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