Test Day

today we took our ancient Egypt test. overall I thought this test was adequate, if you studied you were fine. I do think a lot of what was in the power point did not cover most of the test, but that is my opinion. overall I liked learning about ancient Egypt and am excited to learn more about our next unit.

Cyber Day Assignment

5 questions on Ancient Egypt...
what do scribes do?
what protects a pyramid (outside)?
what do artisans do?
how long is the Nile River?
what is the Nile River used for?

I was not in school because I am sick.

Videos

In the first video, it talks about pyramids and how they are made, and all the passages they have. like the queens. they don't know why there are so many passages. but there are many rooms being discovered. the great pyramid door still remains sealed. vertical passage is called the grado which is the least visited area of the pyramid,

In the second video, it talks about mummification, this process is when they take all the bones out and cover the body with salt for 40 days until the body was very moist. mummy was placed on a wooden door. a bird was placed on the stomach and the bird was being mummifies with the pharaoh as well. and still represents their body being with us today

In the third video, they talk about ancient Egypt. the pyramids are very important, the study of history call be re-called as many ways. we have been looking through the Nile river and it flooded the area every year at the same time. Egyptian communities all lined up against the Nile. base and irrigation was used by farmers for farming. they were buried with things that meant a lot to them, because they believed that they stilled lived after they had gone. pyramids were built by servants and slaves.  they were very illiterate. (old kingdom Egypt) they were also very rich. hidden gods tend to do well. middle kingdom conquered a lot of things. mosses was an Egyptian pharaoh. king tut had his grave robbed by British people that is why he is so special.

cyber day assignment

Ancient Egyptians Inventions
Hieroglyifics- this invention made it easier for people to connect with other people that were farther away or if you wanted to solve a code/message. the Egyptian culture declined and disappeared nearly 2000 years ago.
Medicine- the Egyptians made sure that they could heal physical injuries and make sure they had most of the natural equipment. they used honey, willow, mint and pomegranate t=as medicines/herbs to help treat people.
Beds- this invention was very useful I say this because they used it for more than one purpose. they used it not only for sleeping, but for eating, and entertaining socially. they first consisted of stretching rope across and then finishing it off with a  wooden bedframe. now we have all sorts of different kind of beds.  
Astronomers And The Stars-this invention was very useful because they could tell from the sky when to start planting for spring. the great pyramid is aligned with cardinal points.
swimming pools- swimming was part of the education of Egyptians throughout elementary school for only boys. they did not become popular until the middle of the 19th century, the first heated swimming pool was developed by the Gaius Maecenas. he built it in Rome. this helped them either stay clean or have some fun

ancient egypt

soldiers used wooden weapons (bows, arrows, and spears) with bronze tips
pharaohs are political and religious leaders of the Egyptian people
Hatshepsut was a woman who served as pharaoh
CleopatraV11 also served as pharaoh much later (51-30 B.C)
there are over 2000 gods and goddesses

 

cyber day assignment

slaves and servants helped throughout the household
artisans would carve statues and reliefs showing military battle and scenes
money/barter system was used
merchants might except bags of grain for payment
scribes kept record, told stories, wrote poetry and described anatomy and medical treatments
they wrote in hieroglyphics
upper class was know as the "white kilt class" priests, physicians, and engineers

Ancient Egypt- Day 1

           Geography
- Egyptian life is centered on the Nile River
- it flows South to North
- 3 branches of the Nile and converge into one called the Nile River
- over 4,000 miles long
- the water is for drinking, irrigation, bathing, and transportation
-first people to invent the sailboat
- every July the river floods
- every October it leaves behind rich soil called silt
- the delta is a broad, marshy triangular area
- managing the river requires technological breakthroughs in irrigation
          Pyramids
- The Great Sphinx of Giza, built in 2555-2532 B.C
- a recumbent lion with a humans head, protects the pyramid
- oldest monumental statue in the world
Daily Life...
pharaohs
government officials-nobles, priests
solders
scribes
merchants
artisans
farmers
slaves and servants

Test!!

Today in class we took our test on the video we watched in class about Jarod Diamond. The test overall was a little hard. But I wasn't here on Friday so it did make it a little difficult. I don't think I did great though. the test was all multiply choice which helped.

Guns Germs and Steel- Day 2

14 domestic animals
- goats
- cows
- pigs
- donkeys
- horses
- water buffalo
- bali cattle
- mithon
- Arabian camels
- bacttrian camels
- llamas
- yaks
- reindeer
- sheep

10,000 years of domestication
- south America- llamas
- middle east- cow, sheep, goats, pigs
china grows rice
there are over 2million known species on this planet
goats and sheep were the first domestic animals and they provide the tribes with wool and milk

Guns Germs and Steel- Day 1

Today in western civ class we started watching a video called Guns Germs and steel. Jarod Diamond goes to a isolated island called panigue. the people on this island hunt and gather all the time, they use tools that are hand-made. the woman gather the food from a tree that is called sego, this tree produces a food that is not very nutritious, but will keep them alive. they all have a specific job to do on the island.