class

In class you show us a prezi that you made.  It was on how Egypt was so cool and smart.  Pyramids were a big part of Egypt back then and even today.  Then made then thousands of years ago and they still survive today.  They are just an amazing creation.  They also made pictures out of rock by caving them.  Then the bell rang.

school

In class we had a "pop" quiz it wasn't really pop because u gave us timme to study which was good.  I got an 80% which isn't to bad because there were only 5 questions.  It not to bad because it could be worse.  We go our test right back because our room is right across the hall from the scan-tron thingy.  Then you gave us the rest of the time to work on taking notes

Notes 20-29

• Steppes are a vast semiarid grasslands or plains.  
• between 4000 and 1000 B.C they moved as immigrants, raiders and invaders into territories stretched from western Europe to India
• Around 3800 B.C steppes, used horses for meat and hide
• 3500 B.C they had harnessed it  to earliest known wheeled vehicles

•  2500 bc. Indo- European mirgrated grew faster
• 1600 bc hittite kings won the copetition and dominated
• 2200 bc had a good idea to have local administrators who held power
• 1800 bc Egypitans believed that every deceased person had to stand before Osiris
• hieroglyphs was the earliest writing
• 700 bc demotic script csame to use
• 3100 bc equipped then with a mask 
• 2500bc adopted the sail boat
• pyramids are masterpieces that were in Egypt 
• 1100 bc ended new kingdom

class

We watch a video in class.  The guy i cant remember his name did a very good good job in getting me to pay attention.  He was very weird but funny at the same time.  He was just backing up what Jared Diamond said.  I hope we can see more video of him.

class

In class today we went over a power point that you made.  I took as many notes as i could before you flipped to the next slide.  You also review a few thing for the new kids.  I also think you made Kishan poop his pants when u got behind him and scared him !

Mini Project

Basic Features of Human Existence:

• ·         Language
• ·         Religion
• ·         Art
• ·         Technology
• ·         Farming
• ·         Family Life
• ·         Village Communities

Prehistory: long before ancient times

Around 3000 B.C. 1st civilizations and were

·         Mesopotamia

·         Egypt

 In these civilizations there appeared complex

·         social and

·          economical structures

·          effective and

·          lasting government

·          writing systems capable of expressing any thought

·          compelling religious beliefs

·          impressive scientific and technical achievements

·          sophisticated literacy and

·          artistic styles.

 The achievements of these societies started to spread to other societies.

 For a society to learn the achievements of a civilization they had to

• ·         be wealthy enough to be worth trading with
• ·         conquering

 In 1200 B.C there came into existence an international region of civilization

• ·         with many local versions of Mesopotamian  
• ·         Egyptian traditions.

Asia, Africa influenced both western , non-western

• ·         Complex social
• ·         Government
• ·         Expressing thoughts scientific and
• ·         Technical achievement
• ·         sophisticated literary and artistic styles

Civilization is very recent and the first human like species appeared about 2.5 million years ago.

I think that my notes say that there is more than just geographical lucky involved.  My text book said that the basic features of human existence are Language, Religion, Art, Technology, Farming, Family Life , Village Communities.  I guess at first you could say that its geographical lucky but after thousands of years later to the present, they could be a more of a devolved country now if they wanted to.  They could make money off the gold mines to get a more civilized country, but the people of Papua New Guinea like their life style.  

First blog for west civ.

The second day of west civ was just an introductory day.  We got our text books yesterday and I'm 13-40 I think.  We have a really big class this semester and I know a lot of people.  This going to be a good semester.  I like having a text book with the course and it feels like the first day of school again :).  I knew most of what you said but it was for the new people.