at 77. Caligula ruled for four years because he one a power cycle after Tiberius' death. He was an insane tyrant and was assassinated. After the Assassination a group tried to remake the republic but it didn't work. Next is Cladius who ruled from 41-54 AD and was a fair ruler but possibly had cerebral palsy. Died by poisoning from his wife who wanted her sin in power. Nero ruled from 54-68 AD and wanted to rebuild Rome. He over spent of it and arts and raided temples for money. Historians don't like him

Day 49- Caesar

I will be taking my test on June 2nd at 1:25- 2:15. The plebeians were poor and Juvenal said the only thing that would keep them happy and stop revolts would be to "give them bread and circuses". The bread being free bread from the government and the circus being entertainment like the Colosseum or parties. Generals let their soldiers share in what was taken from the area they were taking. Since the soldiers were sharing in the spoils they became loyal to their commanders and generals rather than Rome. The next leader in charge was Caesar who was a military general that conquered large amounts of area and was generally successful. Once he was a leader he helped the regular people happy along with people who were in high power. Caesar seized power and became a dictator. He made reforms to expand senate, increase solider pay, started colonies, granted citizenship. He was assassinated because of how he seized power and was stabbed before entering the senate. He was also stabbed by one of his close friends Brutus. This is the end of the republic

Day 48- 160-165

As Rome was growing it was causing a wider gap in poverty to where the poor were getting poorer. The two brothers tried to help the poor and proposed to limit the size of estates and giving land to the poor. The brothers made enemies with numerous senators who felt threatened by them. The brothers died during a civil war. Caesar too over in a military take over. The three who took over became the three rulers of Rome. He was a great military strategist and a good leader who followed the rules for a consul. Caesar went to take over Gaul and he was ordered to come back. He took his troops to Rome and defeated Pompey army. Caesar took over the government and became an absolute ruler but started different reforms such as increasing number of senator and created jobs for the poor. Fears grew about Caesar and he was killed. An empire followed after him which happened because of another civil war. A general went to live in Egypt which cause another civil war. Octavian came out as the leader of Rome and almost gave some parts of the republic back. Int the next 240 years there was Pax Romania that created peace in. The empire stood strong for a while because of giving jobs to the poor. There were good and bad emperors the bad being Caligula, Nero, Domitian and the good being Nerva, Trojan, Hadrian, Antoninus and Marcus Aurelius. Slaves were important to Rome and helped to build and support the empire. The emperors would become gods in Rome along with the regular gods. In this time the classes were getting further and further apart. Many building were created to take the peoples minds off of the mass control. New practices started up such as Christianity.

Day 47- Hannibal

Punic War Main Fighters-
Rome- Parts of Italy With Some Colonies
Carthage- Northern Africa

Roman Army- The roman army was made up of legions who were a group of 5,000 soldiers made up of cavalry and infantry.

First Punic War(264-241 BC)- Consisted of strategic naval battles for control of importantly located Sicily. Rome wins and gains control of Sicily.

Second Punic War(218-201 BC)- Main player in the war was Hannibal who was a 29 year old general who almost took Rome. He was a great strategist who attacked Rome from the north through Spain. He couldn't make it all of the way to Rome so he laid a siege for 15 years but couldn't complete the the victory of taking Rome. One of the things he is known fro is he took elephants into battle which scared Roman soldiers because they have never seen them before.

Third Punic War(149-146)- In this war Rome goes on the final push and takes Carthage. The people of Carthage are taken as slaves and Carthage was taken into a province of Rome.

Day 46- Two Topics

9-12: It started out with Tarquin seizing power and becoming a tyrant. His grandfather died  and his widow Servius Tullias becomes the king of Rome. One of their daughter decides to kill her husband and her sister to marry Tarquin. Tullia after killing her sister and husband she convinces Tarquin to take the place of king from his father and after becoming king he throws him into the streets where he is assassinated. Tullia then hails Tarquin as the new king. Tarquin has Tullia sent back home and onn the way home she sees the body of her father and drivers her chariot over his body and they refuse to bury the body. His son tries to take advantage of Lucretia and she refuses and Sextus black mails her. Tarquin tried to cover it up but the common people rose up and kicked them out of Rome. The people were getting suspicious of when they would be the next ones killed or exiled. The people wanted to get away from them before he would come for the people. Because of him it stopped Tyrants in Rome for a while











13-22: The Roman system is what the USA is modeled after so it has many similarity such as the branches of government. The branches being executive, legislative and judicial The executive being the president in the united states and in Rome it is the two consoles. the legislative branch is the senate in Rome and USA but they differ in the house of representatives and assemblies. The judicial branch were the supreme court in the US and in Rome they had the praetors. They both also had a sort of bill of rights while was the twelve tables in Rome.

Day 45- Study Guide

Who settled in Rome
Etruscan- More of artists and more focused on crafty type things
Greeks- Gave religious beliefs, alphabet, art and military strategy
Latin- they were first and set up a system for trading ships to could navigate to Rome but not war ships they also built on serve hills

Many streams flowed into the Tiber and was very marshy

Tarquin- final king of Rome, was a true tyrant

After Tarquin they didn't want anymore kings (long story)

The king is replaced with two councils of elected leaders

plebs were 90% of population and were discriminated against with bad laws

Res public- a new republic that incorporated monarchy, democracy and aristocracy

The USA used Rome as a template for government

They had the same three branches that were alike

largest roman army unit is legion

used shields, swords, daggers and Armour tunics

Punic wars were against Carthage

massive amounts of slaves entered Rome

The plebs are getting poorer

Soldiers started fighting for their military leader not Rome

Caesar was a great general who gained the support of the people

Caesar took over as a sort of dictator

increased the spending for the general people

After Caesar died it was generally the end of the republic

Octavian became the unchallenged leader of Rome

given title of imperator

Rome becomes empire not republic

after death power was passed to emperors

Day 44- Rome by Chi Cago

I woke up this morning and thought I was going to be learning about a leader or the system of the republic but no i woke up to a good song. I don't know what my reaction would be if i listened to this in school but i was 100% surprised listening to it online. It is really well put together and when i saw this i was thinking ugh it is probably just a few words replaced in a song but no this was actually the best song i have  heard that a teacher make 

Day 43- The Twelve Tables

The twelve tables were written by plebeians to give them knowledge of laws because the courts have been run mainly by patricians. The laws were written down to protect the plebeians from the patricians abuse of power. Before the twelve tables were written the patricians often changed the laws to benefit them self and put the plebeians down.The twelve tables also let the people have a legal defense against other people mainly patricians.

Day 42- Roman Architecture

This is the temple of Jupiter. The temple which is now only six pillars is the largest temple built in Rome and survived in its second from for hundreds of years . These temples where designed as a place to worship roman gods. Its design resembles buildings from Greece in the ways of columns because of Greek architects leaving the slowing dying Greece to move to Rome. It wold have looked like other temples from this time period but it was destroyed by looters and war over the years.

Day 41- Plebs vs Patricians

The plebs are commoners or free citizens. The patricians were a small group of ruling class people. The plebs are not people who rule like the patricians but they did elect the patricians. The plebeians also are not as wealthy as the patricians with the patricians almost being like millionaires today. in ancient Greece the plebeians would most likely be the metrics while the patricians would most likely be the aristocrats

Day 40- Definitions

• Republic- a government that is run by officials elected by the people 
• Patrician- The ruling class of ancient Rome 
• Plebeian- the middle/regular class of the free roman citizens 
• Tribune-elected officials that made decisions on behalf of the people 
• Consul- one of the two chiefs of the roman republic
• Senate- an advisory and governing body of ancient Rome
• Dictator- someone who rules with full power of government
• Legion- largest military unit of the roman army
• Punic Wars- a series of three wars fought between Carthage and Rome
• Hannibal-Carthaginian general during the 2nd Punic wars who commanded the majority of the Carthaginian army

Day 39- Essay

 Oh my I said I would do Why were the Greeks so good at treating and see travel. For the essay it would consist of their naval superiority and their ability to sale around because of the geographical location. The first paragraph I will talk abou why were the Greeks so good at treating and see travel. For the essay it would consist of their naval superiority and their ability to sail around because of the geographical location.  In the first body paragraph I would talk about why other geographic location set them up to be a more of treating people instead of foremost that stay in one location. The next paragraph would talk about there naval superiority because of treatment you are that hope they’re treating it with him further. It would also include why they call a nice areas. The third Body paragraph which consist of how they are colonization and geography cause them to be a great civilization that is remembered and studied in today’s time

Day 38- Test questions

What is the noble lie?
a Every one not the decedents of philosophers are inferior and unfit to rule
b*There is a mixture of iron,gold,silver and brass that determine roles in life
c No one is fit to be in power except for descendants of previous leaders
d Greeks are the best people and need to be the dominate Europe and Asia

What was Alexander the great's favorite animal he owned
a*horse
b dog
c cat
d bull

Which plays were done the most at Athenian plays (select all that apply)
a* Comedy
b*Tragedy
c Epic
d Romance

Which leader was taught by Aristotle
a Genghis khan
b *Alexander The Great
c Charlemagne
d Constituent

True or False, Where pillars a main feature in Greek architecture

Day 37- Plato Bad Ideas

how does Plato define the forms

The ideal version and concept of things around us they serve as an instruction manual for us.

what are the three groups of Plato's ideal society

rulers, producers, warriors.

what are Plato thoughts on women

they were equally able to rule but he compared them to children along with him thinking that the womb moves around the body.

what was the noble lie Plato proposed

That people are born with a mixture of gold, silver, brass and iron that determine roles in life.

Day 36- Greek Architecture

This building is a very good summary of what Greek construction was. They used Many collums as in the picture for stability and also for design. The design shows that it is stable enough to survive thousands of years.


This is another example of using stone . The stone was used because of how readily available it was and also for its strength. This also shows the columns from before which was a key component of Greek design. The Greek columns are still used in buildings today because of how durable they are with their ability to look good in the process.

Day 35- Greek Theater

1) The plays that were tragedies showed focused on love, hate, war or betrayal and were designed to be on serious topics. The comedies were based on fun topics with jokes and other things.

2)The tragedies of ancient Greece were almost all based on mythological gods while today some movies still have gods in them from history. The main difference of the plays back then is that they were based on the focuses listed above and it is still used in today movies and plays because it they are the most tragic.

3)

The main stage of the theater was in the center with the stands around it. Before they had the steps and seats to sit on they most likely sat in the grass  or on a hill. The seats were arranged in a circular pattern so everyone could see the play. Some of them had orchestra pits for people to play music and sounds during plays.

Day 34- Summery of Online School

Students and teachers are facing challenges unlike any we have seen before. The reason I think this is so unexpected is because I have never had school close for more than a few days with no work. Online work is causing challenges I have never expected. I would normally wake up for online school at either 6 or 12. The reason I wake up at these times is because my dad leaves for work at 6:00 and I cant trust the alarm clock on my phone because my phone sometimes crashes at night and sends it into safe mode which stops alarms. The work that I am given for biology, Spanish and bible I must teach myself because biology is lectures and we don't do live classes for Spanish. My workload for today is bible, Gym, Western Civ, English, Spanish, Math HW and Math Exit. All of these combine to take longer than 6 hours most of the time which is strait work. Plagiarism and cheating is tempting in this scenario with almost no way for teachers to see if we are cheating along with no consequences. I don't even know what consequences there are because we cant have detention or go to the office or have in school suspension. The past few days have been like a movie the governor making an order to stay inside to reduce exposure and about 65,000 more people get infected everyday with even more people in the US having not been tested or have been asymptomatic. This is still going to go on and everyone needs to adapt to the future.

DAy 33- Athens Plague VS Covid-19

The Athenian plague shares some symptoms to Covid-19 such as Fever, sneezing, coughing and possible pneumonia. The deaths for the Athenian plague is 50-100 thousand while currently the death count is 22,184 but is probably in the 30,000s because China has stopped reporting numbers. The origin of the Athenian plague was likely from Africa. The virus Covid-19 is from China most likely because it is where the initial people showing symptoms are. The Covid-19 is a novel corona virus while the plague that hit Athens was most likely typhus, smallpox, measles or a from of the Black death. In 2005 a DNA sequence was taken from the teeth of a person from a Greek burial pit and it came back as Salmonella Enterica an organism that causes typhoid fever. Because of the plague in Athens law broke down which has not happened yet. There was no way to stop the Athenian plague but now we know how viruses work and have computer to help such as the Folding@Home project which uses multiple computers from around the world to act as one super computer to find a cure.

Day 32- Summary

Alexander the great- Leader who captured and held large amounts of land in Asia and some in Europe. From age 13-16 he was taught by Aristotle and was interested by philosophy, medicine and scientific investigation. He succeeded Phillip with no opposition by putting down his rivals. Put him charge of the invasion of Asia. By 333 he conquered Asia minor. Once Asia minor was conquered, he moved to invaded Egypt. Once he was dead the power was given to Phillip the 2nds other son who was a bad leader.

Darius 3- Last king of Achaemenid empire. His empire was unstable and controlled by unreliable leaders and rebellious people. Was chased by Alexander the great after he defeated the Persians attempted to restore his army but was defeated finally defeated by Alexander, he was killed by his bodyguards and bound him and put him in an ox cart.

Phillip 2- He expanded Macedonia and is the father to Alexander the great. He only had one great defeat was when he was too confident and did not have good Intel through reconnaissance. Started the league of Corinth which was designed to  keep the peace. The peace never lasted long. He was wise and built on the achievements of earlier Greeks. He was assassinated by a bitter noble who didn't like him too much.

Day 31- Alexanders Horse

Alexander the greats horse named bucephalus was his favorite horse and rode into many battles with it. He realized the horse was afraid of it shadow so he turned it toward the sun. He was the only one that tamed him so he bought is and rode it into battle from the conquest of the Greek city states to India. After the final defeat the horse was kidnapped and Alexander made a threat and the people sent the horse back. The death of the horse is not agreed upon weather it was battle wounds or natural causes. Alexander to get over  the loss of his horse named a city after him. Alexander cared deeply for his horse and made a bond that lasted years of war and conquest.

Day 30- Cyder Days so Far

Cyber days overall have been shorter than a regular school day with most assignments can be completed in no more than 5 hours. The most difficult part is that work is posted in different places for almost every teacher. For example, for Spanish all my work is on Microsoft Teams. For biology where are given no directions all the work, we are given is just " go to posts and complete this assignment".  Sometimes with most teachers posting on Veracross they will leave an assignment at the bottom of the post and I will read the assignments at the top and do them and not look back. none of my teachers have done online class where we are in a Skype call which I am not looking forward to. So far, I have had two tests and I can see how easy it would be to cheat (I didn't) because for Spanish google translate, for math photo math, for English look in the book, for every other class look up the answers. I don't know how teachers, or the administration can fix this so I think that some people will cheat on everything they get and not learn in. Because they do not learn it, they will not know it on the finale exam.

Day 29- Socrates Questioning Traditional Beliefs

Socrates stood up for the  people that fell overboard at the battle against Sparta. Socrates also could of change the minds of the people in power and the generals were killed with hemlock. Socrates stood up to calm the fears of the people. He questioned the society and did what his reasoning told him to do and it was not to vote to kill the generals but vote to let them live. This event started Socrates questioning the society and following his reasoning.

Day 28- Pericles

The city would rely on their fleet of ships and their ability to trade with outside people. The grain boats turned on them because of the plague that was spread on the boat. The symptoms of this plague are given by historian at the time. "The body was seized by heat and redness on the head and inflammation of the eyes.and then the sickness descended into the bowels releasing laceration and uncontrollable diarrhea". The city slowed down and trade slowed. People decided not to be good because people could be bad and die the same way. 1/3 of Athens died. Pericles strategy underestimated the power of things he could not control. The changes who resented Pericles began to realize he was against corruption after so much followed his death. Athenian slid into mob rule and crippled their ability to fight a war. What folded out of their plan was the opposite of what they wanted

Day 27- 1st Cyber Day

Pericles was a leader who lead during the golden are of Athens who believed in strengthening democracy by giving pay for political power because only wealthy people could lead because middle class and lower couldn't afford to stay in that position. A direct democracy is run through the people having direct control and not going through a representative like in a republic. Few other city states used this, and it was mainly used in Athens. The Delian league was a pact that had all the city states come together in resources to build up a navy and army to defeat the Persians or other invader. Some other the money was used without the league’s permission to but gold, ivory and marble to make Athens look better.

Day 26- Corona Time

Today in class we talked about what we will be doing for the cyber days because of corona virus. Today was the last day of school for at least two weeks and may go longer. By the time of posting the school has decided that web cam groups are not mandatory but will be done with a 24-hour warning and can only happen during the time the regular mod would happen. Most classes will give about 30 min of homework/cyber work.  I think that schools will be closed for a month to a month and a half because the Covid-19 has been spreading at the same rate as Italy but we are 11 days behind them so what Italy has right now we will have in around 11 days. For that reason, I think it will keep on speeding as fast or faster because of the low amount of test kits; I hope everyone is prepared for the next moth to a half of homework.

Day 25- Middle Movie

Today in class we continued watching the movie. In the movie we learned first about what was traded and how that affected their wealth. Because of the trading pottery became popular to store oil and other things such as cooking materials. Pottery became an art and vases from the Greek era sell for millions of dollars. 527 BC a leader was dead. 514 Hippias brother was murdered and tortured the murderers and tortured their wife. Pysitrius son only wanted to hold and expand his power. The rest of the movie mainly talked about Homer and Plato and his students in the rest of Greece and highlighted the Persian war. It also pointed out the biggest trade items that help to Greece grow to its popularity. The final part that the movie talked about was how the republic started.  The republic started because of an overthrow in the government and the main leader that helped overthrow it decided to give the power to the people by giving them the right to vote in yes or no corresponding to black and white stones.

Day 24- Start Video

Today in class we started watching the grease video. The video is a three-part series about the beginning of Greece. It highlights different civilizations and important people such as Homer Aristotle and other important people. The video is 50 minutes long and we got through 15 minutes today so we are probably going to be watching this for the next four days. So far I have learned that one of the reasons the grease mainly Athens has grown so much is because of the amount of olive oil they can produce that was sold to Egypt.  Most important stories usually have something to do with mythology such as the Iliad and the Odyssey. Both of which were written by homer which is also addressed in this movie.  The movie is very good for notes because it is slower and highlights important details and is categorized.  I’m looking forward to watching the rest of the movie.

Day 23- Philosophy

Today in class we learned about the philosophers in Greece. One of the first meeting philosophers was Socrates he was the first one to help people to start thinking on what was happening around them and question but they were being taught. He came up with the Socratic method which involves making the other party thing mo today in class we learned about the philosophers in Greece. One of the first meeting philosophers was Socrates he was the first one to help people to start thinking on what was happening around them and questioned what they were being taught. He came up with the Socratic method which involves making the other party think more.  After Socrates one of his main students Plato followed in his footsteps and after Socrates his death from hemlock poisoning. Plato gave his knowledge to one of his students Aristotle who helped form arguments to be done with facts and which also led to science as we know it today.

Day 22- The Persian Wars

Today in class we talked about the Persian wars. The Persian wars were the wars fought between Greek city states and Persia. Persia being much larger was predicted to win the Persian wars but they lost in the end. the Greeks had superior navel technology and had the fastest and most maneuverable ships. The Greeks used the phalanx formation which was designed to break through any formations and be able to attack from the inside. The spartans put up a long fight which was 300 spartans against thousands of persians and by the time saved from them the athenians escapeed to fight the persians off of Greece.  The Persians eventually lost to Greece because of the Athenians defense in the street of Sicily which stopped their trade with their own people inside of Greece which cut them off we can get supplies to continue the war. After this the Persians pulled out of Greece leading to Athens be retaken by Greece.

Day 21- Greece Part 2

Today in class we started the second part of Greece before that we started reviewing the test. On the test I did very well and better than I thought I would. The amount of questions on the test I thought was very good and the difficulty of the questions was also good Brandon from easy too difficult. After the test we started learning about the second part of Greece and Greek gods and goddesses. We learned about how Jesus is the main  God because he is the main father over everyone else. The Greek gods were different than noticed every other guy because they had constant contact with humans in their stories. And their stories they thought about God’s fighting in wars for them.  Some  of the gods and goddesses to me are not useful such as the one that is the god of wine.  Before the gods and goddesses there were the titans which gave way to their modern gods and goddesses which started out as Hades Poseidon Zeus and a few others.

Day 20- Test

Today in class we took a test on grease. The test was 40 questions long multiple-choice and short answer. But the majority of the test is multiple-choice well only a select few questions or short answer. The only questions that were difficult were the ones on the map which are used process of illumination to figure them out.  After the test I was filling in notes on Greece into a notebook that I haven’t used before because my normal Western serve notebook is missing which I think I will find in a few days. In my opinion I believe that grease with easiest subject out of the three we’ve had so far because of its general knowledge that most people now and it’s interesting facts. Some questions I think I got wrong were a little bit later and the test. I think overall on the test I probably got a B.

Day 19- Study

 Today in class we started talking about what is going to be on the test next class. On the test it should be about 36 questions 17 of which have to do with geography as in the map and locations and also the locations of different rivers such as the Nile, hwung he river and Tigris/Euphrates. For the test we will need to know what each people were the Minoans the sea people and the leader on people and what each one of them did the Minoans start it off Greek culture and see people we don’t know much about because they didn’t write down too much I didn’t trade. For the test we lost and you know what is in the Greek diet consisting of olives wine greens and other things.  For the test we will also need to know about cultural diffusion and how that affected Crete and how they were absorbed into Greece and not just conquered.

Day 18- Pop Quiz

 Today class we took a pop quiz along with reading more about Chris’s democracy. The pop quiz was 10 questions long and I definitely did very bad but I just messed up two things which set my grade back which I can fix on the actual test. The democracy of room was further expanded to include more people and give people more rights. Aurora’s fault between Athens and Sparta to determine control of Greece also  architecture started booming in this time along with history was being taught children alongside of entertainment started growing it was a lot more entertainment during this time the previously such as plays that included comedies and tragedies philosophy started during this time with securities which soon died after creating the Socratic method which was followed by Plato the fall follower of Socrates and help teach his ideas. After Plato Aristotle came along and he helped everyone question their beliefs to determine what they were doing.

Day 17- Government

Today in class we talked about government of Greece and other governments. The governments that we cover today were oligarchies Aristocracies  and tyrants. Oligarchs were run by noble people and they have hold a lot of power and it was not run by the people.  An aristocrat C was run by rich people that hold a lot of wealth and have a lot of land and a lot of power that work together.  A Tierney is run by a tyrant which is one person that rolls over everyone else and Omie their rules are  above everyone else is in the government. The Greeks then developed a republic where 500 people  convene to make laws and enforce laws.  During this time in Greek society anyone could  Press charges against anyone even if they were very poor pressing charges against a noble.  This form of government soon influence the United States and its formation of government .

Day 16- Not a Pipe

Today in class we started off with talking about the allegory of the cave and transferred into talking about the pipe After that picture was On the screen that had a pipe on it and underneath of it written in a different language was not a pipe. Once We got it what it meant we figured out that it is not just a pipe it is a pipe that is projected on the screen from a computer From the Internet for a drawing for a painting.  Once I understood how it meant I figured how much you can relate to other things such as TV  being broadcasted through the Internet to TV from a where it is recorded or made or drawn.  After you passed out the paper I was talking about the pike it also made sense that while reading it is leads back to other things not just a picture.

Day 15- The Cave Video

today we watched a video about the cave they Plato talked about. The cave was about showing education and not being educated. The people I the cave are not educated because all that they know is that things appear in front of them and they don’t know any different. When the one escapes and goes to the top and can see the light he goes back  into the cave to try and get them to see the light but his eyes were damaged and could not see in the darkness and they told him that he did not belong there anymore and he created a plot to kill him but they did instrument to talk about how that is on uneducated people that they don’t understand. The video really helped clear out the points on but I did not understand from just the reading and pointing out the sun as being intelligence and darkness being an education which was.The video really helped clear out the points on what I did not understand from just the reading and pointing out the sun as being intelligence and darkness being an education which was good to learn.

Day 14- Greece Power Point

Today in class we went over the Greek power point. The power point told of somethings that were already said in the book, but it says more about Athens and other locations that I didn't know where they were. The terrain is much rockier than I thought it was and now I know why it is almost impassable and not economically viable to go across it. I didn't know that there were over 2000 islands in the seas surrounding Greece. The Greeks were very good at colonizing places that were close to the sea and had a lot of resources. The Greeks main diet was fish, olive oil, grapes and grains. Most of the other food that was gained was from colonies and they are not under "Greek" control but each states control. A treaty was signed that made almost all the city states share tools and other things with each other and not attack each other and one of the only ones not to agree was Sparta

Day 13- Allegory of the Cave

Today in class we read the story of the cave and what its real meaning is compared to what the story says. The story is about someone that is in shackles at the bottom of a cave with a fire behind him and puppets casting shadows on the wall. The puppets sound like the people that are operating them, but they don't know that. While they are in the cave someone comes down into the cave to rescue one of them. When they get up into the light, he can’t see anything because he has never been out of the cave and needed to adjust his eyes before he could see anything. He decides to back into the cave because of how bright it is. The story is designed to show that if we get all our information from one source throughout life, we won’t know what actual freedom is. The cave represents how people can believe in certain things that are false their whole life and will still support it. The person that rescues them is knowledge and the path to knowledge.This story helps to show how people can believe false things and not want to change with knowledge or gain knowledge.

Day 12- Greece Questions

1. Define Term

Mycenaean- The last phase of the bronze age of ancient Greece

Trojan war- One of the most important events in Greek mythology that is a war of the gods and the people
Dorian- one of four ethnicity of Greece and a time period

Homer- an author in ancient Greece

Epic- A story that is told in a important way

Myth- Something that is not true but a lot of people believe



3. The Greeks became very skilled sailors and learned to depend on the sea for supplies

4. They adopted their myths

5. They built the foundation for their mythology and gods

Day 11- Test and Greece

Today in class we took the test for Mesopotamia and Egypt. The test was about 10 minutes long and was a good test. The test had about 17 questions on it and were mainly about Egypt. The test had almost no questions on Mesopotamia but answers that were Mesopotamian.  After the quiz we read the book on Greece and i talked about how Greece was originally a collection of small communities. Greece was also very good at making ships and had to be because they had very small amounts of natural resources and fertile land. The small communities had different governments ranging from monarchy, aristocracy and oligarchy. Sometimes the communities had tyrants that promised to a make the peoples life better but changed their minds. myths that were created into beliefs were ones about Zeus Athenian and other ones. They also created stories to tell about the seasons and ones talking about how the gods are immortal.

Day 10- Studying for Test

Today in class we went over what the test would be on. The test is mainly going to be about Egypt and Mesopotamia. He test should be on what we did in class so I will know what to study.

good things to know for the test
-Mummification
-Gods were animals
-Ka!
-papyrus
-Pyramids were tombs
-Sailboats
-upper lower Egypt
-Switch on upper lower according to elevation
-The king that united all of Egypt for the first time

Most of the mummies that have not been raided have been preserved almost perfectly and skin and bones are still attached.

Mummification also caused researchers to be able to make a face out of the mummified remains.

There were some Egyptians that had Greek names

One of the remaining mummies is one that was a 19 year old king

The Egyptians were very far ahead in there ability to embalm people and there methods are sill used today

Day 9- Pop quiz

    Today in class we had a pop quiz on Egypt. The quiz had 7 question on it and the questions were what the cataracts were. Another is what was a protective part of Egypt.  Why mummification was done, what were the pyramids used for and the three other I don’t remember after the pop quiz I took time to study for the next test on Egypt. The quiz was unexpected, but I should have picked up you are saying that have we studied enough. For the next test I would hope it would be a larger test for a higher weight on an easy subject. Egypt back in its early days they made great medical advancements for their time and were looked upon by great civilizations like the Greeks. I wonder what the full extent of their medical knowledge was and how it compared with countries later. I hope that the next quiz will be good.

Day 8- More Egypt

Geography- Nile supplied fertile soil, too far away from Nile and growing plants and animals is almost impossible.

Silt collected on Nile from yearly flood

Challenges-Silt disappeared sometimes cause starvation

Floods destroyed houses and crops

2 regions of Egypt upper and lower kingdom with the upper being on the southern side and the lower being on the northern part and this was done because of elevation

Pharaohs held eternal power as rulers and gods of Egypt

Believed in an afterlife

Judged for good things you have done

Filled tomb with mummified body and with valuable

social class was important and women had rights which they could hold property and divorce

Hieroglyphs could be a sound, image or a letter

Calender was accurate by just a few hours

Pharoahs fell along with the old kingdom

the old kingdom led to the middle kingdom from outsiders

THe new kingdom came around after the middle kingdom fell.

Day 7- Finnishing up Egypt

Today in class we went over the Egyptian part of the reading. In the reading it talked about the climate of Egypt which is hot in the deserts but was good near the Nile but got worse the further away the town was. The book also talked about the soil which was fertile after the silt deposits from floods. There were almost no geographic defenses. There were three kingdoms/times and there were the upper kingdom and the lower kingdom which the lower kingdom is closest to the equator and the upper kingdom is further away. The reason for this is because of the elevation of the kingdoms.The middle kingdom started when the old kingdom got invaded by outsiders. The last kingdom was the new kingdom and they came from the Middle Kingdom and from outsider and they continued for a short time. The Egyptians used mummification to preserve their body’s for kA the after life

Day 6- Test on Mesopotamia/ Start in Egypt

Today in class we took a test on Mesopotamia. I think I dd well, but I am not very certain. This morning I forgot that I do not have western civilization after biology so that is why I went to your class this morning and almost dint make it to the class I was supposed to go to.

NOTES- Egypt

Geography- Nile river, Fertile

Silt collected after floods 

Challenges- Water level dropped, and silt replenished leading to droughts/ Floods destroyed houses/ Desert on either side of Nile.

2 regions of rulers- Upper Egypt Lower Egypt

Crows were Red for lower and white for upper

Pharaohs were rulers and gods

Pharaohs held eternal power in government

Believed in an afterlife that could either send you to a wonderful place or a creature would eat you

Mummification helped preserve the Pharaohs body’s

Filled tombs with valuables and important items

Social class like a pyramid

Women had rights

Hieroglyphs meant different things 

wrote on pyperus

created a 365 calendar’s 

Old kingdom fell and was taken over into the middle kingdom

middle kingdom fell to outsiders

Day 4- Preparing for the First Test.

Today in class we started talking about the test and the questions on them.

IMPORTANT INFO

200,000 years ago, a human species emerged in equatorial (central) Africa

14,000 years ago, a “worldwide” human race existed

Earliest prehistoric age is the Paleolithic Age (Old Stone Age)

Neolithic Age (New Stone Age) was marked by advanced tool making & beginnings of agriculture

Initially, humans were parts of migratory groups which hunted, fished, and gathered plants for food

The Tigris and the Euphrates were the main rivers that were lived off

Agricultural revolution started and plants started being grown and selectively breaded

Most people around were polytheistic or atheist 

Mesopotamia is now -Iran, Syria, Turkey, Iran

Earliest city was made by the Sumerians 

Average city held 40,000 people 

Food surplus created specialized jobs.

First surviving story "Epic of Gilgamesh"

Sumerians were conquered in 2350 bc

King Hammurabi of Babylon took over

King Hammurabi created a written law that anyone could see.

Nomads and travelers brought animals into Mesopotamia 

Day 3- Hammurabi's Code 2

Today in class we talked about the different laws of Hammurabi's code. There are a lot of laws that are mainly about marriage, theft, an eye for an eye and other things like that. One is if a person pokes out and eye or breaks the bone of someone the reward will be different based off of the social status and wealth of the victim. Another is if someone's son hits the father his hands will be chopped off. Another is if someone is accused and they are thrown to the river and drown they are guilty and if they survive they are innocent and get the accusers property. Another one is you cant leave your wife is she is sick and kick her out. Another is if a slave says that the master is not their master than they will have their ear cut off. The final one is if someone is accused of murder with no evidence the accuser will be excited.

Day 2- Hamarabis Code 1

What areas of life did Hammurabi code cover- Many were about property and an aspect of an eye for an eye. They also covered what would happen if something is stolen, someone is murdered or assault and other crimes.

Day 1- New Semester/ Mesopotamia

Fertile Crescent- A part of land near the Mediterranean sea
Mesopotamia- An area where most civilizations start
City State- An outreach of a civilization
Dynasty- a command structure of a civilization
Cultural Diffusion- A cultures ideas and inventions being diffused into another civilization
Polytheism- The belief in many Gods
Empire- a collection of city states that are allied together under one nation
Hammurabi- A leader that lead at the height of the Babylonian empire

Which problem had the most complex solution
Building a wall a other defensive structures would be very complex because it would have not been done before

3 environmental challenges
1-Random droughts and floods
2- Bad geographic location for defenses
3 - Not enough raw materials or building materials.

Day 57- More Jeopardy

Today in class we watched more jeopardy and the first game was free speech, athletes, what are those, and stars. One of the first questions that was said is one about vine which is old now. The one guy got the daily double and bet for only 200 dollars which made him barely stay in the lead while if he went for more money, he could have gotten a way larger lead and would have left them in the dust. One of the people at the end decided not to bet their full amount which would put them into first place, but they bet so low that there was no chance in wining. Another person was getting all of them wrong and was down thousands of dollars and somehow caught back up and made it so second place but not first. About halfway through the lights went out which I thought meant the power went out, but they just turned on and off the lights.

Day 56- Jeopardy

Today in class we watched jeopardy teen edition. We really didn't do much more than that. During jeopardy one of the contestants bet all of his money and lost it all and the look on his face was just pure disgust. I learned during jeopardy about different wars that happened at different times and I didn't know that there was a war just a few years before the revolution. I am not really sure why certain people bet so much because of the chances they had where they could have won but they didn't. Another thing That confused me was why so many people went to a jeopardy game that can be watch where ever. After your class  I took the health exam and it wasn't very hard which might be bad. The reason it might be bad is because I finished it really quick so I hope I did it right.

Day 55- Guns Germs and Steel Test

Today in class we took the Guns Germs and steel exam. The test was not very hard as it was general ideas of the movie and not specific part like I thought it would be. The test had twenty-six while I thought it would only have forty questions. After the test we had time to write our blogs. After the test I got my blog almost halfway completed to where I am right now, and I have nothing else to write about so I will write about something. I got a smart watch over Christmas and I can’t use it because I can’t update my phone so I must either risk switching to an unstable IOS bug or I can’t use my watch. Today I also edited someone's cheat for a video game to make a speed boost bug. This is all that I’ve done today, and I have homework I didn’t work on so I am going to have to do it during mod change.

Day 54- FInished the Video

Today in class we finished the guns germs and steel video. The last part of the video was on how people were migrating east and west. The reason that they were migrating side to side were because they could grow the same way they have been but go to new areas. It also says that some of other researchers don't agree with him because he as a very simplistic idea of why people are better that other people. After we finished the movie we went over the questions that are on the test. The main questions that are going to be on the test are ones on Jared Diamond and the plants and animals that are very good for survival. We also found out the test wont be over 30 questions and will probably be on scantron with no essays. The test shouldn't take longer than 30 minutes because of the amount of questions.

Day 53- Cntinueing Guns Germs and Steel

Today in class we continued watching Guns Germs and Steel and talked about the horse that was outside of the school walking around. Today we got further than any other day which was good to just to watch the movie. The main part of the movie today was about the domestication of animals. It also showed how many animals are domesticated compared to how many animal species there are. It also showed that the people of the island didn't change that much until the westerners arrived. One of the final things that was shown on the movie was where the different animals were located around the world. The animals were only in the area of Asia, Africa, and Europe with the exception of the llama that is from south America. It then talked about how the people of the island got their metal tools when they have only had stone tools.

Day 52- Still watching Guns Germs and Steel

Today in class we continued watching the movie about Guns Germs and Steel. Today in the movie I learned that the main reason that people are successful are because of the Geographic luck. Another thing I learned was that the people of new Ginne have been farming for a long time and started about the same time as the people in the middle east. I also learned that new Ginne doesn't have very long-lasting crops and that is the main reason for why they don't have as big of a civilization as the rest of the world when they started at the same time. I also learned the coast of New Ginne is urbanized and is like a modern economy, but the deeper parts are more like a stage 1 or lower civilization. The final thing I learned today was thinking about the people of new Ginne thinking about America which I've never thought of.

Day 51- Watching the frst half of Guns Germs and Steel

The show as covered in my previous blog is one on how people got to where they are today and also why some people have more than other. Today the movie showed the first settlement in the world which is 11,500 years old and was the first settlement to domesticate plants for farming. They selected wheat and barley that would have the best characteristics like size and taste. The settlement started right after the ice age and there wasn't many food so that was the only way to make their living. The settlement is also the first settlement to have a grainery which would keep their grain fresh for a long time so they always had a steady food supply. Also the people of the island on the movie are one of the only ones that are not even a stage one civilization. The total time we got through in the move was about 22 minutes.

Day 50- Guns Germs and Steel Intro

Today in class we started the Guns Germs and Steel introduction which is about going back 13,000 years ago and goes through history showing how humanity got to the point it is at now. Before we watched the movie, we got to see our test grades and how they are broken down between the essays and the multiple-choice questions. The guy that wrote the book and movie is a biologist and he like studying birds. The movie starts out in the country of new Guinee. His idea to find out why some people have a lot of things and some people don't is because of a man that approached him after he got off an airplane and asked him why he has a lot of things and his people do not. The movie is supposed to show the idea he has about people and is not agreed upon by some scientists.