15/02/28

we got a test today, and i think i did pretty good(●'◡'●)

review: Ancient Egypt

Nile

• Egyptian live is centered around the Nile River
• South to North
• Flood every July
• leave behind rich soil every October  
• Egyptian used water in Nile River for bathing, drinking, irrigation and transportation
• managing river required technological breakthrough in irrigation 
• upper land was a 500 mile long strip fertile land along Nile
• lower land was a wide land of the Nile delta, emptying into the Mediterranean sea
• the Nile was the major provider of life for Egyptian, was revered in lore and writing.
• around 3100 B.C. two land were united under a single king or "pharaoh" 

Pyramid  

• top of it - pharaoh
• bottom of it - servants and slaves (their job is to help wealthy with household and child raising duties)
• The Great Sphinx of Giza, built 2555 - 2532 B.C, lion body with a human head, the oldest monumental statue in the world
• in a pyramid, top to bottom are: 
• pharaoh, political and religious leader of Egyptians 
• government officials, upper class(know as "white kilt class")priests, engineers, physicians, religious and political leader 
• soldiers, used wooden weapons, might ride chariots 
• scribes,kept record, told stories, wrote poetry, described anatomy and medical treatment. they wrote in hieloglyphs and in hieratic 
• merchants, might accept grain as payment, later, coinage came about.
• artisans, carve statue and relief showing military battles and scenes in the afterlife
• farmers, raised wheat, onion, barley, lentils, benefited form irrigation of Nile
• slaves and secants - their job is to help wealthy with household and child raising duties

Gods and Goddesses

• over 2000 Gods and Goddesses
• they "controlled" the lives of humans

Government by a God - king

• pharaoh was all powerful and worshipped as a God and intimately connected with other God and Goddesses.

15/02/26

1. the water from Nile are used for
a) drinking
b) irrigation
c) transportation
d) all above

2. Egyptian wrote in hieroglyphs and in hieratic

3. God and Goddesses "controlled" the lives of human

4. managing the river required technological breakthroughs in irrigation

5. the oldest monumental statue in the world is The Great Sphinx of Giza

15/02/25

Today in Western Civilization we play "Pyramid Challenge". This game is so hard and odd. but finally Suky and I did it.

Hahahaha~~~~

Mr.Schick!!! Change my grade!!!

15/02/23

Mr. Schick was't at school today. So we study by ourselves. We watched three video, Pyramid Quest, one on mummification, and John Green's Crash Course. And we took some note.

Pyramid Quest:

• In 802 A.D. The youngest son of Harun al-Rashid set up camp looking for the Pharaohs treasure and to find the secret of the weapon.
• Underground hallways are lead to different rooms
• This video talk about the pyramid. the pyramid is the place where Egyptian put the body of pharaoh

Mummy 

• To keep the body
• Sometime they only keep the heart
• The bodies were keep in salt around 40 days
• The bodies were put in a coffin which made by wood
• This is about mummification, why and how they did it.

John Green's Crash Course

• Old Kingdom - 2649- 2152
• Middle Kingdom - 2040- 1640;
• New Kingdom - 1550-1070 

15/02/20

Today is cyber day(again)! But we still have assignment to do. So here is it:

Written language

The Egyptian written Language start with pictogram, back to 6000 B.C. This is one of the oldest writing system in the world. It give us opportunity to know and research about Ancient Egyptian Civilization. And also pictogram appear show us that Ancient Egyptian Civilization is very adultness

The calendar

For us, a calendar can help us to remember our appointment and meeting. But for ancient Egyptian, a calendar could mean the difference between feast and famine. Without calendar they couldn't remember when the annual flooding od the Nile will start.

The plow

Although historians can not really sure about the place that the plow originated, evidence show us the Egyptians and Sumerians were among the first societies to employ its use around 4000 B.C. the plow reduce the strength of labor. This is a revolutionary evolve in ancient Eygpt agriculture.

Shave and a Haircut

The earliest door lock was created around 4000 B.C. They think the hair is dirty so they will cut their hair in summer.

Operation equipment

According to <Edwin Smith Papyrus>, ancient Eygptian can do 48 types of Keleton operation. And they have a whole set of operation equipment include knife, scissor, needle and surgical clmps. 

15/02/19

Daily life

• Pharaoh - the political religious leader of the Egyptian people, holding the titles: 'lord of the Two Lands' and High Priest of Every Temple 
• Government official Nobles Priests
• Soldiers- used wooden weapons(bow&arrows, spears)w/bronze tips and might ride chariots
• Scribes -  kept record, told stories, wrote poetry described anatomy, and medical treatments
• Merchants - use money/barter system - merchants might accept bags of grain for payment - later coinage came about
• Artisans - would carve statues and reliefs showing military battles and scenes in the afterlife 
• Farmers - raised wheat, barley, lentils, onions - benitted from irrigationof the Nile
• Slaves and Servants - help the wealthy with household and ehildraisisg duties  
• Hatshepsut was a woman who served as pharaoh
• cleopatra VII also served as pharao, but much later(51 -30B.C) more on her when we study Greece 

Goddesses and God

• over 2000 goddesses and god 
• they "controlled" the lives of human  

15/02/18

Today is a big day for me......and other Chinese students......and maybe Korean students. Because today is Lunar New Year(also called by Chinese New Year or Spring Festival).Usually, we will set with our family and watch the big TV show. But now I am US so.....I am so sad about this.
In class, we talk about the test we took last week. And I took some note.
Papua New Guinea - hunters and gatherers
Sago can not be stored for a long time
Drah' don't have corn
carniore eat meat

15/01/12

Daily life

• Pharaoh - the political religious leader of the Egyptian people, holding the titles: 'lord of the Two Lands' and High Priest of Every Temple 
• Government official Nobles Priests
• Soldiers- used wooden weapons(bow&arrows, spears)w/bronze tips and might ride chariots
• Scribes -  kept record, told stories, wrote poetry described anatomy, and medical treatments
• Merchants - use money/barter system - merchants might accept bags of grain for payment - later coinage came about
• Artisans - would carve statues and reliefs showing military battles and scenes in the afterlife 
• Farmers - raised wheat, barley, lentils, onions - benitted from irrigationof the Nile
• Slaves and Servants - help the wealthy with household and ehildraisisg duties  
• Hatshepsut was a woman who served as pharaoh
• cleopatra VII also served as pharao, but much later(51 -30B.C) more on her when we study Greece 

Goddesses and God

• over 2000 goddesses and god 
• they "controlled" the lives of human  

15/02/11

Geography

• Egyptian life is centered around the Nile River
• The Nile River start from south to North
• water for drinking, irrigation, bathing and transportation
• every July it floods
• every October it leaves behind rich soil 
• the delta is a broad, marshy triangular area of fertile silt
• managing the river required technological breakingthroughs in irrigation

Pyramids

• the Great sphinx of Giza 
• built 1555 - 2532 B.C
• a recumbent lion with a human's head
• the oldest monumental statue in the world

Daily life

• Pharaoh 
• Government official Nobles Priests
• Soldiers
• Scribes 
• Merchants - use money/barter system - merchants might accept bags of grain for payment - later coinage came about
• Artisans - would carve statues and reliefs showing military battles and scenes in the afterlife 
• Farmers - raised wheat, barley, lentils, onions - benitted from irrigation of the Nile
• Slaves and Servants - help the wealthy with household and ehildraisisg duties  

15/02/09

We have a test today and I think I did really bad. I did review last night use Chris' blog because mine have nothing. The most of things I had review were not in the test, so I think I did pretty bad.

15/02/06

We change set today. Actually I don't really like my set because I set at first row. But fortunately, I still set with Suky.

15/02/05

• These people invented plaster
• Spent too much time to feeding themselves
• Most villages were abandoned
• Too dry for farming
• Entire communities were forced to move on
• Animals moved
• Geography is the answer
• cool in summer, warm in winther

15/02/04

Today we continue watch the video: Guns, Germs, and Steel. And we took some note.
There are 14 domesticated animal - goats,sheep,pigs, cows, horse, donkey, bacrian camels, arbian camels, llamas, reindeer, yaks, mithons and balie cattle.

15/02/03

Today we continue watch the video and took some note. I did not took a lots.

China - rice
America - com, beans, squash
Africa - yams, millet