2/27

that was probably the easiest test i've ever taken in this class. i felt like a got an A on it. i knew it was coming too.

2/26

1. What caused the fall of the Egyptian empire?

2. How many total pharaohs were there?

3. Was there ever wars between pharaohs?

4. Why did they worship so many Gods?

5. what religion are they closest to today?

2/25

Today in class we had to build a pyramid with a website. i was the 5th one finished. The one thing i didn't like was how i kept getting fired because of "workforce issues". I ended up getting a C which im not to thrilled about because it'll drop my grade and i want to have above an 80

2/23

Usually during mummification, all organs except the heart were removed
They covered the body in salt till all moisture was eliminated
Prefumed oils and plants were rubbed on the body
Linean was wrapped around the body
They would wrap the mummy onto a wood board
A pouch would be put on the chest
They mummified a bird with him
symbols of protection and rebirth were put on the mummy
The nile shaped life for eygyptians
communities only existed along the Nile
they were buried with things that meant something to them in life
Old Kingdom 2649- 2152 BCE
Middle Kingdom 2040- 1640 BCE
New Kingdom 1550- 1070 BCE

Old Kingdom
Divine Kingship
Pyramids
Rah was God of sun and creation

Middle Kingdom
New ruler was from Nubia down south
Oman and rah formed into one God

New Kingdom
Ahmosis was ruler
Hasheptsut ruled for 22 years
King tut married his sister
King tut died before adulthood
found his body in 1922
died of a infected broken leg or malaria

2/20

1. medicine
Eygpt and Rome were one of the first civilizations to have medicine. If anyone was sick or hurt, they wouldnt have to die, they'd have a chance to get healthy

2. Calender
They invited a calender so they could tell what time it is for crops, moon cycles etc.

3. Hieroglphics
they  came up with a langugage to tell stories and write down events

4. Pyramids
they honored their pharaohs by making them pyramids

5. mummification
they believed in an afterlife, so they preserved organs so they could put the organs back in you

2/19

Soliders used wood weapons with bronze tips, and rode charriots
upper class = white kilt class
pharaoh- religious and political leader
cleopatra ruled as pharoh from 51-30 bc

2/18

i was not in class today

2/12

scribes kept records and told stories
wrote in heiroglephics and in hieratic
soldiers used wooden with bronze tips
upper class was the "white kilt class"

Pharaohs
Political and religious leader

Godesses and Gods
over 2000
"controlled" a humans life

2/11

Ancient Egypt
Geography
- Centered around the Nile River
-Water for drinking, bathing, and transportation
-every July, it floods
-every October, it has incredible soil
-The delta is a broad, marshy triangular area of fertile silt
-manage the river required technological breakthroughs

Daily life
pharaoh, goverment officals, soliders, scribes, merchants, artisons, farmers, slaves
slaved helped wealthy
farmers raised wheat, barley and lentiles
artisons carved statues
mercants used a money barter system

Pyramids
last of the 7 ancient wonders of the world left standing
great sphinx of giza
built 2555-2532 BC
oldest monumental statue in the world

2/9

Today we took our test on Guns, Germs, and Steel. I believe i honestly did better than an 80.

2/6

On Monday we have our test on Guns, Germs and Steel. I believe that i took good notes and i paid attention to the movie. I also think i'll get above an 80 on this test

2/5

People invented plaster
Made a paste for homes
Making steel would change the world
within 1000 years, most villages were left behind
they were killing the enviorment
moved west and east
animals followed, causing a boom in civilization
Geography was the main reason people advanced

2/4

Goats and sheep were the first domesticated animals
The only animal in PNG that is domesticated is the pig
The best animals can reproduce at 1-2 years old
only 14 animals over 100 pounds have been domesticated
sheep
goats
pigs
cows
horses
donkey
bactrian camels
arabian camels
llama
reindeer
yaks
mithions
bali cattle
the big 4 animals were cows, pigs, sheep, and goats
fertile crescent was geopgrapically blessed

2/2

Guns, Germs, and Steel.
- Jared Diamond- Biologist at UCLA
- Papuanewguinea
- "why do you white men have so much cargo, and us New Guineans have so little
- great civilizations have added technology, large populations, and well organized work force
-  PNG still lives in the hunter- gather lifestyle
- Sego- parts from a sego tree that can be ate and used in multiple ways
- They grow barley and wheat
-Draa
-Granary- stores food
- The way human tame things is domestication
- rice in china
- americas had corn, sorghun, beans
- africa had millet, yams
-New Guenians are low on protein
- most productive crops = productive society
- comes down to geopgraphic luck
-9000 years ago we domesticated animals