western civ 2019 blog

my blog is becoming so boring and its lost its spark and ugh so from now on every day theres gonna be a little Leigh segment just for fun 21. What were the three ways in which the Nile influenced Egyptian life? since there was yearly flooding in the Nile (at the Nile? on the Nile?), the floods brought silt which was extremely beneficial for agriculture. it was good for planting and growing crops. 22. Why were the pyramids built? the pyramids were built as a special tomb for ancient Egyptian pharaohs. they were seen as gods, so the people built them a special burial site with everything they need to take with them in the afterlife such as food and water, valuables like jewelry, and other material items. Today's Leigh segment: today leigh went to her first track meet and she was running with the sprinters. but leigh's knee popped out because she hasn't taken her knee meds in a while. she had to leave early. her knee is so swollen she can barely walk it hurts really b...

1.  A delta is a marshy region of silt at the end of a river, and this would be important for agricultural purposes.  Narmer created a unified crown for Egypt, instead of having one for upper Egypt and one for lower Egypt. This helped unite Egypt. Pharaohs were the leaders or rulers of Egypt, and they're significant because they were thought of as gods. Pyramids were important because that's where the pharaohs would be buried. Mummification was an important process because it stopped the body from decaying. Hieroglyphics was one of the earliest forms of writing. Papyrus was used to make paper to write on. Theocracy is a government based around religion, which is how Mesopotamia was governed. 2. I think the most important Egyptian achievement is the hieroglyphics because that was one of the earliest forms of written word. Putting an image for every sound is extremely difficult, especially to get everyone to learn it.  3. Being surrounded by deserts h...

delta- a marshy region formed by deposits of silt at the mouth of a river Narmer- pharaoh who created one crown pharaoh- Egyptian king who was considered a god theocracy- a government based around religion pyramid- a big triangle that pharaohs were buried in mummification- a process of embalming and drying a corpse to keep it from decomposing papyrus- 

Sumer was conquered by the Akkadians c. 2350 BC-- their gods took place of previous gods and all Sumerians were forced to worship them King Hammurabi of Babylon created a series of laws known as "Hammurabi's Code" with laws that included "and eye for an eye" ideology and other laws regarding, marriage, murder, theft, and other crimes Indo-Europeans were people from the grasslands of the Russian steppe who introduced the horses to the Near East the Hittites had a lucrative trade in metals and conquered nearly all of their neighbors, even threatening Egypt we had a long conversation about language and how people just know cuneiform like its no big deal or something but it is because people just looked at a cuneiform slate or something and they just knew????? but I think I get it now  also I impulsively signed up for track so in the future I may be missing some class for track stuff 

its Thursday modern day Mesopotamia is turkey, Syria, iran, Iraq, Israel, and Jordan Sumerians occupied the land between the tigris and the Euphrates population increased dramatically due to new irrigation systems cities and towns were formed, some with up to 40,000 people better food storage lead to diverse occupations kings emerged as well as family dynasties sumerians invented the earliest form of writing called cuneiform the worlds first surviving epic (long story) was the Sumerian  "epic of Gilgamesh" and its about a big flood that killed everyone and destroyed the world divided an hour into 60 minutes and a minute to 60 seconds

today's notes: earliest government was formed by temple priests priests acted as "go-betweens" with the gods priests managed the irrigation systems and demanded a portion of the farmers's crops as a tax military leaders that became rulers passed their reign through their sons, and so forth, which is called a dynasty cultural diffusion polytheism built ziggurats for sacrifices of animals, wine, and food women could work as priests, farmers. merchants, and artisans upper class women could read and write women could purchase property in their name arithmetic and geometry: created a number system, 60 second= 1 minute, and 360 degrees in a circle architectural innovations: ramps, columns, arches, and pyramid shapes cuneiform: writing system sargon of Akkad defeated the city states, his conquest helped spread the culture passed the tigris and Euphrates (2350 BC) in 2000 BC, Amorites invaded Mesopotamia and it became the Babylonian empire, the most notable le...

today in class we took notes on early river valley civilizations. the main focus has been Sumerians. I did this in 7th grade so this has been pretty easy for me which I like. admittedly I really never did my work or pay attention in that world cultures class but I know enough. the sumer civilization was located in Mesopotamia, which is right along the tigris and Euphrates rivers. we can owe a lot of what we have now to the Sumer civilization. they created the wheel, sails, and a number system. they formed city-states that each had their own government and culture.

I have a fever, I wont be in class today

we took a test today on guns germs and steel. I think I did okay. I couldn't remember what jared diamond liked to do in his spare time. I think he didn't teach? or maybe he didn't take pictures? I don't remember. I feel pretty good on most of it though. it was stressful. I had a detention right after which was boring.