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.